This Pandora BOX doesn't work! | Can I FIX It?

Surely it’s red probe to ground if that’s sending out the Voltage ?

that was a great outcome for sure

Is it possible the chip got so hot that basically it’s disconnected itself? I say this because you’d think it would have a heat sink but that looks more like a clamp to keep the chip against the board.

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wow

The important question is did this board ever work?
If it never worked, its a bit of a stretch but maybe the contaminant under the Rock chip prevented all the solder mask balls from making a connection when it was manufactured and the reflow fixes it once the contaminant was removed.

"Take that Marian" - another classic StezStix Fix quote!

I know your Huapar broke and youse fixed it. Good fix vid that one too btw. I want one as the equivalent Flir is ridiculously higher priced (they aren't worth it imo) but the price for the Huapar has moved further north since your fixed-it video. More like £360+ after vat.

It takes a ridiculous amount of time to boot with no indication.

Take that Marian 😂😂😂😂

If everything fails reflow the main chip and let's go !!! "Hey !! Wait!! Have got a new complain! "

"massive"

Steve.. you have Monkey Island wallpaper. I already loved your channel, now this is just ridiculous.

always fast forward until the singing stops 😒

Recomend to add termal pad to the heat sink ! Or update the heat sink !

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A nice long video.... I love it when they are about 30 mins long :)

I feel like maybe that wasn't fabric or a hair under the IC, but more like a bug that worked its way under and shorted something out? I would think you'd see debris during the reflow, but 🤷

"I can never resist a zero-ohm-resistor."

Coils are the opposite of capacitors. They should be low resistance at DC and high resistance at AC.

o my god

It is fuseless to resist a zero ohm resistor ...
Love your videos... Thank you for your content...

Never seen such a gob smacked face like that. Well done.

It’s all to do with negative neons!

Believe in youre self more pal we all love youre repairs keep it up pal thankyou 👌

Cracked joint, or maybe not enough superheat during initial reflow to fully make a joint in the centre (could have been ‘sintered’) reflowing it with direct heat will have remade the connection (obviously)…

you sure say but a lot

The little hair like wire or the reflow

I always think with reflows, it's the memory chips nearby that get the benefit. Worth a shot either way. Nice

Wow. That’s all that’s in there…. I’d replace that board with a pi and joy kit for an arcade 1up.

Love you videos - the surprise on your face when things work is great….. well done, I’d still replace the internams with a pi5 ❤

Here's a funny story on reflowing chips. About ten years ago I had a coworker ask me if I could fix his laptop. I told him I'd look at it and see what I could do. He tells me it doesn't show any signs of life. Also he tells me that if I fix it, don't look at his pictures because he has nude pictures of his girlfriend. I asked him why would he even tell me that because I wouldn't have looked if I didn't know that bit of info. He was convinced I wouldn't fix it. Long story short I reflowed the Southbridge and it came to life. I brought it back to him and he asked what he owed me. I told him it's free of charge, and by the way, you're a lucky man. 🤣

Time to read what is capacitor and finally understand whats going on when multimetr beeps for a couple of seconds in that mode.

You make these calls and second guess yourself thinking it was luck but you are a very intelligent guy and you have learned so much over the years you need to give yourself more credit! I do love how you stay humble tho. Such an awesome guy!

did the short appear because it was sitting against the metal casing?

I'm going to take a guess and say that the manufacturer isn't actually testing them before they leave the factory. I don't think the cpu came loose, I think it was never on properly to begin with

There's no resisting a zero ohm resistor! Your face when that worked should be your channel icon! Great honest reaction

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As catphrases go, i'll think i'll resist that one. 😉

Sounds like the wife..
Lights are on but nobody's home..

Nice shirt, and very nice chest hair

Its a good job King and King rhyme Steve 😂

Short no short, charging a cap but is usually visible or switching on a MOSFET so leads the right way around Sir!! Inductors (coils) basically are a dead short at DC so hard to measure unless they are open but at AC its another kettle of fish, you would need to test at about 100 Khz AC. Resetting the trans optical wave differential oscillators time vector circuitry using heat was a cracking idea !.....cheers.

Open the pod bay doors, Hal..

Wow, a bad BGA solder! You don't see those too often, knowing how the factories work! Great repair!

I hope you put the improper amount of thermal compound on that heat spreader...