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flipout · 24-06-09, 03:21 PM

Hi I have a Sagem Dbox2 with no power.

Was working fine and then it made a spark and something blew up.

1. Would getting a new power supply board fix the job?

If any help is available would be great.

Cheers

waqasahmed · 24-06-09, 03:30 PM

Open up the box-see if there is a brownish hole on the back of the power board. It may just be a really easy solder job

flipout · 24-06-09, 04:13 PM

Thanks for the reply, just wondered if it sparked, could it have damaged components on the main board of the dbox2?
Cheers

waqasahmed · 24-06-09, 04:16 PM

Hmm. That I wouldnt really know, but I have some sort of idea. Sometimes on a PC when the power supply blows up, it can take something with it-Most likely the mainboard. However sometimes when PSU's blow up, nothing else is damaged(this is the more likely thing to happen as well)

I would presume the same thing to happen with Dbox's

blakey_8 · 24-06-09, 04:43 PM

I had one do exactly the same but the PSU had scorch marks all over so I ended up buying a new PSU. I struggled to find one though, I ended up buying from a shop in Germany. DBox spares I think it was called, not 100% certain.

waqasahmed · 24-06-09, 04:47 PM

dbox2.com is the shop that sells them(normally) but the cost of the PSU really isnt worth it-€63.75 for a power board(delivered). I dont know where blakey_8 got his from. If I was you I would just buy from the place called Dbox spares, but I couldnt find that shop

Could you open your receiver up and pull out the power board? And tell us of any abnormalities on the board eg: leaking capacitor, brown hole instead of a soldered one etc...

A brown hole should be easy enough to do-just resolder in the same place and a capacitor should also be easy to do(as long as you have a desoldering iron)

flipout · 26-06-09, 11:46 PM

Thanks for the help ended up buying this box off Ebay all I did was change the fuse on the power lead working a charm for £21.

waqasahmed · 26-06-09, 11:47 PM

£21! Bargain for a receiver

bobbytheparrot · 29-06-09, 11:48 AM

lol i just bought a fullw orking Dbox2 Sagem out a carboot sale yesterday for £2 only missing the keys from the Image.
Thats a bargain

waqasahmed · 29-06-09, 12:12 PM

£2?! Where's this carboot?

24-06-09, 03:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
flipout Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 44 Thanks: 14 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now Hi I have a Sagem Dbox2 with no power. Was working fine and then it made a spark and something blew up. 1. Would getting a new power supply board fix the job? If any help is available would be great. Cheers

24-06-09, 03:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
waqasahmed Cost efficient muppet Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: W. Yorkshire TW area Posts: 4,510 Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 935 Times in 690 Posts	Re: Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now Open up the box-see if there is a brownish hole on the back of the power board. It may just be a really easy solder job

24-06-09, 04:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
flipout Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 44 Thanks: 14 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now Thanks for the reply, just wondered if it sparked, could it have damaged components on the main board of the dbox2? Cheers

24-06-09, 04:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
waqasahmed Cost efficient muppet Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: W. Yorkshire TW area Posts: 4,510 Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 935 Times in 690 Posts	Re: Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now Hmm. That I wouldnt really know, but I have some sort of idea. Sometimes on a PC when the power supply blows up, it can take something with it-Most likely the mainboard. However sometimes when PSU's blow up, nothing else is damaged(this is the more likely thing to happen as well) I would presume the same thing to happen with Dbox's

24-06-09, 04:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
blakey_8 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Colne, Lancashire Posts: 6,947 Thanks: 245 Thanked 1,312 Times in 1,205 Posts	Re: Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now I had one do exactly the same but the PSU had scorch marks all over so I ended up buying a new PSU. I struggled to find one though, I ended up buying from a shop in Germany. DBox spares I think it was called, not 100% certain.

24-06-09, 04:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
waqasahmed Cost efficient muppet Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: W. Yorkshire TW area Posts: 4,510 Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 935 Times in 690 Posts	Re: Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now dbox2.com is the shop that sells them(normally) but the cost of the PSU really isnt worth it-€63.75 for a power board(delivered). I dont know where blakey_8 got his from. If I was you I would just buy from the place called Dbox spares, but I couldnt find that shop Could you open your receiver up and pull out the power board? And tell us of any abnormalities on the board eg: leaking capacitor, brown hole instead of a soldered one etc... A brown hole should be easy enough to do-just resolder in the same place and a capacitor should also be easy to do(as long as you have a desoldering iron) Last edited by waqasahmed; 24-06-09 at 04:56 PM.

26-06-09, 11:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
flipout Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 44 Thanks: 14 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now Thanks for the help ended up buying this box off Ebay all I did was change the fuse on the power lead working a charm for £21.

26-06-09, 11:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
waqasahmed Cost efficient muppet Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: W. Yorkshire TW area Posts: 4,510 Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 935 Times in 690 Posts	Re: Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now £21! Bargain for a receiver

29-06-09, 11:48 AM	#9 (permalink)
bobbytheparrot Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now lol i just bought a fullw orking Dbox2 Sagem out a carboot sale yesterday for £2 only missing the keys from the Image. Thats a bargain

29-06-09, 12:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
waqasahmed Cost efficient muppet Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: W. Yorkshire TW area Posts: 4,510 Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 935 Times in 690 Posts	Re: Sagem Dbox2 Sparked (Blew Up) No Power Now £2?! Where's this carboot?

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