So, whilst going through a pile of broken switches I stumbled across the issue I dread the most - a console which charges at 0.42A but does not power on. Inspection showed several shorted capacitors directly behind the CPU, indicating some kind of CPU related issue.
I decided to try removing a few capacitors to determine if any were the cause and somewhere along the way I plugged the charger in... Thing started charging and booted right up.
I'm not comfortable selling the console, so...
Shorted CPU cap removal
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I decided to try removing a few capacitors to determine if any were the cause and somewhere along the way I plugged the charger in... Thing started charging and booted right up.
I'm not comfortable selling the console, so...
Shorted CPU cap removal
Continue reading...