Has anyone had sparks come out of this unit? I plugged in two PCs and the power to the unit. Once i tried plugging in the monitor it let out sparks
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I haven't seen that happen. I too have 2 PC's connected. I am very pleased with the unit.
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Never had that issue. Macs, PC, and iPads all worked without any problems. Best switch I have ever owned.
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You probubly have a power supply that floats gnd. turn off the computer and the power switch. After this when u turn on the systems should be ok.
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Never had an issue with the two we use now on our tech bench. We are constantly swapping out different computers for repairs and diagnostics. No problems. In the past we have had other brands of KVMs that have failed for various reasons. Some quicker than others. These Tripp-Lites have been the best.
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Randee, it WILL SPARK as you plug it into the wall outlet. Everytime. Yet not dangerously. I have the exact same issue, and used to disconnect my laptop from the adapter while plugging it into the wall. It hasn't 'yet' caused anything to go wrong. Just my hair... lolol
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I don't have an answer for you. My guess is your unit is "fried". I had two friends who had surge protector power strips, not Sidesocket, catch fire. I'm glad they were home!
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I haven't had any problems with my unit. Check all your cords and hook up. I had to unhook my usb on the front of my tower, had issues with it on my board!
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Have you checked the outlet it's plugged into to see if it's hot? If you experienced a power surge when the outage occurred it may have fried the power supply. (We had this happen to several devices plugged into a surge suppressor when we had a lightning strike.) If you've only had this monitor for a short time (less than the 1 yr warranty coverage) you might contact Dell for guidance. Other than that, I can only suggest you have a tech look at it to determine cause and possible repair.
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Mine sparked too. It must have a capacitor in the input and the spark is caused by its charging.
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I had mine plugged in for a few months - only using it occasionally - and one night when I wasn't using it, started flashing red in the middle of the night - it didn't turn the heat on while it did this. It didn't stop when I used the control so I unplugged it and replugged it in and it's been fine. Nothing in the manual about that. If it does it again I will call the manufacture.
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I m having the same issue on EVERY outlet with or w/o surge protector and will call tomorrow Makita support and or electrician since this in only happening with the charger which I did not use now for a month since I m concerned...don't like sparks flying at all.
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I also had a display go completely unresponsive. You can do a seach online on how to reseat the ribbon cables to the unit , as that might help, or if you have two systems, you can swap displays to get the heat going for the affected zone.Ultimately I ended up ordering a new unit to solve my problem.
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No. I pulled mine apart because of the same issue and found it was the back lighting (shine a flashlight when it is on and you will see your screen still works, just no backlight). The lower CCFL wires for mine had a bunch of unidentifiable crystal like corrosion which might be due to bad SIC insulation but my CCFLs worked fine. I cleaned the corrosion and tested good. Prior to that I swapped out all of my electrolytic capacitors on the supply board. Still nothing. Considering getting a new one to match my good one or buy two new monitors and move on.....not sure yet.
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Vincent, I have been trying to get someone to hook it up for me. I had the wires run when I built the house a few months ago. When i got the unit, one of the monitor screen was pushed back, I don't think the quality is very good. Or at least their QC. Sorry this doesn't answer your question. I may try to sell mine off because I don't feel that they will back it up with a warranty. I guess we get what we pay for.
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I have the same unit for about a year and haven't had any issues. Are you having power surges?
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Yep ours did that too. Ended up sending it back and getting a higher quality PC. No problems since
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I guess I am the odd man out in this one. I love mine. Works good. Are you sure you got a good charge? When the unit is charging you get a visual indication on the screen that it is being charged. If you do not then maybe the connection to your power source is not seeded correctly. I plug mine into a usb port on my windows7 desktop, it recognizes it and starts charging right away.
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I would check that all connections are not loose. It sounds like you have the power usb cable plugged in but check it's connection as well. I'd suggest contacting the company if you have further problems.My monitor has worked flawless since installing the adapter. Sorry to hear you are having issues.
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I own two of these units with no such problems. Possibly the wire on yours may have gotten pinched there by shorting itself out.
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No I have never had any issues with my unit. If nothing is running my first thought is to check your GFI plug to see if it is tripped. If that is not it I would try to contact the company.