FAULTY B&W Z2 Speaker | REVISIT
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Published 2024-05-04
It's been giving me nightmares, so let's have another go at figuring out the fault and getting it working...
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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All Comments (21)
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STEVE! 09:57!!!!!! What's that!!? I mean, it's worth checking to see if the working WiFi board also has a giant solder blob bridging those pads.
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Hey. Justin from Pennsylvania… USA here. I’m a master technician in my industry. I have been binge watching you. Your dry sense of humor and delivery are awesome. I really love your content. There’s another Englishman I enjoy who does watch repair called Gentleman’s watch services. He is hilarious. I do hobby watch repair and am decent at electronics repair. Keep the content coming. It’s really good!
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I honestly thought at 9:23 you were going to fling the faulty board across the room and call it a day. But I loved the deep dive into it. Great effort Steve. Love it. 👍
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I can only guess how frustrating this one was because I was getting frustrated with the damn board just watching you try to fix it. I have to commend you, I would have taken a hammer to the damn thing.
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I always admire your tenacity in finding out what went wrong. I would've considered the board swap the repair and be done with it. Can't wait to see your next adventure. 😊
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It's always a great reminder of just how fiddly these things are when you see the "not under the microscope" view. I'd have lost sooooo many components, and tempers over the years doing this. Top man!
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That last line before the outro had so much wisdom in it!
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Maybe it has something to do with the solder bridge on the WiFi board at 9:56
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I find myself looking for your uploads daily. I can't believe the amount of patience you have.
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I love your style where we actually get to watch you learn things in real time, it's cool!
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Hi Steve, your stuff appeared on my YT suggestions recently and I'm still here. I used to watch Lois Rossmann do similar fixes to Apple computers and even though I don't use Apple I was intrigued by the process. These days he's gone a different direction and suddenly you're feeding that geeky inquisitive part of my mind. Thanks.
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I love your humble honesty.
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Yay more stoof! I was inspired to fix my automatic bin because of your videos and it actually works now.
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The Winbond chip is holding the wifi firmware like a bios chip. The firmware might be corrupted. You may be able to copy the firmware of the good chip and flash it into the faulty one..
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I really enjoy watching your videos, you got a good sense of humor.. I love it. In case you didn't know: How do I reset my Bowers Zeppelin? The Zeppelin has a reset button located at the rear of the product. To return your Zeppelin to its default settings press and hold the reset button for 5 seconds. You will hear an audio cue and notice the LED turn red once you have reached 5 seconds. When the reset procedure is complete the Zeppelin will restart.
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What an emotional rollercoaster. I envy your perserverance!
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14:50... I was so devastated for you! I thought you now got two dead boards! 🤣 Luckily the replacement still worked despite the capacitor breaking off
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epic fight - great one ! thanks
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At 9:54, as you’re skimming across the pin connections, you can see two of them on (2nd and 3rd on the far right), lower line, are soldered together.
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first replaced chip was TPS54231 Step-Down DC-DC Converter, but power is delivered to the circuit and it's corect, next time check voltages and datasheet first
