Recent content by Mr.Breakstuff

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    Crushed resistors-How bad is it?

    Thank you very much for the nice offer! But I'm going to keep trying myself, i might just make something out of it. Plus, i am on another continent, the shipping alone costs more than the board :). Cheers
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    Crushed resistors-How bad is it?

    Hahahaa...nice one ;)
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    Crushed resistors-How bad is it?

    Hey people I've got some news... I fixed a part of the problem :awe:. Got my usb ports running. For now at least. I found an old junked 32mb graphic card lying around and took off two resistors that woud at least fit the size of broken ones if nothing else, and slapped them on the board. And...
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    Crushed resistors-How bad is it?

    Thank you guys for great answers. Yes, as i dwell deeper into the issue, i see that the self repair option will be troublesome, to say the least. I looked up the chip ( Fintek F71882FG) around which the damage occurred, and downloaded the datasheet, and it seems to be controlling a lot of...
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    Crushed resistors-How bad is it?

    Greetings everyone! A newbie here with a situation from hell. Symptoms: Recently my motherboard (msi ka780g) first lost power to the USB ports, getting the plug in - unplugged sound from windows repeatedly before quitting. Dealt with that using a spare pci slot usb port. Then the graphic card...