OS V3 Power regulation chip popped after upgrade

[maileys]

Hi All,

Just wonderiong if anyone has seen this before…

I attempted to upgrade my OSV3 to 219R1 a few days ago and lost connection and suspected the firmware upgrade was successful and that I was needing to reconfigure – then I was distracted by the kids. I checked the physical OSV3 and saw the screen was blank and tried to removed the power and replace and then removed all other comnnections (valves/rain sensor) and tried power again but still no luck.

I took the unit apart and removed the ESP section and powered via USB and everything is working as expected, however looking at the power board I see one of the ICs has popped like a volcano (picture attached)

I guess my questions now are;
– Has anyone else seen this?
– Did this have anything to do with the upgrade (I can’t really see how that is possible)
– Can I order just the power board?

Thanks again,

Saxon

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[Ray]

Well, this cannot possibly be caused by upgrading firmware — the IC chip popping is gotta be a hardware-related problem and should have nothing to do with firmware update. So it’s probably a co-incidence that it happened more or less at the same time with the firmware update.

You can send a support ticket at support.opensprinkler.com. From the look of the board, this seems revision 0 of OS 3.0. We do still have a few replacement power boards and will respond to your support ticket once it’s in.

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