Apple TV Gen3 completely dead, *SOLVED*

[Anwar Murad]

Hey Guys,!

So I got this Gen 3 that's completely dead, no light , nothing what so ever,.
I read on google that it's quite common that the PSU goes bad.

I read another post saying that you can enter "Recovery Mode" via the USB on the back, And if it start blinking then it's 100% the psu as it draws power directly to the logic board and bypassing the powersupply,.

The question is... do I have to have a Mac to hook it up with usb or does it work with Windows ?
I'm getting no life signs when I hook it to my windows pc..


EDIT: It was the power supply, i replaced it from ebay and voila!!

 

[Tartarus]

Re: Apple TV Gen3 completely dead, Power supply?

Hey Guys,!

So I got this Gen 3 that's completely dead, no light , nothing what so ever,.
I read on google that it's quite common that the PSU goes bad.

I read another post saying that you can enter "Recovery Mode" via the USB on the back, And if it start blinking then it's 100% the psu as it draws power directly to the logic board and bypassing the powersupply,.

The question is... do I have to have a Mac to hook it up with usb or does it work with Windows ?
I'm getting no life signs when I hook it to my windows pc..

Only on a Mac, I’m afraid.

 

[Anwar Murad]

Re: Apple TV Gen3 completely dead, Power supply?

Only on a Mac, I’m afraid.

well thats great news,, then I have another shot at it

 

[Chris Cook5]

If they do release another  TV do you think they will drop support for the third generation?

 

[Lee_Bo]

EDIT: It was the power supply, i replaced it from ebay and voila!!

Glad to hear. Thanks for letting us all know how you fixed it.