Mega 2560 won't power up from external power supplies...

Hi James,

Thanks again for the schematic, it proved helpful to figure this out. The LM1117 5.0 regulator is indeed burned out, and I have sourced replacements on Ebay. I'm having 2 of them shipped to my country (canada) from China for a total cost of $2.80 including free shipping. Gotta love Ebay when it works like this. (Of course they won't be here for about 3 weeks, but that's fine because I can still use the unit with a computer. Thanks for your help.

Jon