Overhead computer Fix - Easy and it works

[texasaggiesrocks]

mine just went out last week, then found this thread. Works great now, thanks!

[1faststang]

WOW ! Thanks for the tip, It worked great. Popped mine off with no problems, and found 2 chips sticking up. Took less than 10 min total to fix and that included waiting for the soldering iron to heat up.
Here is what to look for.....

[AhrmanHammer]

Thanks for the tips and pics... Just fixed mine, it only took a couple of minutes and it works great now.

[99PSD-White]

im in the process of fixing mine right now and looking at pics i found my circuit bored doesnt have the thing circled in the picture? Is that bad? what is it?

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[1faststang]

im not sure what that part is?
do you have chips that are popped up?
john

[99PSD-White]

yeah i have 2 680s that fell out

[99PSD-White]

well anyways i did a ****ty solders job on the 2 680s that broke off and pluged it back in my truck and BAM it works again. But it dims down a little bit and i have to smack it to light up normally. so i will take it out again when its not 3am and do a better solder job and get new resistors.

[PSdiver34]

perfect, i was wondering how to fix this w/o paying for a new one!

[PSdiver34]

Just did the fix on mine and it works perfectly again! thanks a lot guys

[scraph]

Hey man, good heads up on that one. I about tore into it the other day but didn't get any further than staring at the console exterior cross-eyed. All you had to was just pull on it, it's interior clips, and I was golden.

A suggestion, if no one else has considered it, is to put a dab of epoxy onto each SMD ... the chips and other things are not as likely to fall off ... but these SMD resistors could use a little make-shift conformal coating.