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Good news. I got my hands on a DC-3g power supply from a HD500X and the POD HD appears to be working fine as well as the FBV Express MKII floor board. The power supply for my old Pod 2.0 is toast though along with the AC power supply that came with the POD HD. Apparently plugging an AC power supply into the DC powered PodHD cooked both AC power packs but not the POD HD. I guess thats much better than the opposite happening. Just a note for your info - I swear to you that the barrels are exactly the same size, inside and out on both the DC-3g power supply and the Line 6 AC power supply that somehow came with my POD HD. They both fit the jack perfectly without any damage or forcing etc. This might sound like an impossibility to you given your experience but I assure you, they are the same. Its been a roller coaster day. This morning everything was working wonderfully and I was ecstatic. This afternoon, all hell broke loose and I figured everything was pretty much melted. And tonight it appears I'm only down an AC power supply for my old pod 2.0. I found a lower amperage AC power supply from a looper pedal I have and tried it on my POD 2.0 It powered on just fine so it appears to be working as well. I didn't leave it plugged in long as I want to get the right power supply for it. Having said that, I'd really like to know how an AC power supply came with the DC powered POD HD that I bought new from a local music store / Line 6 rep. I probably won't find out until after Christmas. Thanks a ton for your help on this!

Holy crap. You are right. It came with the wrong power supply. Here's a pic. It says 9V DC. 2.5A minimum on the back of the Pod HD and the power supply is a Line 6 - 9VAC 2000mA. Do you think the POD is repairable? Do you think my FBV Express MKII is toast too since it was attached? Also just for your info, I swear the barrel on this wrong AC adapter fits perfectly into the POD HD jack.

UBer Guru, Both power supply's Outputs are 9V AC according to their labels and they are the original power supplies that came with the PODs which I bought new. And the size of the jacks are identical inside and out. I didn't have to force it at all. So that wasn't the issue. Any other ideas?

I'm have the same problem with a brand new Line 6 Pod HD (Desktop bean type). I just bought it new yesterday, updated the firmware and flash memory and it worked great for hours all evening . This morning I hooked it up to a brand new FBV Express MKII floor board that I got on amazon (which is compatible according to the manual) and it all worked wonderfully for about 20 minutes. Then my POD started automatically restarting every few seconds. I tried shutting it off for a while and restarting it again. Same thing happened again. Eventually the screen changed to just horizontal lines and then went totally blank. I checked the power supply and it felt pretty hot. I could hold it in my bare hand but if I squeezed it at all it became too hot to hold. I took the POD HD back to the store and they said the power supply was toast. I have an older pod 2.0 and they suggested I try the power supply for that one just to see if the pod HD will work (its 9V 1200mA for pod 2.0 instead of 2000mA for Pod HD). The POD HD turned on but it was just the horizontal lines again. I tried a factory reset (nothing happened) and updating the firmware again (computer wouldn't recognize it anymore) and while I was doing that, the POD HD screen went blank again. I quickly checked the power supply and it was hot! I let it cool off and tried it back on my POD 2.0 and.....nothing. I feel pretty stupid for burning up two power supplies. Now I have no pod's at all to use over the holidays. I wish stuff would just work like its supposed too. So disappointed with Line 6. I now have a dead POD HD that eats power supply's, a POD 2.0 without any power supply and a new FBV Express MKII that I'm scared to plug into anything else. 2016 can't be over fast enough.... If anyone has any suggestions on what to do next, please let me know. Greg

Hi. I'm using a Pod 2.0 with a 4 channel floor switch for a one man band performance. It works great but I need more than the 9 banks it comes with. I'm wondering if there is a version that has more than 9 banks. Or is there a newer product I should switch to. Please advise. Thanks. Greg