Given a fried dna30 clone.

[tinnerman]

Okay, so a friend of mine throws me a fried DNA30 clone today. Said it just started smoking and it's pretty fried from the display melted to the chipset inside. It must have gotten very hot. I have half a mind that he stuck the battery in backwards but who knows. So he said to keep it for parts it's his gift to me. Well I'm the guy who everybody brings their stuff to repair to and am pretty handy but never been inside a box mod. It's a mess in there and the amount of hot glue in it is crazy. So here is my question, do I just gut this thing and use the box or is it worth trying to carefully get the hot glue off of everything and see what was actually ruined. I am attaching some pics for the experts here to see. Any advice would be awesome. I would really like to repair and keep or build in the enclosure. Your thoughts????

 

[JMarca]

Unsolder the battery contact points, fire button and up and down button contact points, and throw everything else away, get yourself some quality wire and a dna 30 chip, follow the instructions that come with it. They're pretty simple to rewire.

 

[tinnerman]

I guess you just start prying that hot glue gun crap out of there huh. So keep buttons switches and battery box and 510 connector and start over huh

 

[tinnerman]

That crap is covering the buttons and everything on the inside.

 

[tinnerman]

 

[JMarca]

Forgot the 510 connector you can save that too just unsolder it throw all that mesh of wire glue and whatever is left of the chip and usb port out, get a DNA 30 with the USB connector that comes with it. Then just follow the instructions and you'll have a much better PV than the original owner ever did.

 

[tinnerman]

Just got to get to it to unsolder for all the stinking glue

 

[HecticEnergy]

Buttons are pretty cheap... I think madvapes has them for a few $s

 

[Ed_C]

So, that's some crazy, sloppy construction, Are these clones always this bad?

 

[JMarca]

If you have an exacto knife they work wonders inside small spaces. I have a ton of them around for another hobby but you can get one practically anywhere on the cheap. They'll cut out that glue pretty good.

 

[tinnerman]

Managed to get the guts out.

 

[JMarca]

Jesus, gotta wonder what the hell he did with this mod. Anyway if you're handy with acrylic you can fabricate that window from scratch. A very thin acrylic window that small shouldn't run you more than 3-5 dollars at home depot and can be easily cut. You can use the old one as a mold.

 

[tinnerman]

I was thinking the same thing

 

[tinnerman]

Suggestions on a good chip distributor?

 

[JMarca]

Suggestions on a good chip distributor?

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[jchadbourne]

House of vapor has authentic dna 30 boards in stock

 

[swoody]

I have half a mind that he stuck the battery in backwards but who knows.

Jesus, gotta wonder what the hell he did with this mod.

I had this exact issue with my Cana Modz clone. I had been using it for maybe two months with no issues or abuse whatsoever. I was driving down the highway when the screen started reading "Too Hot" and the battery started venting. I threw it out, and it's the reason I now own a Provari.

 

[JMarca]

I had this exact issue with my Cana Modz clone. I had been using it for maybe two months with no issues or abuse whatsoever. I was driving down the highway when the screen started reading "Too Hot" and the battery started venting. I threw it out, and it's the reason I now own a Provari.

Hopfully you didn't throw it out the window! lol

 

[swoody]

Hopfully you didn't throw it out the window! lol

Haha, no. I nearly did out of reflex, but I held it out the window and let it vent. I had a VTC5 in there, so I wasn't *overly* concerned with it venting violently or exploding, but I was very cautious.

I brought it back home, but wound up tossing the mod and the battery just to be safe.

 

[crxess]

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