Mike n Tibs DNA Mods!
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I also see it as a source of experts, or at least people with more and/or different experiences than I have with mods and vaping.
Now, I'm trying to figure out how to stuff a DNA40 into a VTR body without re-inventing the VTR to hold me over until I re-invent the VTR.
Willy, I figured out what went wrong...the smoke leaked out of the DNA40 and all electronics runs on smoke.
Now, I'm trying to figure out how to stuff a DNA40 into a VTR body without re-inventing the VTR to hold me over until I re-invent the VTR.
Willy, I figured out what went wrong...the smoke leaked out of the DNA40 and all electronics runs on smoke.
i would hope that this thread is not only a picture thread but also used for troubleshooting and exchanging ideas
if not it might get rather boring!
at least that's how i feel
Well I appreciate everyone's time and feedback, I just don't want to wear out my welcome.
Yup, in the shop we use to call it "letting the magic smoke out". First thing I thought of, well the second, the first thing I can't post here.
If it were me Willy I would send it back to Evolv, see what they say maybe they will send you back a new one.
When I sent my shorted one back they asked me if I soldered on it with a battery attached
I didn't, but you never know what happened Evolv is really good and I would bet they send you a new one
Here's what mine looked like, mine shorted as soon as I put the battery in.
When I sent my shorted one back they asked me if I soldered on it with a battery attached
I didn't, but you never know what happened Evolv is really good and I would bet they send you a new one
Here's what mine looked like, mine shorted as soon as I put the battery in.
Steamer,
I may contact them after I get feedback here, I'm not looking for a freebie or for someone to take it on the chin if I screwed up. If the consensus here is I screwed it up that's OK, I'm a big boy (in more ways then one ) and will accept that. If the feedback has people scratching their heads like I am then I'll contact Evolv, ask them to look at it and if they think I screwed it up that's the end of it. But if there was a problem with the board I'd trust them to make the call and replace it.
Being the fire circuit is basically a "no load" or very low load on - off signal to the transistor, I can't understand how it would fry like that. I also can't get past why it took multiple firings before it smoked. I was very careful, double checked my work and how it needed to be set up so I'm confident I didn't short it, but I can't be 100% sure I didn't either. It leaves me wondering if Evolv has seen shorts within the circuit tracks on the boards in that area before, if they have then that's what I would say happen.
I may contact them after I get feedback here, I'm not looking for a freebie or for someone to take it on the chin if I screwed up. If the consensus here is I screwed it up that's OK, I'm a big boy (in more ways then one
) and will accept that. If the feedback has people scratching their heads like I am then I'll contact Evolv, ask them to look at it and if they think I screwed it up that's the end of it. But if there was a problem with the board I'd trust them to make the call and replace it. Being the fire circuit is basically a "no load" or very low load on - off signal to the transistor, I can't understand how it would fry like that. I also can't get past why it took multiple firings before it smoked. I was very careful, double checked my work and how it needed to be set up so I'm confident I didn't short it, but I can't be 100% sure I didn't either. It leaves me wondering if Evolv has seen shorts within the circuit tracks on the boards in that area before, if they have then that's what I would say happen.
Yeah, but then you'd just have a couple of mods someone else made. These will be yours and yours alone. My rinky dink first mod, a DNA30 Hammond thing, is still my pride and joy - and looks and works better than a lot of Hammond boxes folks are selling on websites in the classies for $300.
If it were me Willy I would send it back to Evolv, see what they say maybe they will send you back a new one.
When I sent my shorted one back they asked me if I soldered on it with a battery attached
I didn't, but you never know what happened Evolv is really good and I would bet they send you a new one
Here's what mine looked like, mine shorted as soon as I put the battery in.
Now this is very very interesting. I RMAd 5 DNA40s a while back. Four were bad screens, one had exactly this same damage to it in exactly the same spot.
This one smoked as soon as I put in the battery Just like Willy I was worried I had did something wrong. I was real nervous when I put the next chip in that mod and was relieved when it worked fine there was no problem sending me a new one. I am all most 100% sure they will send Willy a new one
Just like Willy I was worried I had did something wrong. I was real nervous when I put the next chip in that mod and was relieved when it worked fine there was no problem sending me a new one. I am all most 100% sure they will send Willy a new one
I'll contact Evolv next week and see what they say, they may have seen these smoke in the same spot as mine.
Now I have another question for you guys who tinker, got a new project that belongs to my eight year old grand daughter. Why they buy stuff like that for kids that young is beyond me.
She dropped it, suprise! Also needs a new docking port, that's torn up and might as well put a new battery in while it's apart. My question if anyone knows, will rubbing alcohol take off the last residue of glue they use to hold the screen on? I'm struggling getting all the glue and tiny, tiny pieces of glass out that's stuck to the glue. There is some that wont peel away and I don't want to leave a piece behind and crack the new screen when I press it in, thoughts?
