Editing AMD Geode/Video 3/Script
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Narrator: "The DACPWRDN register reports if its powered down." | Narrator: "The DACPWRDN register reports if its powered down." | ||
The MISC register is partially shown. The following fields are shown:<blockquote>Bits 63 to 13: RSVD (RO) | The MISC register is partially shown. The following fields are shown:<blockquote>Bits 63 to 13: RSVD (RO) | ||
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Narrator: "Time to finally repair something" | Narrator: "Time to finally repair something" | ||
A glossy | A glossy yellow slide shows the text "Repair time!" | ||
Narrator: "I used my soldering iron to remove the nearby capacitor and the resistor." | Narrator: "I used my soldering iron to remove the nearby capacitor and the resistor." | ||
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Tweezers hold the yellowed capacitor while a large square soldering iron touches its side. | Tweezers hold the yellowed capacitor while a large square soldering iron touches its side. | ||
Narrator: "I heated up one side of each component and forced that end away from its pad" | |||
The solder on the capacitor melts on one side and the tweezers pull the component to stand up. | |||
The | The iron then melts one side of the resistor while holding it with the tweezers. | ||
The | The resistor slips and bends sideways, disconnecting from the opposite pad. | ||
A part of capacitor remains on the pad. | |||
Narrator: "Then | Narrator: "Then heated the other side up and pulled the component away" | ||
The iron melts the resistor's pad again and the tweezers pull it away. | The iron melts the resistor's pad again and the tweezers pull it away. | ||
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The soldering heats up both resistor pads and cool to hold a small wire in place to bridge them. | The soldering heats up both resistor pads and cool to hold a small wire in place to bridge them. | ||
Narrator: "Then | Narrator: "Then cleaned up the soldering mess" | ||
A cotton | A cotton tip is used to remove all the soldering flux from the board. | ||
The board is | The board is shown post-clean. | ||
Narrator: "Do not do this!" | Narrator: "Do not do this!" | ||
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The text "Should I have removed both?" is shown. | The text "Should I have removed both?" is shown. | ||
Narrator: " | Narrator: "Finding a suspicious voltage drop could have identified the bad component". | ||
A multimeter is shown probing either side of the blown resistor. | A multimeter is shown probing either side of the blown resistor. | ||
The text "Measuring voltage drop would show | The text "Measuring voltage drop would show the problem component" is shown. | ||
Narrator: "Secondly, I removed the components wrong" | Narrator: "Secondly, I removed the components wrong" | ||
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An orange cartoon resistor sits on a an abstract blue circuit board. | An orange cartoon resistor sits on a an abstract blue circuit board. | ||
The text "I | The text "I removed components wrong" is shown. | ||
Narrator: "I forced heat through one end of the component" | Narrator: "I forced heat through one end of the component" | ||
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The resistor is now completely gone from the board, with the board and pads still hot. | The resistor is now completely gone from the board, with the board and pads still hot. | ||
The text "Then tweezers | The text "Then tweezers for removal" is shown. | ||
Narrator: "Here's the display before the fix" | Narrator: "Here's the display before the fix" | ||
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Narrator: "This fixed the brightness, but not the original issue" | Narrator: "This fixed the brightness, but not the original issue" | ||
A glossy | A glossy yellow slide shows the text "This didn't fix the original issue" | ||
== BIOS editing == | == BIOS editing == |