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Power Cycling Quickly (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by TheMonkeyLord@sopuli.xyz to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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So I grabbed this up at the thrift store today, when I got it back home I have it a quick clean and tried powering on, but it didn't seem to respond.

Turns out it is turning on, but it is turning off nearly as quickly. I tested the volts on the power supply briefly and it shows up as ten on my multimeter (States it is 9.6 V).

Any help would be appreciated. I do have a video showing what is going wrong if needed.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The input might be fine, but there's clearly blown capacitors or the VRU is busted in the camera. Take the shell off the outside and look around where the power input is, and I bet you see popped capacitor caps or burnt wiring.

Probably somebody plugged the wrong power supply into it at some point.

[–] TheMonkeyLord@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

I figured that was probably the case. One of the batteries that came with it doesn't match the models it supports. Didn't want to take the whole thing apart without a second opinion though