I Broke My Raspberry Pi 5 - A Warning !

[@ArcAiN6]

just a few pointers. 1) When working with such small smd devices, it's a good idea to have adequate tweezers. fine point ceramic tipped tweezers are going to be a massive improvement for you. 2) instead of trying to affix such small SMD components with a soldering iron, it's better to wick the pads, add a small amount of solder paste, place the component, then with a hot air wand and low air speed, flow the solder paste. This will save you a lot of time fiddling about with the iron, and the components will simply "move" into place due to surface tension of the solder when it attaches to the pads, and the component. if need be, you can always come back in with a J tip, or a hooked tip and clean up any excess solder before cleaning with IPA. 3) While i commend you for using copper tape to preserve the other SMD capacitors, you failed to do the same for the die stack you were working right next to. A copper slug, or a few pennies sat on top of the CPU's IHS is a good idea. 4) Finally, it's reasonable a good idea to clean flux off while it's till hot. A toothbrush might be OK for larger components, but can easily dislodge smaller one's such as the cap's you were soldering. Chem-wipes, IPA, and a small brush is really all you need to clean the flux up. Place a chem-wipe wetted with IPA on top of the area that has the warm flux on it, use a brush dipped in IPA to massage the chem-wipe around gently, it should absorb the flux and IPA mixture without leaving fibers. repeat as many times as desired.

[@IntriguingTech]

Thanks for the feedback. Great tips !

[@hoshm5496]

Ok, I’m an electronics engineer and do this as a daily task, so I know how tedious it can be lol, get yourself a 0.1mm iron tip, 0.1mm tweezers, and some no clean flux (as it’s not sticky). There was plenty of solder on the pads already but your not doing that easily with hot air anyway, clean it really well with ipa, then hold the new cap onto one side pad and solder it then touch in the other side. Then clean it, re-flux it, then gently push down on the middle with your tweezers and re-solder both sides. Be careful with the amount of heat you put into the cap as to much and you will destroy it. You need to be quick and accurate with the iron 👍

[@IntriguingTech]

Nice tips. Hopefully if anyway one else encounters this problem they can benefit from your advice.

[@hoshm5496]

Forgot to say, you did a fair job considering the tools you you had to hand 👍 a little investment and you will find these kind of jobs a 1000 times easier 😁

[@IntriguingTech]

@@hoshm5496Thanks buddy.

[@jimtekkit]

I immediately saw the two missing capacitors on the PCI-E link, the big worry then is if the pads and traces survived. Luckily it seems like they did. Good job fixing it.

[@IntriguingTech]

Thanks ! You got a good nack for spotting ripped components than me !

[@geekhale4696]

thanks for this video, i hope i don't experience this, but it's good you share how to fix it

[@IntriguingTech]

You're welcome! Thanks for commenting.

[@pgtmr2713]

I broke off my fan header from the way I grab it to remove USBs, trying to avoid the power button as well. Now I've got a dual pi4 fan sitting on top of the old official cooler run off the GPIO. Works just fine. So a case is a good idea. Oh and I didn't notice til I could smell it getting hot. Still works fine.

[@IntriguingTech]

Nice. Maybe you could have a go at replacing the JST fan connector ? You have to be careful with how you handle Pis, I found out the hard way.

[@pgtmr2713]

@@IntriguingTech There is absolutely no way that I can do it. It's too small and trapped by the USB 2 connector. It's really no big deal for the desktop, the fan on there now is quieter and I think it even stays cooler. Worst case I pick up another for $60 in town.

[@IntriguingTech]

@@pgtmr2713 Fair enough dude.. as long as you have it working.

[@Paddy_Roche]

Great job mate. That was not an easy task with the tools you had. thanks for posting.

[@IntriguingTech]

Thanks mate. Yeah when I first saw the 0201 caps in their packaging I thought no chance with my equipment lol

[@anandmoon5701]

my Rpi4 has red led and no output in the console and hdmi. Good to see you are able to resolve your issue.

[@IntriguingTech]

Thanks. Did you try removing your SD card and powering it on without anything ? If you see some greenlight activity then it means its not dead.

