Could be a few things (Iâll assume your BQ IC and re-install is good (?) ) - could be battery issue relating to the middle wire on the contact (I think itâs termed âthermâ)
Could be Fuel gauge related issue
Could be USB related issues (youâd wanna do visual inspection and if good, then do continuity check from breakout board to/from destinations)
Could be M92 IC (or M92 IC install) issues. Could also be related circuitry such as the diode, filter, fuse etc
Should actually be higher than this (if the battery is semi-depleted) anywhere from 0.6 to 2A (I think, somehwere in that region)
I donât get this⌠did you confirm that it wasnât actually functioning?
Is it functioning now?
Does the console actually even power on currently?
nope. Still not powering on. I had some other problems which came across while trying to reflow bq and max chip several times. Some resistors went missing while trying to fill the pins with solder. I could restore them, but after several times of reflowing the m92, i burned some of the pads.
While the m92 was still in place i could identify shorted caps (maybe m92 went bad because of too much heat?)
Shorts disappeared after removing it. Here is the picture of the restored pads. Install a new m92 again and well see if it helps or not.
problem nr. 1 i have is that im not patient enough next time i need to wait till all the tools like the voltage meter arrive before i start to solder and make diagnostics.
t.ly/ddYT5
All the lightbulbs like you said that came across are now kinda destroyed.
btw. if i plug the cable in i can measure 0.xx at vsys and vbat. does this have something to do with the max chip or should i get 5.xx or something like that here anyway even with bad / no max chip?
Bit hard to tell whats missing from that image due to the darkness and your solder mask⌠at least a few caps missing afaict.
More likely you pulled the pads off when attempting to pull the IC off the board too soon, and/or knocking them off with your iron. Be a bit unlikely heat alone would cause the pads to be lost. (first case can cause layer delamination which can cause more serious issues)
donât think so⌠either a fake IC or more likely, you bridged one or more of the pins/pads
(I genuinly laughed)
Trouble now is the water is muddied, canât troubleshoot the original fault because we are now troubleshooting BQ IC potential issues, and we canât troubleshoot that because we now have M92 issues at play too, and we canât troubleshoot that because we now donât know if youâve caused issues at the ENXX IC, and so on, and so forth
Probably imply BQ install issues.
Not really, this is because youâve seen some moron youtuber say this⌠the only thing it has in common is SYS (but almost everything has SYS in common as itâs the most used VIN on the board) ⌠no more lightbulb moments ya hear
In all honesty this board is probably best suited as a donor board at this point, but if you wanna try, then best suggestion at this point is to try and get BQ and M92 back on the board properly without causing further damage, really make sure of this prior to anything else, then once youâve verified all that, go and check the ENXX IC measurments we talked about earlier and make sure itâs outputing and if no if itâs being told to do so at itâs enable etc etc