aragorn wrote:
I am apparently the first person buying a Buffalotech Terastation Pro
in the USA and trying to use it in Europe. I failed to notice that it
only supports 120V instead of 240V and a lot of smoke later it dawned
upon me I blew the power supply.
So now I have a brand new and completely uselessTerastation Pro. The
power supply is not a standard ATX type of power supply, but a smallish
PCB board with one connection (2 wires) to the power cable plug and
another (10 wires) to the mainboard. Photo's can be provided on
request.
My question now (after you finished laughing) is wether anyone knows
what type of power supply the Terastation uses and where I could buy a
replacement that should work in the EU.
Don't tell me to contact Buffalotech on this. I am .... and they are
not really able to help me up to now.
Thank you in advance,
Aragorn.
Don't give up hope yet. There are dozens of companies around the world
which make switching PS modules and one of them is sure to have what you
need or something adaptable. Companies like Buffalo don't make their own
PSs and will buy off-the-shelf units rather than buying custom if they
can get away with it. Your first job is to find out exactly what the
output was from the old unit. It was likely only +5V and +12V but you'll
need to make sure and then determine what the current requirements were
for each. This is a _very_ common combination of voltages. Then, armed
with the voltage and power numbers and the dimensions of the existing
(burned) PS you'll need to research the online catalog of some
commercial electronics vendors. Here in the states I'd go to a company
like Mouser or Digi-Key. I don't know which ones are available to you in
Europe but there are sure to be a few that will deal with small orders.
I don't know what your power or size requirements are but you will most
likely wind up looking through page after page of catalogs looking
something like this:
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/626/1564.pdf figuring
out which unit(s) meet your needs and budget simultaneously. It might
actually wind up being cheaper and easier buying two separate smaller
supplies if you need two voltages. With some luck and cleaning of smoky
residue you may be able to determine what company made your existing PS
and go to them directly to determine a suitable worldwide-voltage
replacement.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com