[@anandmoon5701]

@@IntriguingTech Yes, it seem to be dead. RIP.

[@IntriguingTech]

Unlucky. Maybe time for an upgrade :)

[@watcherworld5873]

Thanks. Since I do not know how to solder, I will never change the case of my Pi 5.

[@IntriguingTech]

You can change it, just be careful that thermal paste can be stuck on pretty tight just be mindful where you put your fingers.

[@danmacdonald5166]

Yes the power chip and caps are near the securing hole.

[@IntriguingTech]

Oh dear. Well you can fix it depending on your skill and equipment.

[@IntriguingTech]

Maybe post a high res picture of your board. Someone might be able spot hardware defects (if any).

[@danmacdonald5166]

ok i will do@@IntriguingTech

[@pretzelogic2689]

Ahhh..., the days when I could tack 201 termination resistors on QFP leads and add a 30ga wire to ground on the other end with hardly any problem. Alas, no more. Good job.

[@IntriguingTech]

Lol I can only imagine how difficult that must have been.

[@in_sympathy]

Well done, but what is the value of those caps?

[@IntriguingTech]

Thanks. They are 100nf 0201s !

[@user-og9tz5vp2x]

It would be nice to know the substances and devices you used to do the repair. I have poor eyesight now and the magnifier device might be useful to me. My soldering often ends up a mess.

[@IntriguingTech]

Sure. Microscope was DM4 cheap one for £28 I reviewed previously. Soldering Iron was a T12 OLED. Capacitors are 0201 SMDs 100nf.

[@luigiprovencher]

I'd have just returned it. That's what I did with a Raspberry Pi 3 or 3 B+ I broke off one of the capacitors that's close to one of the screw holes when I was trying to put a screw or a stand off in and they gladly sent me another one and then I sent them the broken one as I did not have the tools or the experience to fix it myself. I think it was Element14.

[@IntriguingTech]

Nice of Element 14. Some companies have better return policies. I could have tried returning it but there was a shortage of Pi 5s at the time but didnt want to wait 4 weeks.

[@luigiprovencher]

@@IntriguingTech Yeah I hear you there. Now they're called something else. Newark I think.

[@danmacdonald5166]

It seems to have broken after I took off the heat sink fan.

[@IntriguingTech]

Have a close look to see if any components came off. Also see what happens if you try to boot with no SD card.

[@atl5980]

How fix this messages : unable to open storage device 'dev/mmcblk0' and unable to open storage device 'dev/sda' , please ?

[@IntriguingTech]

Where did you get that message ? Sounds like your trying to do something that needs root.

[@atl5980]

@@IntriguingTech I don't really know what I did to get this message. I was stuck with all my devices no longer responding. I managed to flash my SD card on another PC and reinstall everything on the PI5

[@danmacdonald5166]

I have an 8gb that the led remains red

[@IntriguingTech]

Seems to indicate either a power problem or boot problem. Look at the SD card slot see if any pins are bent / cut / short etc.

[@jonshouse1]

A bit like Louis Rossmann, if he was drunk and partially sighted with one arm ;-) Well done on a working result.

[@IntriguingTech]

If only I had the set up, equipment and budget he has.

[@danmacdonald5166]

Still haven't found anything wrong yet

[@Davidlahall]

lol...lol...

[@zxcaaq]

Raspberry Pi 5 is a 6 year old CPU bro now almost 7 year old just throw it away its garbage.

[@IntriguingTech]

Lol thanks for commenting.

[@steveiliop56]

man you are the type of person that clearly doesn't have ANY idea of raspberry pi

[@Volker-Dirr]

@zxcaaq Well, on x86 (except Windows 11, but Windows 10 and lower and also most Linux Distributions) most users have installed an OS and software that use only features that are already available nearly 20 years. All newer CPU commands or not used by the most users. So in fact it is nice to have a CPU that is newer then 20 years, but all the new features or not used by the most users. I have a lot of computers. For example my Intel/Windows laptop is 14 years old and it is much too fast for my use case. No need to buy a newer one.