Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          30 minutes

Sections

1

  • Fuse
  • 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              The faulty receiver
  • The LED should be green when it is connected, here it is completely off.
  • The device does not show up at all in the device manager and windows does not react in any way when connected.

The LED should be green when it is connected, here it is completely off.

The device does not show up at all in the device manager and windows does not react in any way when connected.

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Step 2

              Opening
  • This involves prying and will probably scratch the shell.
  • Start at the cable side using a sharp prying tool or similar
  • When the lid has been removed, there are two tiny philips screws that needs to be removed.

This involves prying and will probably scratch the shell.

Start at the cable side using a sharp prying tool or similar

When the lid has been removed, there are two tiny philips screws that needs to be removed.

Step 3

              Locate the faulty fuse
  • At the side facing down, close to the cable connector there is a fuse (located by the red arrow)
  • The blue lines shows the circuit that is usually closed if the fuse hasn’t blown.
  • Measure the resistance of the fuse, if it is higher than 1000 ohm ( in my case 20 kOhms) consider it to be faulty

At the side facing down, close to the cable connector there is a fuse (located by the red arrow)

The blue lines shows the circuit that is usually closed if the fuse hasn’t blown.

Measure the resistance of the fuse, if it is higher than 1000 ohm ( in my case 20 kOhms) consider it to be faulty

Step 4

              Short the fuse or replace it
  • I used a piece of LED - leg and bent it properly to create a perfect short-wire.
  • Be careful when you solder, you do not want lead anywhere else!

I used a piece of LED - leg and bent it properly to create a perfect short-wire.

Be careful when you solder, you do not want lead anywhere else!

Step 5

              Function test
  • It’s alive!

It’s alive!

Step 6

              Reassembly
  • I used double sided molding tape (red), in the upper and lower part of the chassi.
  • Put the screws back and align the board properly.
  • Using glue is an alternative, though troublesome if you would ever want to reopen it.

I used double sided molding tape (red), in the upper and lower part of the chassi.

Put the screws back and align the board properly.

Using glue is an alternative, though troublesome if you would ever want to reopen it.

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Michael - May 3, 2019

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This worked for me, thank you! I must have blown the fuse plugging it into my USB hub port that provides 2.4Amps. Although I never used a short wire, just enough solder to bridge the gap.

What type of fuse is it however? Because now its working but no more fuse, so I’m worried if I plug it into a high amp port again it will fry the device.

James Lankford - Dec 29, 2019

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Thanks! I would have preferred to replace the fuse, but since I didn’t have a replacement fuse or a setup in which to work on such a small board I just soldered over the blown fuse to short it and it worked.

Leif Ahlgrimm - Jan 19, 2020

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Worked perfectly. Any wire suffices for this.

Selphira - Jan 25, 2020

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This worked for me too ! I also used the soldiering itself to bridge the gap. Thank you so much !

doniu04444 - Jan 31, 2020

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hey someone can tell what fuse i need to buy spec thanks :)