Sabrent ECS-U35K USB 2.0 External Drive Case
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Sabrent ECS-U35K Hard Drive Enclosure AC Adapter repair




By LeeSavSonic on Nov 06, 2009

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Hi. I recently bought a hard drive enclosure from CompUSA for about $20, only to find that it's a piece of ****, since the moment i plugged in the AC adapter, I saw a flash inside the adapter and also heard a popping noise. For reference, the enclosure's product code is ECS-U35K, and can be seen here: http://www.compusa.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1733195&sku=M501-1182&srkey=ECS-U35K
Upon further research and frustration of not having the external drive I'd been awaiting to finally use, I found that many other people also called this thing a total piece of **** as well. However, being a rather curious person, I opened the casing on the adapter to identify what went wrong, and, lo & behold, I found the source of the flash & "pop": there was a fuse wired into the circuitry, near the power cord inlet. I know a couple things about electronics, and I look further to see if anything else was wrong, and also discovered that there was also a capacitor missing. Whether these 2 are related, though, I'm not experienced enough to know, and would very much appreciate if someone can guide me to what I can solder, remove, desolder, ect. to fix the stupid adapter. Sadly, money is tight, so that's why i would rather fix than buy one new. Can anyone help me? Also to note: the adapter goes from a Type B power cord (120V AC) to a IEC C13 female plug, which connects to a IEC C14 male inlet plug on the adapter module. From there, it runs through the circuitry, and goes out to a 6-pin Mini-DIN plug(same plug used for serial desktop mice, otherwise known as PS/2 mouse), which provides the hard drive enclosure circuit board and hard drive power in +5V DC & +12V DC, with the bottom 2 pins acting as ground lines. I can supply anyone who can help me photos for reference to everything I just said...I think. I can take photos of the adapter's innards, as well. Thank you in advance.
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Nov 06, 2009

- ZOMG THANK YOU! :D I haven't had a decent answer from someone on a defective device since...oh.. I guess I never got decent help on anything at all before!! lol that makes you the first, i guess. :) Hold on a sec my Linux needs to recognize my webcam for this to work

Nov 06, 2009

- Thank you!!! Sure thing lemme set up the webcam for it :)

Nov 06, 2009

- Thank you!!! Sure thing lemme set up the webcam for it :)

Nov 06, 2009

- Umm...I think you may have to email me so i can send the pics. I can't seem to find the page where i can upload the picture t as part of the solution.

Nov 06, 2009

- Umm...I think you may have to email me so i can send the pics. I can't seem to find the page where i can upload the picture t as part of the solution.

Nov 06, 2009

- And sadly, my Webcam wont connect. However, I do have an iPhone, so please email me at LeeSavSonic@aol.com so i can email the pics to you.

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posted on Nov 06, 2009
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Maken

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I would sure enjoy helping you figure your problem. I've taken Electronic courses in the Navy and in college, so this shouldn't be too hard.
As far as the capacitor goes, manufacturers make several different products from the same PCB layout, just some don't have all the components. Once I see where the capacitor should be I can tell you if its necessary or not.
For the fuse, it sounds like there is a short somewhere further in the circuitry. Rather surprised it blew right off the bat, but people and machine alike can make mistakes when building things. I fixed a laptop power supply where they didn't even solder the source resistor for the switcher.
Upload your pictures, and we shall we what we can do with it!
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Nov 06, 2009

- Alright, I'll e-mail you. I was doing other things thats why I haven't gotten back that fast.
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