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So after spending most of my day troubleshooting I've determined that the card is dead. The MB USB may be damaged but I found a temporary workaround for the USB issue. I've got music playing again without the card so at least I can listen to computer audio which is remarkably good without the card and power supply! This really is frustrating. It's not just the money but it's time spent. I'm willing to spend time in setup but I bet I've logged 20 hours between 2 cards. The first one came broken and the second dies because house loses power? I'll report back how the company wants to warranty this. How does a MoBo die? See items 3 & 4 under the precautions part of the manual. According to the "precautions" see items 3 and 4!
I am using a Keces DC-115 for the PS and a separate adjustable supply for the USB board.Does anyone know if I can drop one of the outputs of the Keces to 9v to feed the USB card?Jeff
I am going to build a CAPS soon and I am doing it without the SoTm card. Your story was the clincher for me, a simple loss of power caused all of that. I am a former IT guy too and I have read too many stories about card failures to be comfortable with spending $350 on one. I have a couple of 10 year old computers with far cheaper components that withstood years of use during my college days running off a simple surge protector and they can run Linux flawlessly to this day. This after hundreds of power outages between them.So, I guess we could run both the CAPS and the SoTm card off battery power. When I get around to doing battery power for my upcoming CAPS build I'll consider a SoTm card at that time. Michael, how do you have your computer hooked into your system right now?