On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:08:13 GMT, John DeGroof
put finger to keyboard and composed:

My brother's iPod died after using a new car charger. All firewire
devices I've tested provide 12v, including the iPod A/C adapter. The
Monster car charger provided 11.4-13.66v, which tells me it's either
defective or unregulated. In any case the iPod died within 1 minute
of the new charger's first use.

I've identified what is most likely the problem (not the result), but
need help identifying the part. Being inline with the firewire power
input, it'd make sense it's either a dual transistor, power regulator,
rectifier, etc. - I'm not sure.

I took a picture of the part and posted it to my webpage. The bad
part is identical to the good one next to it, and is located above the
large Ti chip. Part numbers are KJGN5 and KJGN6. Any idea what they
are, or where to find a replacement? Thanks in advance.

http://home.earthlink.net/~jdegroof5/ipod.jpg


Could it be a diode array for ESD protection?

eg http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX3202E-MAX3206E.pdf


- Franc Zabkar
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