Seeking Chip Info from ArchosJukebox 6000 Owners?

Posted by Cliff on Monday October 8, 2001 @11:25AM from the picking-thru-electronic-entrails dept.

slazar asks:"I accidently reversed the polarity on the DC power input on my Archos Jukebox 6000. Smoke rose and now it won't charge anymore. I opened it up and found that a chip had been fried. Could any of you possibly tell me what a certain chip is and who makes it? The chip I need to replace has been damaged beyond recognition. This chip is a 8-pin surface mount chip, on the same board as the Stop, play, plus and minus buttons. It is nearest the stop button. It is also near the chips labeled ' IR 1F ', ' I 385-2 2AUXV ', and ' IR 022H 3XSD F7416 '. The chip is on the same side as the LCD connector. The reverse side of the board is depicted here. A great website depicting the Archos taken apart is here, except that it doesn't have the picture I need. I have tried contacting Archos but they are completely unwilling to help me. Any compassionate hardware hackers out there?"

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Re:I know someone by cymen · 2001-10-08 16:23 · Score: 2, Informative

...who repairs jukeboxes. Do you live in the Washington, D.C. area?

You might be kidding around but if not - the Archos Jukebox 6000 is one of those MP3 jukeboxes - not the old record kind. It is quite a bit different from a real jukebox! Althought that might not be a problem for your friend.
AJB Mailing list by Your+Pal+Dave · 2001-10-10 03:03 · Score: 2, Informative

There's a fairly active AJB mailing list at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/archosjukebox6000. The email to subscribe is archosjukebox6000-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

You could ask there or maybe at
http://forums.funmp3players.com/forum/