What is the best Enigma 2 box

[cactikid]

you could open it and check the capacitors,
thats the most common thing to go on small power supplies, they are only a few pence to replace

Which one?

 

[pabloescaban]

Which one?View attachment 67458

If one's gone it usually bulges out at the top

 

[cactikid]

Aye no one has found it , unlike the Starview 1 boxes where you could see them blown up.

 

[steptoe]

Which one?View attachment 67458

that small black one, top right, is it c3 ?
is it bulged a bit, or just the photo,?

other than that, you could always get an external 12v 4.5amp PSU and bodge a jack plug to the back of your box,
the output cables are all marked up by the looks of it

 

[woody6222]

you could open it and check the capacitors,
thats the most common thing to go on small power supplies, they are only a few pence to replace

l have done that and tested connections inside and all appear ok, other than that l don't feel inclined to remove mother board to check nor do l have equipment to check.

 

[skjom]

It's powered up again , but going through loop now where it switches off and on again. Happened before and came back to life , it seems very common issue with those boxes , the power supply unit was crap.

I'll see what happens over next day or so, prob even if it's the power supply I will just replace with new box rather than cobbling something up.

 

[urie]

It's powered up again , but going through loop now where it switches off and on again. Happened before and came back to life , it seems very common issue with those boxes , the power supply unit was crap.

I'll see what happens over next day or so, prob even if it's the power supply I will just replace with new box rather than cobbling something up.

perhaps something as simple as a dry joint if intermittent.