On 11/27/2021 9:30 AM, Dr. William J. Schmidt wrote: > I have the rework equipment in my RF lab to fix these boards and have done so > on many occasions (there are basically only two parts that can go bad on the > USB side... the ESD diode pack and the MAX-USB chip, both of which are > surface mount packs that can easily be removed).
I’ve only repaired two of these boards, but it was way more than two parts. The ones I fixed had the hub, voltage regulator, switches, and one other device get toasted. All surface mount, so easy fix once the dead parts were identified. Cheap too, I think it was no more than $10 per board parts cost. Ken K6MR From: David Gilbert<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2021 09:17 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: Need K3 Board I think that's an excellent offer. In the absence of Elecraft supporting these older boards (as I stated in my first post, when I asked Elecraft to repair my KIO3 they declined), it would be great if we could compile a small database of people like yourself willing and able to do proper repair ... for a reasonable fee, of course. If somebody was willing to do this on a regular basis, I suspect that many of us would be willing to simply donate older/excess boards. I have a couple that I would. 73, Dave AB7E On 11/27/2021 9:30 AM, Dr. William J. Schmidt wrote: > I have the rework equipment in my RF lab to fix these boards and have done so > on many occasions (there are basically only two parts that can go bad on the > USB side... the ESD diode pack and the MAX-USB chip, both of which are > surface mount packs that can easily be removed). If you have bad KIO3B > boards, please sell them to those of us that can repair them and keep them in > stock for future needs. > > > Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ > > email: [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
