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DS Misc > F1 and F2

#128018 - spondus - Mon May 07, 2007 8:23 pm

Ive just had to fix a ds i bought off ebay and as F1 had blown i had to solder over as i didnt have anything with which to replace it. i was wondering does this hav any negative effects on the ds at all?

#128023 - Lynx - Mon May 07, 2007 9:16 pm

Yeah.. the next time something shorts, the F1 won't be there to blow, so the next weakest component will..
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#128035 - spondus - Mon May 07, 2007 10:29 pm

thanks.

#128081 - pas - Tue May 08, 2007 12:46 pm

When will a F1 blow up ? overcharge ?
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#128083 - simonjhall - Tue May 08, 2007 1:20 pm

My F1 (or was it F2...) has blown twice now. The second time I just soldered over it (like the OP) and it's been fine ever since.
Both times I blew it I was running the DS whilst it was charging, so now I'm very careful not to do that any more.
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#128112 - Lynx - Tue May 08, 2007 6:22 pm

Most people blow F2 while they are trying to install FlashMe by shorting the tool against something other then the SL1 pad.

If F2 blew for any other "normal" use reason, I'd send it in for warrenty (if it still is under warrenty) as I'm sure they won't honor the warrenty when it comes in with a solder blob over F2.. :)
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#130412 - shaz - Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:30 am

You can blow them if you put the battery in the opposite way
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#130421 - Dood77 - Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:50 am

shaz wrote:
You can blow them if you put the battery in the opposite way

I don't think its possible to put the battery in the wrong way...

pas wrote:
When will a F1 blow up ? overcharge ?

I think "blow up" and "blow out" have slightly different connotations... and out is what they mean here.
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#130935 - HyperHacker - Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:41 am

It's not going to explode, if that's what you're thinking. :P
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#130996 - Lynx - Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:04 am

If that were the case, I think we would see a bunch of DS videos on youtube!
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