NVR5208-4KS2 dead?

Aajjoo

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Hi all,

Received my new NVR5208-4KS2 along with some new cameras this afternoon.
However, the nvr won’t power up.
Tried different power sockets with no luck. Opened it up to check if there were any lose cables or anything but no luck
No lights, the fan’s not moving and no boot screen appears.

Am I missing something obvious here?

Thanks!
 
It has an external 12VDC @ 4 Amp power supply, correct?
And that external power supply is correctly rated for use with your voltage and frequency there in N. Sweden?
 
Hi all,

Received my new NVR5208-4KS2 along with some new cameras this afternoon.
However, the nvr won’t power up.
Tried different power sockets with no luck. Opened it up to check if there were any lose cables or anything but no luck
No lights, the fan’s not moving and no boot screen appears.

Am I missing something obvious here?

Thanks!

Hi @Aajjoo

NVR back .. did you power on the unit with the switch on the back?

Also.. don't know if it is the case here, PC power supply have a switch sometimes for USA power vs EU power .. wondering if there is a similar switch on the Power Supply Unit here ( PSU )


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UPDATE: the above picture is for the NVR with 8 PoE ports .. see the thread for the NVR w/o PoE ports
( see post NVR5208-4KS2 dead? )
 
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Try a new power cable. Same as computer power cable, i think it's the cable failed more than the machine.

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The 10 year-old criminal mastermind behind this mystery came clean this morning :banghead:
Apparently, while I got something he hooked up the NVR to the power adapter that came with the Poe switch which I guess is the reason the NVR won’t work, that it fried it?
Does that sound like the probable cause or do I need to look elsewhere to solve this mystery?

The weekly allowance is as of today withdrawn.
 
The 10 year-old criminal mastermind behind this mystery came clean this morning :banghead:
Apparently, while I got something he hooked up the NVR to the power adapter that came with the Poe switch which I guess is the reason the NVR won’t work, that it fried it?
Does that sound like the probable cause or do I need to look elsewhere to solve this mystery?

The weekly allowance is as of today withdrawn.
So it DOES have an external power supply, which is likely 12VDC and the POE switch power supply, if external as well, is likely 48 to as much as 60 VDC.

I'm surprised that both power supplies have the same size DC output plug that would allow that.
 
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That's a shame, Aajjoo. I can say, that without a doubt, if I were that 10 year old I wouldn't be sitting comfortably for a few days at least when my Dad got done and maybe a few more after my Mom got done.
 
So junior won't see an allowance for a while, eh. ;)

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Ok, now that we’ve concluded that the brand new $260 nvr is fried thanks to our in-house tech wiz-kid, is it worth repairing?

I’m pretty sure I can’t find anyone around here that can repair it, my best shot is honestly to send it back to Andy but shipping is not free and whatever it costs to repair maybe adds up being equally expensive?


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First contact Andy. He may be able to save junior's bacon. If not I'd just spring for another one, complete unit with a hard drive because there's no way to know what got fried. Maybe, someday, you can find someone to have a look at the dead one and see if it can be repaired or what can be salvaged safely.
 
First contact Andy. He may be able to save junior's bacon. If not I'd just spring for another one, complete unit with a hard drive because there's no way to know what got fried. Maybe, someday, you can find someone to have a look at the dead one and see if it can be repaired or what can be salvaged safely.

I’ve sent him a message explaining the situation so we’ll see if anything can be salvaged.
Otherwise, I’ll just get a new one and let junior “repair” the fried one


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FYI - The back of the NVR5208-4KS2 ( no PoE ports, just NVR for recording )

Notice the power supply is external ( AC/ DC adapter ), vs the NVRs which have internal power supply units.

The barrel socket takes the power, and in this case we have an issue where some plugged in a AC / DC power supply which proved the incorrect voltage ( and thus we suspect a possible issue )


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FYI - The back of the NVR5208-4KS2 ( no PoE ports, just NVR for recording )

Notice the power supply is external ( AC/ DC adapter ), vs the NVRs which have internal power supply units.

The barrel socket takes the power, and in this case we have an issue where some plugged in a AC / DC power supply which proved the incorrect voltage ( and thus we suspect a possible issue )
Yep, that's the unit I was looking at from the model # in his first post. :cool: