A VIEWER sent me this Jurassic Park TINY TV | Can I FIX It?

[@orosalsero]

Could try heating the blob chip from the back to re-flow the solder connections, worth a try.

[@murraymadness4674]

good idea, does it ever work?

[@tadasrimkus3545]

was about to comment that

[@EgoChip]

@@murraymadness4674 Only one way to find out.

[@j.f.christ8421]

Won't work, they're wire bonded (like normal ICs), not soldered like BGAs.

[@mattinwinkymg]

@@j.f.christ8421 still worth a shot though

[@quiddity1977]

I'm FINALLY famous! In the same video as Dave! Haha Thanks for trying Steve. I'd have loved to have seen it working as it seems a usa exclusive one. Knew I should have got 2 of them instead of an among us figure for my nephew! Cheers again, Stuart.

[@Anderyo]

You are not famous

[@unachemaxwell]

Nice to see you! Get a picture with Dave and you will level up :)

[@rorychivers8769]

@@Anderyo I know him now. Are you jealous of his fame?

[@quiddity1977]

@@Anderyo aren't you a treat?

[@jylam_]

NOOOOOO, the spoiler !

[@williamgreen5575]

While pressing the 'blob chip' you were also flexing the board. May be broken traces.

[@flickpad]

I was thinking the same. There was a particular joint above the chip that was moving a LOT. Might be worth investigation

[@chrisj2848]

Congratulations on rolling over the counter Steve. I like your solution to the 100's. 😅👍

[@StezStixFix]

😂 thanks Chris!

[@Maxwelllewis92]

Hey, Steve, I think the LCD connector was on the board opposite the blob, could there be a bad connection on the connector, and pressing the blob manipulates it?

[@TheSCSIBug]

Really appreciate you sharing the successes as well as the failures, Steve! Too many KZbinrs only show their successes & conceal the real challenge of DIY repair. It's especially important in these days of anti-right-to-repair efforts on the part of the corps.

[@psylencecy]

come on Steve do it! for the content baby!!

[@ScottMadeAThing]

Yay, I'm so proud of the counter! It always the first place I look when your videos load up haha. Also, looks like you need to update the other counter and add another 1k! [Hidden down here so not to reveal video spoiler] Stupid blobs. I wonder if maybe a leg of the IC under the blob wasn't soldered well and then the blob stuff got in under a leg or two, preventing contact. Then when you're applying pressure, you're connecting one of the legs but maybe another leg has too much blob under it for pressure to resolve? Shame its so hard to remove blob. BTW, speaking of Dave, you wouldn't believe it but I was repairing a TOMY Super Cup football game (video 'soon') and guess what fell out of the box? A DAVE. I was going to call him Steve and put him in resin, but there's a fine line between imitation and tribute so I gave him a proper burial.

[@StezStixFix]

😂 Dave 2! Love it. Yeah, I might still try and remove that blob. I've been told you can melt it off with some chemically stuff or something. Sounds like hard work though! 😅

[@PollokPoochesDogWalking]

​@@StezStixFixI'd be well up for watching a video of you melting a blob off!!

[@hapskie]

Thank you for hiding spoiler information, wish everyone would do that!

[@iaincowell9747]

@@StezStixFix Try a heat gun to soften it first. From what i've heard about the chemical way, it takes harsh and nasty chemicals that you definitely don't want to be breathing in (some can also damage the board)

[@j.f.christ8421]

@@iaincowell9747 You can't get the epoxy off without causing damage.

[@memoryman8462]

I always wonder, do people get there items back when they send them in? Or are they alway making a one way trip?

[@janskeet1382]

Well done darling. You publish all your stuff, even if it doesn’t work and also, you turn up in your work like an artist. You are a lovely man. Blessed be 💕

[@Simon-xc5oy]

Blessed be?? The Hooded Man shall come to the forest....To be Herne's son and do his bidding.....

[@janskeet1382]

@@Simon-xc5oy Prophecies of Gildas

[@Simon-xc5oy]

@@janskeet1382 Ahhh.....its an old English Pagan greeting so being a child / teen of the 80s I was taken back to Richard Carpenters Robin of Sherwood....a true classic. No clue about Prophesies of Gildas....sorry....

[@janskeet1382]

@@Simon-xc5oy Yes, I’m an old English Pagen. The Prophesies of Gildas are quoted in Carpenter’s Robin of Sherwood.

[@Simon-xc5oy]

@@janskeet1382 Ahh I see. Just know it as Pagan etc and through Robin of Sherwood. It all seems a long time ago now..since the 80s and such great television....Most of the cast are in their 60s and 70s now...how time flies.

[@rutski5150]

This might just be me but I think when pressed the board seemed to bend along a distinct line under the blob chip, is it the board itself?

[@waynejohnson1500]

Thought the same. Maybe broken lines?

[@OneHundredEnvelopes]

something stupid that i found interesting regarding the blue mat, the circular indentation to the right of Dave is to hold a loupe! I saw this on one of My Mate Vince's videos.

[@plan7a]

Alternative Comment: Bob, The Builder: 'Can we fix it?'. Steve: 'Well, we can try!'.

[@zKaltern]

Blobby Blobby Blobby!!! (Only those in the UK of a ... certain age will have any idea what that was...!)

[@StezStixFix]

😂 bring back mr blobby!

[@shneeblee180]

Please don't 😂

[@matthewlofthouse4028]

No for the love of God don't use too give me nightmares 😂

[@alienfish8521]

Oh yeah we all know.

[@MaxStax1]

I'm from the U.S but i learned about Mr. Blobby from an episode of Expedition Theme Park on KZbin.

[@speedwaynutt]

Guess in this Jurassic Park it wasn’t Meteors that wiped out the dinosaurs it was instead the deadly Black Blop.

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

You know Dr. Meddows suggested the same thing in the 1988 version of the BLOB. Small world isn't it?

[@plan7a]

Silly idea but something worth trying? Maybe the screen is coming on but may not do anything unless you press a button on the remote? Will it get anything (a signal?) from the remote? I'd assume the 'white' object is a receiver for this. If that isn't working maybe it's causing the rest of the board to fail? I'm sure it isn't but something is awry somewhere there, so what else could it be? (Sillier idea, try different batteries, alkaline instead of whatever else?). Further idea - also, perhaps silly, try to see if the screen is properly connected, it could have a loose part on the ribbon cable?

[@coondogtheman]

I have four of these tiny TVs mine are Original batman, back to the future, south park and friends. The remote died on the south park one but the TV still works. I'm curious if you take out that 8 pin rectangular chip which holds the videos that are shown and put it into another one of these TVs. I'm also curious if it's possible to extract the video files and play them back in VLC on a PC

[@kilosierraalpha]

It's almost never the blob chip that fails. The most likely culprit is the screen.

[@chooky7814]

Hi from Australia.. i really like watching u have a go at fixing stuff.. i stumbled across your channel by accident and love it!! Im a 50 yr old female who isnt into this stuff but for some reason find this realy interesting and have a chuckle at the little jokes u make.. keep up the great work!

[@Johadart]

I’m over the moon with your 107 days since melting plastic, don’t be so quick to blame it after this video, your doing a swell job steve, just remember Dave is you helper, not vice versa. Lol keep up the great videos mate. 🤙🏼🇦🇺 Joe from Australia 🤙🏼🇦🇺

[@BambiHI07]

I really hoped this was going to be a fix! I know you can find the videos of the Jurassic Park tv' on YT but, it would have been interesting to see you pull them off the flash chip. (I've done it from a couple of old toys with screens) It's definitely worth learning how to do!

[@markshellard5894]

Thats the tv thing from willow the wisp

[@ericpode6095]

Evil Edna! 📺😅

[@johnfbayley]

While I honestly don’t like to see you fail it’s comforting to know you do ! Love the videos .

[@GadgetUK164]

I really love what you've done with the channel! So much character!

[@davidrobertson5700]

When he said Dave, he meant me

[@summerlaverdure]

can't fix em all, oh well. still cool to see inside it, great video!

[@TheMadSqu]

That was a killer cover of Duran Duran!

[@braddl9442]

I have one of these for back to the future.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I dunno, this looks a little too "adult" for me. My LeapFrog tablet has pictures of animals, and when i push the "cow" button, it moo's I feel like a big man with my LeapFrog tablet. You with your Steam Decks are playing baby crap.

[@littletommy16]

Try it, it's not working anyways. And, someone needs to figure out a fix for the blob chips. Seems to be a consistent issue.

[@j.f.christ8421]

Fixing them is easy if you have the equipment, which of course no-one can afford. And even then no-one has a good method of removing the epoxy without doing damage, it's pretty tough stuff.

[@DavidPlass]

Bond. Wires Bond. Nice Duran Duran-like outro. :)

[@jamielishbrook2384]

They made a South Park version of this. I saw it in the toy department at Walmart next to the Legos one day. Let that sink in.

[@FixDaily]

It doesn't matter at this point but when you have buttons, you can test the voltage drop across a button, so you can analyze if when you press it the voltage goes out. Usually the buttons are pulled up by a resistor or internally of a MCU.

[@JonnyFix]

The board did flex a lot and the blob is quite firm so I don't know you'd actually move anything under the blob but certainly the board flex could be affecting any poor solder joints on other components. Check none of the buttons are stuck on in case that is and stops it booting?

[@simonperry8569]

You need to rewire the flux capacitor and re-solder the quantum blob chip. Then pretend your Jeff Goldblum and it should all work fine. Stupid dinosaur thingy…

[@kingforaday8725]

This is a very common problem with these lil TV's...........whatever the problem is.

[@maico4902]

Hello Mr fix and dave I have a cctv camera it was working fine then just stopped it is wifi and blue tooth and cost £60 from aliexpress it works with the smartlife or tuya app but I couldn't get it to work Would you like it for your channel maybe have a try at fixing it Or just have it for parts

[@beatmastacheese3887]

I swear dude be dropping some dope ass sound you need to make a album

[@wanjockey]

Good E for Effort

[@qdukez]

1st time watching your videos, was caught off guard with the bars, good stuff 💯

[@t0nito]

Did they forget to solder in an eprom or something? There's a vacant spot for a chip

[@coreybennit9197]

hey mate, I am in west australia, i have a psp1000 that has a problem with the back light for the screen, ive replaced the screen, and tried a small yt fix but got nowhere, would you be interested in looking at it?

[@peatmoss4415]

S1 is a Switch the S stands for "S"witch. Forrest Mims' books has all that elementary info....

[@djttster]

Now i’ve seen your address i know why your accent sounds so familiar. I’m a dutch guy, but my dad is from Bury…

[@andytipping70]

how about adding a ton of flux then reflowing said blob chip? you cand exactly make it any worse right?

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

so no racism calling it cheap chinese crap when its not a clone of something? because everything is chinese even iphones

[@atheistdingo6273]

Mate, the blue mat only costs about 10-20pounds. Time to freshen up.

[@portland-182]

Have you tried using the remote control? As with some 'real' TVs 'on' means standby. You need to use the remote to turn it on...

[@NHLroyrocks]

you should have opened that blob up! It doesn't work anyways. You could have shown us why you dont open a blob chip

[@garymucher4082]

I would absolutely remove the blob and see what else is under it. Could be a standard processor that has a few unsoldered leads. I mean it is broken presently. What else could you possibly do to it...

[@309electronics5]

The blob is the cheapest way of producing a chip. A raw semiconductor dice which has no package (and is likely a APPLICATION SPECIFIC IC OR ASIC) and its glued to the board and has gold wires welded from the tiny mm size pads on the dice to the board. Covered by epoxy to protect it from light and rev engineering. Because you dont need metal pins and a package it saves a few cents

[@RJAH355]

Didn’t know you lived in bolton my home town to. Have you ever tried to fix a car key. Would pay for your time.

[@erickelly8704]

Ok isn’t it a safety switch in the back so when the batteries are being replaced the TV won’t come on from the back in the right hand corner?

