Belkin 'Y' adapter blew out 2 4000's

[amesie2]

I bought 3 Belkin 'Y' adapters to hook a CF to IDE adapter in two of the 4000's my dad and I have. The part number on the package is F2N508.

The problem is that the RED and YELLOW wires are reversed in the three I have which of course I didn't notice.

I hooked the first one to my dad's 4000T which has an Apollo 3040 in it, when I powered it up we heard a loud pop one of the three PLCC chips exploded the one closest to the SCSI controller on the board marked MACH130-15JC-18JI. I thought dang it must be from the age of the board and something just blew finally. I set his system aside thinking I would see if we can get another Accel. for his machine and we would be in business.

I then turned to my 4000 Mirage with a CSMKIII in it and Mediator, I opened another 'Y' adapter and hooked it to my CF to IDE adapter and fired it up which led to a sizzling noise and a green screen. I turned off my system immediately and started checking things out. I figured the only thing that was added was the 'Y' adapter and upon examination found the RED and YELLOW wires reversed on the small plug end that is the same as a floppy power connector. I looked at the one in dad's system and sure enough his was also wrong, I turned to the one still in the package and it too is wrong.

I looked on the Belkin website and found the 'Y' adapter I had purchased and in the picture on the website the wires are correct.

I started to look over my system after disconnecting the 'Y' adapter and think the CSMKIII is OK but am not 100% sure yet. I did get the system to a boot screen and after putting in an install disk got to a WB screen.
I do know that the IDE port on the 4000D is shot because when I hook a harddrive to the connector it continually reboots with the power led blinking and the HDD light lit constantly.

I think my dad's tower might be in rougher shape since his motherboard probably is blown just like mine plus his accel. is shot too.

I sent an email off to Belkin to see if they will do anything about the reversed wires and replacing our equipment. I have purchased many items from Belkin in the past being an IT admin. and have never had problems with their stuff it has always worked great.

I am in need of a 4000D motherboard now if anyone has one for sale. I did buy one from Stopthegop not too long ago to put my Mirage together. The memory retaining clips were broken except the ones on the CHIP RAM socket. I didn't care because I would just use the memory on my CSMKIII.
I don't need a complete board just one that will work installing ROM chips, Buster chip etc..
any help would be great and appreciated.

[amesie2]

I would think that Belkin would still have to do something regardless if the Amiga is supported or not, the wires are clearly reversed and probably caused problems with PC's as well which is why they are correct in oriantation on the website.

[amesie2]

Yeah,
I know they will probably say that just my luck! I will have to find another motherboard and pray my CS is OK.
As for dad's accel. what a bumber for him his system was in very good shape for it's age.

[amesie2]

Hey guys,

I agree, never thought I would have to check someone elses work since there has been a standard in place for years and certainly if I buy something in the package from a well known company.

I do have an attorney that I do PC work for that will probably give me some advice on what action I can take. I know that the cost of the dammages isn't cheap due to the somewhat rarity and price for certain Amiga items.

[amesie2]

@ral-clan

True Amiga motherboards are becoming harder and harder to get especially ones that work and without batt. damage.
I plan on keeping the boards I have and use them for parts or maybe send them off for repair if they can be.

[amesie2]

@tomas

I did contact ARP and he wasn't sure without having the boards in hand what could be done.

I will probably be sending him the boards to see if they are repairable, he did say that diagnostic is free and that I just had to pay shipping. This sounds very reasonable to me.

[amesie2]

I did find a 4000D on Ebay to hopefully get mine going again. I just hope my CSMKIII survived the ordeal unlike my dad's accel. which blew one of the PLCC chips on the board. I did find some replacement chips for his but I beleive they are programable chips which might not do me any good.

The markings on the chip are MACH130-15JC-18JI anyone have any clues on this the accel board is an Apollo 3040?

[amesie2]

I just tried my CSMKIII in another 4000T and it worked great, I guess the voltage didn't blow the board just the motherboard.

This is awsome!!!!!