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I got a board in that had liquid damage on the lvds connector. it was pretty bad. I pulled the connector off, cleaned the area really well. Soldered a new connector on,
As a persecution I also changed the back light fuse.
PINS 21 and 22 for the lvds connector have the solder pads missing.
I...
I just got my new microscope today and got it all setup. It looks amazing, I do have a question tho. To focus a board on my bench the microscope head has to be about 4.5" off the desk. My old AmScope SE400-Z I had almost 9" of work space under the microscope. Is there an adjustment or something...
I got this board today, I was a able to get video out of it once out of probably 15 power cycles. It does chime every power cycle. I ran out of time today at work to start measuring power rails. Am I correct in thinking this is a 330uf tantalum cap problem (c9560)? Or at least a good starting point?
I have a machine that was left at my shop for scrap. The video is corrupted, I tried new ram sticks did not help. I know this machine isn't worth anything but this is more a learn exercise for me.
It appears to me that I either have a bad gpu or bad vram. Not sure what the diagnostic steps are...
Im still pretty new to board level repair, I have watched around 20+ hours of Louis's videos. So im catching on. But I still have a lot to learn. I do have a schematic and board view for this logic board.
-Looked over the board really well for liquid damage none was found.
-Tried a new...
I did a liquid damage cleanup on this mobo a couple of days ago, it just came back to me for the usb ports not working. I can get a flash drive to detect in the " front and back" ports but larger devices like external hdd or usb mouse do not work in the ports. I have 5v on both ports. No change...