[@cputecch]

I agree you should’ve heated the blob ship up. I see if you can reconnect the saddle joints.

[@mrsiborg]

Mr Blobby strikes again.

[@ucitymetalhead]

I tried taking mine apart it was the friends variant and I was bummed that I couldn't add my own movies.

[@MrJozza65]

Stupid Blob Chip

[@Denise_in_progress]

Maybe the nand chip has corrupt software... try to find software and reflash it

[@craiggibson9068]

StezStix Fix? How do I contact you to sort out sending you something to fix for me if you can?

[@louisvillaescusa]

Someone at the company told me that these were s special deal with WalMart that didn't sell well, so they started liquidating them on the cheap.

[@game_master_rukia]

try heating up the blob chip cause it could be as simple as a bad connection

[@umbrellacorp.]

I wonder if it's StezStix Rapping. Cause that would be cool.😎👍💯 Too bad it's Extinct. Life couldn't find a way with this one. I wanted to see it work as well. 😩

[@chrismcgraw3399]

reflowing the flash chip may have done the trick . it may not do anything if it cannot read that chip for some reason

[@boredfartless4221]

How did you know what capacitor value to use when the original had no markings?

[@MizuhoChan]

Alas, in this case, life (you) didn't find a way :(

[@victor58010]

Send it to Vince,he loves a challenge. He repaired tiny bond wires inside a watch!

[@j.f.christ8421]

That's child's play compared to the wires under that epoxy. And solder doesn't work, you need a micro-welder.

[@fouadmida2230]

to me it looks like the screen in the back not the blob chip. try resolder it.

[@WidodoWidodo-bh7qv]

aku suka nonton channel ini karena aku suka ayah ganteng

[@Penfold8]

I thought you could heat up the black epoxy and then lift up that goo while it was playable?

[@totallyuselessvideoz]

In another video that presents this, he powers up the tv thought the remote control. Not from buttons.

[@eak125]

Cotton bud with some acetone to see if the blob is soluble in acetone. If so, you might be able to get past the potting material.

[@j.f.christ8421]

It's resin. Your main choices are brute force or nitric acid.

[@johncooke9655]

What have you got to lose ? Not working anyway what’s the worse it still doesn’t work?

[@njm1971nyc]

I think you mean *high* ESR!

[@Awayze]

We want to see you ruin the blob chip and try and replace the chip underneath.

[@heyayay]

Use the screen and case for a RP Pico and make your own tiny TV.

[@phester28]

could it also be a bad ribbon and you are pressing through from the blob chip

[@j7ndominica051]

I liked the rapping clip. But this is a pointless toy product

[@shadanzar]

Am I the only one to notice 18 Volts on the multimeter for absolutly no reason ?

[@beavis6363]

Yike orangeman, you just set off my ptsd.

[@arghjayem]

Anyone else watching this thinking we’ve missed a trick here. What if instead of going from video to DVD, DVD to Blu-ray and now Blu-ray to streaming service where nothing is ever available…what if we went a different way with digital route. Instead of downloading a film and streaming via a cable to a TV or through an internet enabled TV….what if digital films came loaded on there own memory chip, a memory chip that also has a tiny lcd screen and either a WiFi card or HDMI hook up. So you have multiple ways of playing a film- either watching it directly on the chip or you connect it to your TV via cable or WiFi and watch it that way? Bring back the physical medium to digital entertainment? 😂 I mean that’s what I thought when I saw this thing. You make it say credit card sized but the thickness of a phone (gotta squeeze a battery in there!). Sure you can download stuff to your phone but it’s not the same, plus at any moment the Apple/Amazon/Netflix could remove it from there servers for whatever reason and it’s gone, or you have to pay another fee to watch it again! Just a thought. I mean streaming, Spotify and everything are cool but I still listen to most of my music on my old minidisc player! Physical media, just feels better, feels like you own what you’re listening/watching 🤷

[@j.f.christ8421]

That happened with music. You had HitClips that needed a player, but there were stand-alone things as well. I'm sure TechMoan has covered them. VideoNow was the video version. I have seen magazines where they put an entire video player (screen, battery etc) just to play an advert. Possible with e-ink, we've basically got those as supermarket price labels.

