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iRiver iHP-140 Burnt Out

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Febs:
LinusN once posted on Mistic River describing exactly what components are typically damaged by using the wrong voltage charger.  If you search at Mistic River for his posts, you can probably find that one easily enough.  But you are correct in that there is likely to be much more damaged than the battery.

Gradie:
I'll keep trying the misticriver forums, still can't get on them at present.

http://www.misticriver.net/showthread.php?t=44799 was recommended in another post, but as yet I don't know what it says!

Febs:
I found a couple of the things he wrote on this issue:


--- Quote ---When you connect a higher voltage charger, you not only fry the charging circuits. You fry the CPU and flash as well, beyond repair. The only option is to replace the player.

* * *

There is a mistake in the design that makes the 1.8V regulator output a far too high voltage, because the capacitors that sets the voltage level are broken by the high charger voltage.
--- End quote ---

Gradie:
Given those comments, and the lack of improvement having just fitted a new battery, I'd guess the player was indeed dead. Even though I replaced it I'm sad: just diggingit out again has reminded me how much I loved this player. I'll pull the hdd I guess, and get one of those adapter to see if the datas salvageable (it's been 3 years or so, so it could be interesting!).

Is anything else inside the casing useful to me or anyone? Or is there still hope??

Davide-NYC:
PM sent.  ;)

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