My friend got an empeg for christmas (this christmas), but actually received a month or two ago. The empeg did function when he initially got it. It came with the IEC brick power supply.

Tonight, he wanted to play with the empeg, but temporaily misplaced the brick. So he used a 5V 1Amp Ac adapter. He claims the LED blinked for a couple seconds and then died. After finding the brick, he plugged in the empeg and it now shows no signs of life. He claims that when plugged in with the brick there is a smell.

I am going to see him on Sunday. What should I look for? I refuse to believe that the empeg is totally dead now. If I can't get it to work, what should I do? Sending it back across the ocean, I think, is something he's not going to go for.