Must be a full moon, last night my wife split soda on the new touch screen laptop I bought her for Christmas. I was up late taking it apart, cleaning and drying the mother board and key board, got lucky and it started up once done! I told her it might die at some point, all we can do is hope it's OK.
Now I have another question for you guys who tinker, got a new project that belongs to my eight year old grand daughter. Why they buy stuff like that for kids that young is beyond me.
She dropped it, suprise! Also needs a new docking port, that's torn up and might as well put a new battery in while it's apart. My question if anyone knows, will rubbing alcohol take off the last residue of glue they use to hold the screen on? I'm struggling getting all the glue and tiny, tiny pieces of glass out that's stuck to the glue. There is some that wont peel away and I don't want to leave a piece behind and crack the new screen when I press it in, thoughts?
Must be a full moon, last night my wife split soda on the new touch screen laptop I bought her for Christmas. I was up late taking it apart, cleaning and drying the mother board and key board, got lucky and it started up once done! I told her it might die at some point, all we can do is hope it's OK.
I don't know what to tell you, Willie. If the case is metal, try some different solvents from mineral spirits to lacquer thinner. If its plastic, just careful, gentle work is all I can offer.
I guess I am grousing about the cost of a DIY mod because I forgot to take into account the basic, general, rule of DIY projects...figure out what you think it's going to cost, then multiply by at least three to arrive a something close. The same rule applies to time involved.
I guess I am grousing about the cost of a DIY mod because I forgot to take into account the basic, general, rule of DIY projects...figure out what you think it's going to cost, then multiply by at least three to arrive a something close. The same rule applies to time involved.
If not this sort of thing, then what? And here we don't have the folks from other threads responding with the usual unhelpful "You just don't know how to build mods" trash talk commentary.
FYI I had a DNA40 build that worked great in a Tibs2 enclosure, but when I pressed the battery holder into place and inserted the batteries again, it immediately began to heat up and the batteries began to vent. The pressure on the chip must have pushed a wire down or aside and caused a short somewhere. The chip was fine. I had to re-do the soldering so the wires emerged from the board at sharp angles, so there was no chance they would meet if pressed, and they left enough room so the battery holder could be inserted effortlessly.
Funny enough, this enclosure had a perfect DNA30 build in it before. That build was easier - the wiring left more room for the other bits, and the DNA30 was more forgiving of crappy solder jobs.
The frame the screen sets in is plastic and I don't want to melt it if it's some kind of strange plastic. I tried alcohol on the back side of the broken screen and it does loosen up the glue. I'm doing some more searching the net but haven't found an answer, if I don't I'll roll the dice and try a small spot. The parts are dirt cheap from China and I can't break it anymore then it is so a fail won't hurt much.
I use nail polish remover works great on glue and cleaning DNA boards post soldering
Ifixit is a great site for video tutorials on fixing any thing apple
I changed a HD in my sons iMac and a fan in his Mac book with Ifixit videos
works great on glue and cleaning DNA boards post solderingIfixit is a great site for video tutorials on fixing any thing apple
I changed a HD in my sons iMac and a fan in his Mac book with Ifixit videos
I'll contact Evolv next week and see what they say, they may have seen these smoke in the same spot as mine.
Now I have another question for you guys who tinker, got a new project that belongs to my eight year old grand daughter. Why they buy stuff like that for kids that young is beyond me.
She dropped it, suprise! Also needs a new docking port, that's torn up and might as well put a new battery in while it's apart. My question if anyone knows, will rubbing alcohol take off the last residue of glue they use to hold the screen on? I'm struggling getting all the glue and tiny, tiny pieces of glass out that's stuck to the glue. There is some that wont peel away and I don't want to leave a piece behind and crack the new screen when I press it in, thoughts?
Must be a full moon, last night my wife split soda on the new touch screen laptop I bought her for Christmas. I was up late taking it apart, cleaning and drying the mother board and key board, got lucky and it started up once done! I told her it might die at some point, all we can do is hope it's OK.
I use nail polish remover
Ifixit is a great site for video tutorials on fixing any thing apple
I changed a HD in my sons iMac and a fan in his Mac book with Ifixit videos
ha!!!!!!!!!!! i finally can chime in - i also replaced a hard drive and increased the memory but in a dell
I just swapped out a too small boot drive for an SSD drive. It's like a whole new machine!
Careful with nail polish remover. It contains acetone and that will melt a lot of plastics or make them foggy on contact.
Careful with nail polish remover. It contains acetone and that will melt a lot of plastics or make them foggy on contact.
Oh boy, what did I get myself into. Those pins on that ipod docking port are so tiny and so close together, this will really test my hands and they just aren't steady anymore. Ugh!
Those pins on that ipod docking port are so tiny and so close together, this will really test my hands and they just aren't steady anymore. Ugh!
I have seen that when I was working on one of my past sculpture project
just melt some
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