Polaroid DRA-01601A will not power up

these units are famous for capasitors popping in the power supplies.

99.9 % of the times its the capacitor which is blown. I had spent few weeks to investigate on this and ultimately found this solution. Till date I have replace two capacitors. To determine which capacitor is gone, Check on the flat silver surface of capacitor. If its not 100% flat it means its gone and you need replacement. Pl. check my attached file to understand on details of inside configuration.

Hopefully it works for you.


I am not able to upload pdf which I have created. Pl. contact me via email to get pdf file
viki_3578@yahoo.com

Regards,
viki_3578

We found that our problem may have been heat related (the unit might have been overheating) We reported our issue to Polaroid and they were very willing to replace the unit (as long as we paid for shipping the unit back, of course) However, after reporting the problem and setting up the exchange, we spent some time burning our videos to DVD prior to returning the unit, during which we increased airflow to the unit. During this time we experienced almost no failures, leading us to believe that it may be a thermal issue. In the end, we're using our new unit from Polaroid, so far with no problems.

Mine have severe problems, I removed the front panel and front board and replugged in all the connectors, and when put back together it worked. I think I had a shorted trace on the front panel to one of the screws (or maybe the force was just with me) anyway thats my story

I believe I found the problem but just will not be able to fix it unless I can find a new main board cheap. It would appear power is getting to the main board but will not power up.


Thanks anyway