Hey folks, trying to figure this out now-any ideas how you find out the
connector size for the end that plugs into the unit and is there a standard or
something...?
At this point I'd just pony up the $$ and buy an OEM from Drobo but they're all
sold out! So I need to find a third-party one but I don't want to get burned
again (even to the tune of $11). Thanks for any help folks!
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of Bino
Gopal
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 1:20 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Dead Drobo FS?
So the guy on eBay cancelled the order since I told him I'd just return it-so
that was nice. The other guy rejected the offer for the PS at $9 so I just
bought it at full price, BUT
Turns out the connector on the PS is too small. So even though the power
rating is right (12V 8A, 96w) , the connector is too small for the back of the
Drobo, which now makes me wonder...how do I specify the connector size for the
PS, and can you even do that, and how would it even be listed/described since I
don't see that in any of the descriptions of the ones I'm looking at-just the
power specs like V, A and W...
Anyone got any ideas?
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of Bino
Gopal
Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 5:25 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Dead Drobo FS?
Yeah I went there and they're all like $40-50. As my friend pointed out, he
told me to test the PS with my voltmeter and putting the red inside and the
black on the outside and when I did I was getting zero voltage from the end
that plugs into the Drobo!
I then took the cord from the outlet and checked the two prongs on AC that was
going into the brick and was getting 120V! So power was flowing to the brick,
but not out of the brick-so it was the PS that was dead (at least).
Just to be sure I also checked the 19.5V PS for my laptop (a bad-ass MSI gaming
laptop that draws 9.23A which is why it probably never works on the damn plane
b/c it draws too much juice!) and it registered 19.5V as it should...so pretty
clear it's the Drobo PS (at least-guess the enclosure could still be fried but
won't know for sure until I replace the PS to check!)
The sad thing is I'd bought a Drobo FS enclosure from a dude on ebay for $100
(which is pretty cheap since most were going for $200-300 as I'd made an offer
for $100 and he instantly accepted it-along with $17 shipping) but I'm pretty
sure I don't need it now so I cancelled the order and am trying to make sure
that he doesn't ship it out-and while he was super fast to respond to the offer
he hasn't responded to the request yet...which makes me wonder if he's going to
try to send it out and stick me with it...not the worst since it was only $100
but still...
And the PS that say they're for the Drobo are ~$40. My friend pointed out that
I just need to get one that outputs the same amps at the right voltage (8.33A
at 12V), so I found this and offered $9 and let's see if it works! It should
right?
https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FQuality-12V-DC-8A-8-amp-96W-POWER-Supply-ADAPTER-Transformer-for-LED-Strip-CCTV%2F162294980793&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd54055aeccdd4a6bcd9b08d725abce60%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637019292137830863&sdata=hVYOn9hyzJvTQN4L8NSKdh%2B72jBQbKuvurU7AKIjYmM%3D&reserved=0
If he doesn't accept the offer I'll just buy it at the $11 full price lol! :P
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of lopaka
polena
Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 4:38 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Dead Drobo FS?
I have a drobo 5N as the backup for my synology 1518+. Drobo is faster on large
transfers but synology support is much better and longer. I'd guess the power
supply is probably what went out but it would be a bummer to buy one and have
the main unit as the culprit. Any used power supplies on ebay?
lopaka
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 4:10 PM Bino Gopal <binogo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Well so since it seems the list isn't dead, figured I could ask here...
>
> I have an older Drobo FS that I got from a friend (old network
> attached storage model). I had it off for a while while I was redoing
> my cabinet and went to power it on and nothing. Zero, zip, zilch no
> matter what outlet I try to use.
>
> So I'm wondering if it's the enclosure or the power supply and
> replacement PS are $50-70 online and that seems a waste if it's the
> enclosure, so any thoughts? Anyone have a spare Drobo PS lying around
> they wouldn't mind sending me?
>
> And if I was to replace it, what would be the best recommended
> replacement? I assume since it's a Drobo proprietary FS I wouldn't be
> able to transfer the drives to a regular RAID backup so I'd lose
> whatever was on them huh? Hmmmm, that's not so good...
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> BINO
>
>
