Gigaworks Dac popping and sparking!

jordyyy · 1st April 2011, 01:52 AM

My gigaworks DAC is popping and sparking.
I left home for spring break, and forgot to unplug the Dac, and when I came back after a week and tried to play it, it went crazy. I immediately unplugged it and left it for a few hours. I tried it again, when I took the video linked below, and it calmed down a lot, but have not plugged it in since Sunday. It had been on for a lot longer than a week many other times, but I had music playing through it consistently. The underside has little sparks flying around, so I decided not to touch it again.

Any help?

YouTube - dac

lakeside · 1st April 2011, 03:35 AM

Hi jordyyy,
The video is kinda dark...hard to see anything. Are there any burned or discolored parts? Is the sparking isolated to a specific part or area of the board?

jordyyy · 1st April 2011, 03:38 AM

No burned or discolored parts. The sparking is on the underneath, I won't touch it again while it is plugged in. The sparks go from solder end to solder end spastically all over the bottom of the board when it pops.

Bill Fuss · 1st April 2011, 02:13 PM

The only thing I can think of that would do that is steel wool dust. I guess it could possibly be a bad trafo leaking 110, but you would think that would fry it.

1st April 2011, 01:52 AM	#1
jordyyy diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2010	Gigaworks Dac popping and sparking! My gigaworks DAC is popping and sparking. I left home for spring break, and forgot to unplug the Dac, and when I came back after a week and tried to play it, it went crazy. I immediately unplugged it and left it for a few hours. I tried it again, when I took the video linked below, and it calmed down a lot, but have not plugged it in since Sunday. It had been on for a lot longer than a week many other times, but I had music playing through it consistently. The underside has little sparks flying around, so I decided not to touch it again. Any help? YouTube - dac

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1st April 2011, 03:35 AM	#2
lakeside diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northeast Wisconsin	Hi jordyyy, The video is kinda dark...hard to see anything. Are there any burned or discolored parts? Is the sparking isolated to a specific part or area of the board?

1st April 2011, 03:38 AM	#3
jordyyy diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2010	No burned or discolored parts. The sparking is on the underneath, I won't touch it again while it is plugged in. The sparks go from solder end to solder end spastically all over the bottom of the board when it pops.

1st April 2011, 02:13 PM	#4
Bill Fuss RIP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Central Florida	The only thing I can think of that would do that is steel wool dust. I guess it could possibly be a bad trafo leaking 110, but you would think that would fry it.