# Relay dying, no DirectStream :-( **URL:** \ **Category:** DACs\ **Created:** [October 20, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/relay-dying-no-directstream/1604 "2014-10-20T16:07:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eho3ct57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@eho3ct57](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/eho3ct57)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/relay-dying-no-directstream/1604/1 "2014-10-20T16:07:54Z")
All of a sudden, a little bit ago, my DSD (built from a kit last May) started clicking. When I went over, the logo in the upper left of the front panel and the display were both blinking on and off. I can stream continuously to it via the Bridge but I only get analog output when the display is on. Something is unhappy / some relay is dying. Anyone else seen this? Guess my DirectStream is going back to Boulder… ---
**Author:** ![tony22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@tony22](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tony22)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/relay-dying-no-directstream/1604/2 "2014-10-20T16:37:17Z")
I haven’t heard of this before. Troubling. Did you use the anti-static wrist strap (properly grounded) throughout the assembly of the kit? ---
**Author:** ![st50maint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@st50maint](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/st50maint)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/relay-dying-no-directstream/1604/3 "2014-10-20T16:54:09Z")
Same thing happened to me. PS installed a new display module. [http://www.psaudio.com/forum/directstream-all-about-it/direct-stream-cycles-on-and-off-continuously-after-the-first-two-hours-of-use/](http://www.psaudio.com/forum/directstream-all-about-it/direct-stream-cycles-on-and-off-continuously-after-the-first-two-hours-of-use/) ---
**Author:** ![eho3ct57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@eho3ct57](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/eho3ct57)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/relay-dying-no-directstream/1604/4 "2014-10-20T18:29:57Z")
re:wrist strap, Yup, certainly did. I have a lengthy post about the kit rebuild, you can see it elsewhere in the forum. Been working fine since then, until earlier today. Tony, thanks for the info. ![103_gif](http://www.psaudio.com/wp-content/forum-smileys/103.gif "103\_gif") ---
**Author:** ![eho3ct57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@eho3ct57](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/eho3ct57)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/relay-dying-no-directstream/1604/5 "2014-10-20T18:36:29Z")
Read the forum topic that Tony posted, those are my _exact_ symptoms. Unit is going home to Boulder when I get back from a trip. ---
**Author:** ![eho3ct57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@eho3ct57](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/eho3ct57)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/relay-dying-no-directstream/1604/6 "2014-10-20T19:34:25Z")
Sorry, misidentified the helpful poster, thanks, st50maint. ![103_gif](http://www.psaudio.com/wp-content/forum-smileys/103.gif "103\_gif") ---
**Author:** ![eho3ct57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@eho3ct57](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/eho3ct57)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/relay-dying-no-directstream/1604/7 "2014-12-20T22:49:15Z")
By the way, this did turn out to be a problem with the display module, which was replaced under warranty. Had a bit of a scare when the unit got to Boulder as it started acting all normal. It took a day or so of being on continuously before it started acting up.