[@CallousCoder]

What you could do is chuck it in a toaster oven at 185C and see if the glob top underneath will reflow.

[@truevulgarian]

Did you just rhyme 4 with four? Tsk tsk.

[@rj7855]

"reflow" the blob chip (heat it with your hit air gun)

[@danw3735]

Life will find a way to skip to 3:30 lmao. As if we would do that..

[@JeffreyGroves]

How about an ill-informed attempt to reflow the blob chip without removing the blob?

[@StezStixFix]

Yeah, I could do that i guess, but having put heat in one before, it just sort of burns the blob and not much else. Worth a go though, as this is dead as it is!

[@alanbutler487]

Do it, do it, do it 😅

[@JeffreyGroves]

@@StezStixFix I was thinking apply pressure to the blob side while applying heat to the non-blob side... Just a guess..

[@jeroenkanis9429]

​@@JeffreyGroves that's what I thought.

[@mikepanchaud1]

Run a soldering iron over the display connectors. I fixed a calculator like that once.

[@mikemike-d2l]

this was waste of time to be honest. Its worth less than $25 dallars

[@Pandor25]

Can you reflow through blob chip?

[@AlessandroCussino]

4:55 That is the contact switch for the "demo mode". When you remove the plastic tab and the contact closes the device operates normally.

[@omarroblesgarcia]

If anyone interested in buying these tiny TVs they are located at Any (Targets) or (Walmarts) or ( Big 5) or (Dollar tree) or ( 99 cent store) the range from $20 to $25 plus taxes like $2 thank me later you guys have a good night or morning I don't know what country you're in I'm in Phoenix Arizona but but good night its currently 12:06am

[@GarryL277]

Just wanted to say thank after watching a lot of your videos I had ago at fixing a broken security camera I had and was able to get it working so again thanks.😊

[@davidca96]

The wires are so thin on those chips under those blobs

[@juanmena3648]

That MK-something chip might be a Flash Memory, so it's very possible that chip might be corrupt, thus failing to boot. It may need a complete reflash either for Firmware or BIOS (if applicable) so try to get another one and change that integrated. I don't think the blob-chip might be faulty, because, it's getting energy throughout the entire board, and most importantly, the screen boots but can't. Either way, blob-chips are very difficult to replace as most are microchips and not the usual integrated size you'd find regularly.

[@andymouse]

What was the other chip on there please ?....cheers.

[@Infinitygaming670]

They should sell it with the complete movie it would make cool collectibles

[@chrisrobson8540]

cant fix 'em all ! even with dave helping lol

[@Zhixalom]

Can a blob-chip be re-seated?!? - You know, just by heating it up for a bit? - from beneath maybe? - aaah yes, the infamous melting counter... that horrible kid next door to Woody and Buzz in Toy Story springs to mind. You know, that brat with the braces who's always torturing his toys. 🥸😆

[@309electronics5]

Nope. The blob is a raw semiconductor dice glued and bonded using gold wire to the board and it does not use solder

[@Zhixalom]

@@309electronics5 Maaan, this "no way to repair" mentality sucks... Thanks 👍

[@matthewbaker1621]

U have to use the remote control for it to work duh

[@robtasker5167]

What donyou charge steave ??. Got some small bits if your interested, 1 is unusual 😮!!??

[@eltelboy8492]

Great content as always, I have a SNES that I’ve just brought with a few games, I don’t think it’s working 100% the games don’t look very sharp and some of the colours look a bit dull, so you take things in to repair and return?

[@rimmersbryggeri]

the power for the backlight is aparently getting to the screen but the video signal isnt. Could it be the connection between the screen and the board that is faulty/ intemittent. You really need an oscilloscope fpr jobs like these. Then you could have seen if there was activity on the significant pins of the memory chip for example.

[@mrpugster]

I want more of View T'Kill please