Blade stopped illuminating
#Korbanth darksaber blade not illuminating help
cerulean plover
bronze parrot
Gimme a sec to look over the board.
hmm. Well, can't fully tell on the fets, can I get a clearer and better lit shot of this section? Bit too fuzzy for me to tell fully
quiet mulch
Try and get the light so it is almost parallel to the board, but slightly above so it lights the components directly
cerulean plover
Hopefully this is better
quiet mulch
Definitely a blown FET
bronze parrot
yeah, I do believe that center fet looks blown
bronze parrot
this right here is a MOSFET, specifically this one is responsible for acting as a power gate to the pixels. the way it's damaged means it's non-functional anymore.
bronze parrot
well, not really, there's 6 of these on the board.
quiet mulch
There's a number of solutions that don't involve throwing the board away
bronze parrot
just some resoldering and updating configs, or you can remove and replace if you have a reflow station. Though, I will ask if this saber is still under warranty.
cerulean plover
Second hand Korbanth for me
bronze parrot
ok, well going by how things are wired in, likely channels 2 and 3 are dead, channel 5 looks to be powering the accent pixels. So that leaves you 1, 4, and 6 to choose from, just takes some resoldering then you would need to update the config anc flash it to the board, assuming the config came with the saber as well (should be on the SD card).
cerulean plover
This is definitely above my skill level
bronze parrot
Well, plenty here including myself offer repair and diagnostic.
cerulean plover
Do y’all mind dming me? I’m in Georgia so would prefer someone slightly more local to either meet and drop off or reduce my shipping cost
bronze parrot
Well, I'm over in Nevada. Bit too far to take the bus to.
cerulean plover
I’m still willing to give it a go since I see you around often unless you do have a referral on the east coast
quiet mulch
I'll be honest I'm not aware of many people that do proffie repair, and I'd imagine those that do (I don't know just because I don't keep track) probably don't live close enough to make a difference (in terms of shipping).
That's my two cents
¯_(ツ)_/¯
bronze parrot
there are at least a couple on the east coast, but not any in or around Georgia (at least the ones I actually know the geolocation of), mostly in the northeast (tierfon) but not sure what his workload right now looks like. Though if you want we can discuss my pricing and such via DM so you have an idea what it would cost for me to repair.