I own three SQ3 units. One suddenly failed completely -- wouldn't power up at all. After replacing the power brick and checking for any sign the unit had been dropped (I do have a toddler around the house, so it's always a possibility) I concluded that it *must* have been dropped hard enough to break something inside, even though I could find no external evidence of this, and put it aside for later investigation.
Today I popped the lid and discovered that the problem was not actually physical abuse of the unit. Rather, it was a manufacturing error. The wireless module was loose inside the unit's case and had either shorted components so the unit wouldn't power up (there's a remarkable amount of pin-through soldered stuff on these devices, considering when they were designed! or was simply impeding system startup due to its absence; no way to know once I took the case off and the wireless module *fell out*. I assumed my kid had knocked the wireless module loose by knocking the unit over. Further examination showed that this was not the case. The wireless module is a standard MiniPCI module on a rather large and heavy carrier which is attached with a low-force nonstandard connector to the SQ3 mainboard. At the other side of the carrier module from the connector is a large piece of double-stick foam tape, and there is a corresponding component-free area of the mainboard for the other side of this tape to attach to. THE TAPE ON MY UNIT WAS ATTACHED ONLY TO THE CARRIER-MODULE SIDE. THE MAINBOARD SIDE STILL HAD ITS PEEL-AND-STICK COVERING IN PLACE -- SOMEONE JUST SKIPPED THE \"PEEL THE BACKING OFF AND STICK THE THINGS TOGETHER\" STEP IN MANUFACTURING. I took one of my other two units, which I knew to have never been dropped or shaken (it lives on a shelf the kid can't reach), apart, and discovered the same flaw. The third unit was correctly assembled. *On the second unit, I discovered that simply turning the unit face-up (the wireless module is on the bottom with it so oriented) and giving it a *very* gentle shake was enough to cause the connector to release and the wireless module to fall off.* I don't know how common this problem is. But if your SQ3 suddenly won't start -- the repair may be much easier than you think; on the other hand, it also may really not be your fault, and instead be something Logitech should have done right before selling the unit to you. -- tls ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tls's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3411 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60138 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
