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WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 25th, 2023, 10:05

Hello guys, good day. I have here a complex case. Already had lots of Charger successful recovery here, but never got a broken original PCB.
How would you guys deal with a case like this, considering the original PCB encryption on those models?
Thank you for any answer
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Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 25th, 2023, 11:40

I would simply glue it with epoxy

Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 25th, 2023, 13:26

pepe, Well... that is really an odd solution. Already got it done?

Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 25th, 2023, 14:24

pepe, sorry for asking you that, but if hypothetically there was a missing fragment of the PCB, recovery would be impossible for this family?
Thank you so much for all your help.

Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 25th, 2023, 16:22

Not really complex...unless you have heads compromised as well(due to fall?). Take a SATA Equivalent laptop HDD pcb....remove MCU of the patient and solder it on the sata pcb(ofcourse remove donor pcb mcu aswell)

Either do it the stencil way or via manual re-balling https://youtu.be/mpFPxUoHELg

it takes about 1hr 18 mins or so for manual re-balling 240balls if i got the count correct :)

easy pizy :D


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Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 25th, 2023, 18:13

parmindo wrote:pepe, sorry for asking you that, but if hypothetically there was a missing fragment of the PCB, recovery would be impossible for this family?
Thank you so much for all your help.

He was joking ...

Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 26th, 2023, 1:09

yeah, joking of course. I can't see any other solution than swapping the MCU.

Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 26th, 2023, 2:58

sin wrote:Not really complex...unless you have heads compromised as well(due to fall?)
Looks more like technician pry damage to me... just hope it wasn't inhouse.

Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 26th, 2023, 7:47

Lardman wrote:
sin wrote:Not really complex...unless you have heads compromised as well(due to fall?)
Looks more like technician pry damage to me... just hope it wasn't inhouse.


I was just giving a benefit of doubt.

It's a mean industry where people try to monopolize over data... "None! if not me" is the concept. Life goes on.
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Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 26th, 2023, 8:31

pepe, fzabkar, Sorry guys.. lots going on here and I'm not used to this.
Thank you all so much for all your insertions. I'll be training hard with irrelevant similar drives before offering this to my customers.
Thanks a lot.

Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 26th, 2023, 11:41

Lardman wrote:Looks more like technician pry damage to me... just hope it wasn't inhouse.


Customer sent me this way, saying that one employee that works for him had a psychotic break and did this damage

Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 26th, 2023, 13:34

parmindo wrote:pepe, fzabkar, Sorry guys.. lots going on here and I'm not used to this.
Thank you all so much for all your insertions. I'll be training hard with irrelevant similar drives before offering this to my customers.
Thanks a lot.



yes sir...practice atleast 3 - 4 times....its fun
cheers

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Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 29th, 2023, 12:38

sin wrote:
parmindo wrote:pepe, fzabkar, Sorry guys.. lots going on here and I'm not used to this.
Thank you all so much for all your insertions. I'll be training hard with irrelevant similar drives before offering this to my customers.
Thanks a lot.



yes sir...practice atleast 3 - 4 times....its fun
cheers

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Sin ,
Thats Too Many Balls :lol: ,Use a Stencil Buddy

Re: WD Charger - Broken PCB

May 30th, 2023, 10:20

stencil or no stencil. Be like Rambo :)


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