Dead wii-mote after a battery upgrade; possible PCB damage
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Dead wii-mote after a battery upgrade; possible PCB damage?
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So I’m fairly new to this whole console repair/modification business, but I thought a mod for a built in LiPo battery intended for use with game boys could be repurposed for a Wii-mote instead.
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I did manage to get everything working but when I opened it up again to solve a minor issue I think I managed to short something out, and now it’s pretty much been bricked. It looks to me like the damage is in the capacitor/resistor group just above the chip labeled U5 (though I could be wrong about that, there aren’t a lot of maps for the circuit board out there)[image|2450446]
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I did manage to get everything working but when I opened it up again to solve a minor issue I think I managed to short something out, and now it’s pretty much been bricked. It looks to me like the damage is in the capacitor/resistor group just above the chip labeled U5 (though I could be wrong about that, there aren’t a lot of maps for the circuit board out there)
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Specifically the components C65, R42, C61, and R41, in the bottom area of the picture, a little down and left of the speaker contacts. R42 and R41 both read at about 200k ohms, C65 reads around 10k ohms but C61 seems to be missing. Does anyone know which component I need for that spot?
Dead wii-mote after a battery upgrade; possible PCB damage
Testo:
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My Wii remote suddenly lost its connection to the Wii, and I haven’t been able to get it to connect again since then (all it does is blink for ~15s when the sync button is pushed). I’ve tried all the usual solutions with the sync button, resetting the Wii, and changing the battery, all to no avail. Im certain it’s not the console, as its still connected to its other controllers and I’ve tested syncing to a different console with the same results. I’m thinking there might be an issue with the remote’s bluetooth chip, but is there any way to test that, and is that even something I should even try to fix?
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So I’m fairly new to this whole console repair/modification business, but I thought a mod for a built in LiPo battery intended for use with game boys could be repurposed for a Wii-mote instead.
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I did manage to get everything working but when I opened it up again to solve a minor issue I think I managed to short something out, and now it’s pretty much been bricked. It looks to me like the damage is in the capacitor/resistor group just above the chip labeled U5 (though I could be wrong about that, there aren’t a lot of maps for the circuit board out there)[image|2450446]
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Specifically the components C65, R42, C61, and R41, in the bottom area of the picture, a little down and left of the speaker contacts. R42 and R41 both read at about 200k ohms, C65 reads around 10k ohms but C61 seems to be missing. Does anyone know which component I need for that spot?
My Wii remote suddenly lost its connection to the Wii, and I haven’t been able to get it to connect again since then (all it does is blink for ~15s when the sync button is pushed). I’ve tried all the usual solutions with the sync button, resetting the Wii, and changing the battery, all to no avail. Im certain it’s not the console, as its still connected to its other controllers and I’ve tested syncing to a different console with the same results. I’m thinking there might be an issue with the remote’s bluetooth chip, but is there any way to test that, and is that even something I should even try to fix?