H8000 dead after holidays!

[Zeppelin999]

Hi everyone, my H8000A is dead! I left it at home, powered off, and today there’s no signs of life: at power on the screen stay black. At power off some leds show little light (one second) and then nothing more. I opened the case and – see picture – there are only two D101 and D100 green and red leds on. The fuse is apparently ok, even the one inside the case colse to the battery is ok.

Please help, this is crazy!

Lucio

[nickrose]

Sorry – looks like it has died.

You could try gently "wiggling" the big square socketed chip in your picture (power off first). We occasionally get a bad socket.

Otherwise, it needs to go for service.

 

[Zeppelin999]

Thanks Nick, do it happened before something like this? Nobody touched it… any other ideas? 

[nickrose]

Unfortunately, it could be one of very many things, so it's hard to draw conclusions.

 

[Zeppelin999]

Nick, problem solved! Thanks a lot. Pushing the Ic into the socket worked. Every now and then there are always some “black” screens but it’s ok. One last thing: what you think of  Ic chip contact cleaners (spray)? Anyway Eventide rocks

[nickrose]

Great news !

A light dusting of contact cleaner, then more wiggling would not be a bad thing.

When a system with a bad socket comes in, we remove the socket and solder the chip to the board, but this is not a simple job – you can ruin the board if not careful..

 

[skywriter]

My EVE/NET died when I left it alone too long 🙁 haven’t had the heart to unplug it to send in for for repair yet. It’s scared of the dark shipping box. 🙂 soon my pretty…. soon.

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