Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> writes: > Quoting Jens Thiele (2023-01-08 12:03:22) >> Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> writes: >> >> > Unfortunately both my TERES I laptops are dead (voltage regulator >> > circuit let out their blue smoke), so I can no longer test U-boot for >> > that platform :-( >> >> a little bit off-topic but: >> Is this a known hardware bug? is olimex aware of the problem? >> I also have a broken TERES I, I thought maybe the power adapter is the >> problem, but I don't know. > > Excellent question! > > (yeah, strictly speaking off-topic for the issue raised, but on-topic > for the relevancy of TERES-I as Debian laptop (not just OSHW-compliant > paperweight) > > I have not yet contacted Olimex about my issue, but intended to do so. > > My experience, for both laptops - using same power supply but happening > several months apart - was that the area around the power plug got so > hot that the surface plastic underneath melted, and then the system > turned off: There was a strong smell of melted plastic afterwards. > > Did you experience the exact same, or something else that might have a > different cause?
exact the same here :-( karme
