Gigabeat F40 - AC Input Accident!

[samamanjaro]

I stupidly put a

Input: AC ~110V-230V 60/50Hz 17W
Output: DC ~9V 2000mA

Adapter in my Gigabeat, which when placed in lit up the backlight, screen went white, then the player died...

When I place the headphones in, there is no crackle as it slides into the jack as it used to, I fear that the battery is not the only thing dead, how can I save it (buy a new daughter board, battery) I would at least like to learn how to extract the data off the HDD (is it fine??), so I can buy a new Rockbox compatible device, what would be fried, nothing I can see looks burnt or weird.

Help, Sam!

[scharkalvin]

If you are lucky just the voltage regulator went bad.

[samamanjaro]

so how can I check if that is the only problem?

[samamanjaro]

hello, how do I fix this?

[rosco_pc]

If you want to fix this you need to have knowledge of electronics and soldering.

If you would like to check if the HDD is still working, you need to be a extrenal USB case for 1.8" HDD. Just make sure that you have a case with the correct connector, ie 50 pins, like this one sold in the UK: http://www.span.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=19_1301_1311&products_id=5493. You'll most likely find similar ones on ebay.

[toffe]

There are 4 fuses on the board.
Perhaps you could check if one is burned.
One is at the top left near the power plug "F2", another one bottom right near the usb plug "F3"
I am not sure of the others one (near the battery connector..)
I already fix one changing the F2 fuse.