What happens when you add high BTU electronic components with cramped IC design? You get a dead power supply. No, this is a not a duplicate post but it is essentially the same problem as my other post about a ReadyNAS 1100.<\/p>\n
This is what happened to my ReadyNAS NV a couple of weeks ago when I had to have some electrical work done I had to have the power shut off for an extended time so I had to power the unit down. When it was okay to power things back up this device would not power back on.<\/p>\n
So based on the response I was getting when I hit the power button I suspected that the power supply had failed since I have had this unit do this before. I opened up the case and took a look at the PSU and I could only see one\u00a0swollen capacitor so yes, more than likely the PSU had failed. In either case, a swollen capacitor or capacitors are ticking time bombs with electronics.<\/p>\n
Rather than purchase an overpriced OEM replacement I purchased an ATX power supply<\/a> with nearly the same specifications. No, I’m not getting any money from linking the power supply but in the event anyone wanted to know what I used, there it is. I had read in some ReadyNAS forum posts on how to convert the ATX power supply to the same pin out<\/a> that ReadyNAS used and \u00a0things looked good. To do swap the pins I used another reference<\/a> on how to make a pin puller using paperclips. These were the same paper clips I used prior but I had to flatten them out a little more for this unit.<\/p>\n