Airport Extreme Power supply

I have a dome type Airport, which my daughter was using. Until she said it had stopped working. Got her to bring it over and found no power from the jack plug. So took the case apart. Power was reaching the circuit board, but no 5 volt out, so it was not the lead. I have made a start on looking for a replacement Transformer and noted that I have a Nokia phone one that has the same power out. Would it be worth fitting a jack to this, to use on the Airport. Or has someone an idea of a way of getting a replacement. Nothing like the Foxlink Tech. comes up on a search.
Regards
Dave

Perhaps you will have better luck posting or starting a new thread in the Airport / Time Capsule category.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=140
As far as your problem, I don't know the power requirements of the older Airport Extreme Base stations, but if the power requirements are listed on the device and you can find a transformer that can supply that (your nokia PS), then cut and splice the old end of the broken power supply and solder (do not twist) the old end onto the new PS.
I don't know your electrical background but you want to make sure that you don't get the wires backwards on the plug. Make sure that you don't cut the wire to short on the plug end encase you need to repair again.
Another solution is a universal power supply. Radio Shack and maybe Walmart sell these. They come with different voltage settings and different plugs that you can switch out. Keep in mind that they may not have the plug end that will match your AP.

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