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In Reply to: RE: Power Supply for my sound card posted by twlaipeter@hkbn.net on November 07, 2011 at 04:10:18
Dear Greg,
The addition connection is as follows:-
Does it work?
Thank you!!!
Follow Ups:
I know the cause now. It is because the 1117 regulator is 1117-ADJ, instead of 1117-3.3. In case of 1117-ADJ, how should I connect the external 3.3v to the sound card PCB?
Ok, that makes more sense now.
This drawing from the MT1117 datasheet showw the different circuits for the fixed versus the adjustable.
You need to find the voltage-setting resistors (R1 & R2 on this drawing) on your soundcard board. They should be very close to where the MT1117 was. Remove the resistor on the soundcard that corresponds to R2 on the drawing. Then attach the ground wire from the SuperTeddyReg to the ground pad where that resistor was.
It won't hurt to leave the resistor that corresponds to R1 on the soundcard. And where you connected the 3.3v wire from the SuperTeddyReg should still be ok.
You should not need the connection you made to the PCI finger.
Try this and let us know how it works.
Greg in Mississippi
P.S. I'm glad you caught this. I was scratching my head trying to see what you did wrong and couldn't find anything!
Everything matters!
Hi Greg,
Thank you for your tips. The independent 3.3v power supply has been successfully installed as follows:-
R1 and R2 must be removed!!!
And the pics are as follows:-
The modification I have made:-
1. Remove the ak4396 DAC and tap I2S signals therefrom
2. Remove all the unused cap., opamp on the upper part of my sound card, which are for DAC only.
3. Change all the cap. on the lower part of my sound card to Black Gate
4. Remove the 49.152MHz clock and install flea + tentlab combo (see http://cynicalaudio.blogspot.com/2011/05/shigaclone-clock.html)
5. Install Superteddyreg
I would say that the modifications bring huge improvement to the sound quality. The sense of presence and depth of the sound stage is better than a CD transport for sure.
Thank you again, Greg!!!
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