Did I Zap My Gp2x?


damantis

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I have a variable-voltage AC adapter which I use with my GP2X.
One time I accidently gave my GP2X 6 Volts, but I quickly turned it off when I realized what I had done.

The GP2X still works, except that its battery-life is very poor now. On freshly-charged 1800 mAh rechargables I only get about a minute of video playback before the machine shuts off. Battery life was never this bad before - I could easily get at least 1/2 hrs+ before this incident.

I'm not sure what's damaged inside - looking at previous threads of people zapping their GP32/2x's, it may be a diode of some sort. But unlike previous people, my GP2X still runs on both AC and batteries - it's just that the battery life is very low.

What would be my options from here?

(I have a First Edition GP2X with 1800mAh "GP" NiMH batteries and a 3-24 V, 1 A, centre-negative adaptor; )

Thanks in advance!
 
wow, you are a very lucky person, i would have expected it to completely fry.
Hard to say whats damaged, i would send it in if i where oyu.
 
I know what's damaged.

Check the wiki here and scroll down.

I've got some of those LTC3402 lying around, pretty expensive and hard to get... and even harder to exchange.
 
Yes, it is the same thing.

Could be that capacitor or resistor what's-his-face mentioned replacing a while ago when his/her battery life had gone to shit. I forget the person's name now, but they have those anime signatures with the caption 'The one with the annoying sigs'. :)

See about doing a continuity check across that ..? Maybe you burned it up.
 
Epicenter posted on May 22 2006 at 12:17 AM said:
Yes, it is the same thing.

Could be that capacitor or resistor what's-his-face mentioned replacing a while ago when his/her battery life had gone to shit. I forget the person's name now, but they have those anime signatures with the caption 'The one with the annoying sigs'. :)

See about doing a continuity check across that ..? Maybe you burned it up.

That's Drak.
 
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