Dead(ish) Spiderbox 6000HD

[heyho]

Having moved to an Enigma box I passed on my Spiderbox 6000 to my son. This weekend after he decided to tidy his room!!! (now there's a first!) he presents me with the Spiderbox. He had plugged the wrong transformer lead back into the unit and says he saw a spark followed by the smell of burning.

I looked inside the box to see if a fuse had gone or or anything had exploded. Nothing looked amiss. When I plug it back in (with the correct transformer may I add) the unit shows a red light but that is all i.e. it won't power on/boot up.

Is there anything else to check or is that the end of the Spiderbox?

[TonyO]

How many volts was the other power supply set to ? also was it the same polarity ? does the power supply still work ? the fact that something fried and gave off sparks and smoke means someting has been destroyed.

Get amagnifying glass and trace where the damage is, it should be quite obvious.

[mrdude]

Why not take a hi res picture of the motherboard - around where the power comes in, and everything else.

Everyone here can speculate as to what's wrong - but at the end of the day, it's you who's going to need to get out a soldering Iron, Identify what needs changing and then be skilled enough to order and fit those parts - if that doesn't fit your skill set, just put it down to experience and order a new box. I personally think the VU+ Zero is the best box for the money if you want to spend around about £100 from Goldwafers - and to be honest - that blows away a spiderbox in many many many ways!

[heyho]

Good excuse to swap out my Vu+ Uno (another fine box) and donate it to y son and get a replacement then

Not sure it will go down too well with Mrs H seeing as I am after a new set of surround speakers as well. Oh well I can only try lol