dock32 - 2005-04-23 10:59 AM
Before going on a trip I was charging up several portable electronic devices. By mistake I connected the power lead for my laptop ( a JVC mininote) to the jornada 720 for a few seconds only before realising my mistake and disconnecting. When I came back to the Jornada , (which had not consequently been attached to its own or any other power source ) a few minutes later it was emitting a little smoke! It has not worked at all since. No power, no lights, nothing.
I realise that it may be completely gone, but am surprised that connecting to the wrong power source for such a short period of a few seconds can cause so much damage. It was such a good piece of kit that if it can be repaired I would certainly consider it.I now have a Dell axim, but its just not the same.
Any advice gratefully received.
oh oh ... the white smoke of death!
But chances are its a capacitor that got fried ... or a voltage or current limiting diode. Just hope that its a bigger sized component and not one of those surface mounted ones!
*gulp*