Dan Dunham

check out my short video on the problems I had. it might help. How to repair video on Mid 2011 27 inch iMac

That sounds much like the GPU issue I had with mine. There are actually two video cards in this model. one for low res and the other for high. I think you might find that when you start loading things that require higher res graphics it will start to fail again. Thats exactly how mine reacted when doing the same thing. At any rate, I put together a short video for how to repair it. it does not always work but I found a method that has worked well so far regardless of how hard I push the graphics. I hope this helps. How to repair video on Mid 2011 27 inch iMac

something you can try is to “bake” the GPU . this is not necessarily a permanent fix but I have found it to work permanently on several machines I have. I did this on my Imac and it has continued to work for at least 4 months without issue. hear is a link to the video. https://youtu.be/5aQPPaeczyM

well on the positive side it looks like all the connectors are intact so really what you need to do is figure out a way to keep the ram dimms in place. I think what I would do is install the bottom ram dimm and then put something like a rubber band that has been cut in half so there is a buffer between the bottom and top ram dimm and then install the top ram dimm so that when its in place it puts enough presure on the bottom dimm so that the bottom ram dimm stays in place. Than I would make a plastic strap that holds the top ram dimm in place. it looks like you have a screw on each side of the dimm that you might be able to use to hold the plastic strap in place. Let us know what you come up with.

the phones I have done in the past have normally needed to be charged for a bit before they would fire up. how long have you charged the new battery.

I think it would be extremely difficult for a person to replace these with standard soldering tools. I think you would need some very specialized equipment to pull that off. I also think it’s going to be costly to have a pro do it. If the metal conductors are still there on the three broken sockets you should be able to try a rig something up that will hold the ram in place. If the metal conductors are not there and have been ripped off the board then you are probably not going to be able to repair those. I would think the best way to repair would be to see if there are any available on Ebay or some other place that sells used boards. Post some pic’s, of your rig and the damage that was done. the community might have some idea

could you take a picture of a bright green background and see if there are any pixels of a different color that show up. Not sure how you would wright the code to scan for those off color pixels but thats what I would do.

I dont know if this model has bluetooth but if it does, its possibly connecting to a headset or something like that causing the sound to go to the headset. If you use the headphone jack you might try inserting the jack and removing it a few times to see if something got stuck inside the tablet making the tablet think there are headphones plugged in. another thing you can try is rebooting the tablet. not sure how you do that on that tablet but its probably something like holding the power button until it shuts off or gives you the option to reboot.

I had this happen with a none sears brand. when I added another remote to the opener my neighbors remote started opening my door. I had to change the dip switches on the remote and the door opener to keep that from happening. I would take a look in the manual or on line for that door opener system and see how to change the base code for it.

I don't have any experience with this particular laptop but the first thing I do when I have strange issues with laptops is 1 remove all power after shutdown including power brick and battery if possible. Let it sit for a while then try and start it up. The second think I do is make sure the firmware is up to date. there should be a utility from Asus that will do this so take a look a their support site and see what they have for this.

If that receiver uses the same sound processing chip that mine did then you will most likely continue to see unstable performance from it. It's just a bad design. You can try and bake the board BUT since it sounds like you receiver works ok after its turned on you might just leave it on. Iddle current is not high on these so it's not like your waisting much electricity to just leave it on. You'd use more electricity trying to fix it with a board bake than just leaving it on. With that said if you are having other issues then it might be worth a try. Just remember that at the end of the day I was not able to actually fix the problem.

I considered buying some of the replacement chips just to see if I could repair it but I made such a mess of getting the old chip off that I decided against it. With the 5 piece min. I didn't want to spend the money on it rather than a new unit with updated processing. If somebody tries it please update this thread.

Hey Kaleb,. I missed you question but to get that cap out you'll just want to desolder it with a desoldering tool of some sort and pull it out. You could just heat the lead up and pull each side out individually but that's going to put more stress on the cap and is kinda messy.

That sounds about right, it seems that these chips are very unstable and you can get all sorts of strange problems from them. Mine would work for about a day or two after heating it and then it would start clicking in and out and then fail completely and would not come back. I assume Yamaha got a bad batch of chips and I have heard similar complaints about other brands as well. It's too bad TI didn't step up and pay for the repairs but that's how things go these days.

That's great news! And thanks for the detailed response. This is a method I have used for several computer systems that developed problems with their GPUs. I believe what is happening is that over time with the heating and cooling cycles the solder joints under the chips themselves develop faults and eventually stop conducting properly. Basically this baking process remelts the solder in the connections and allows proper contact to the GPU or CPU or whatever chip it is. So far this fix is working well for me so I hope you experience the same.