AMAZON Echo Show 5 with FAULTY Touchscreen | Can I FIX it or is it HAMMER TIME?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- This Echo 5 was very kindly sent over to me by David. It's got a faulty touchscreen so is stuck in set-up mode, and is basically a brick.
Let's crack it open and see if we can work out what's wrong!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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Had to reupload this one, sorry if you've already seen it! Stupid visible sensitive information.
Names do that, I wondered already. In any case, still admiring your patience on soldering those tiny tiny parts back. I couldn't. Never.
I guess I won't do all that yelling at you through the screen this time.... lol
So glad it turned out well.... :) or did it?
Understandable. Good video either way.
@@Nobe_Oddy Feel free to yell at me again, I definitely deserve it on this one! 😂
Last name wuzzit? I thought it was strange seeing it the first time. Good choice to reupload 👍
Those blue components (with a white dot) are inductors. They are nano Henry for RF and act like shorts to DC.
The blue component with six pads was a balun.
The tracks on the PCB in that area were laid out very straight with lots of ground vias near them. This is a sign of an RF track with controlled impedance. It didn't seem te be the case here, but many antennas are designed in an 'F' pattern where they are grounded. The ground seems pointless at DC and low frequency but controls the antenna at RF. It is better not to mess around with that.
The capacitor you found shorted was on the flex directly attached to the touch panel which is likely separate from the display. The small connector carries power and digital signals to the controller chip on the flex and that creates the touch signals to the panel.
I am glad you made your voyage of discovery because I had my head in my hands through much of this video hoping you wouldn't do what you did.
However, we learn best from mistakes...
We got PCB mcgee over here
Ohhhh so that's what those little blue components are. nH inductors. They are always in every single Samsung device I've opened.
you're taking the fun out of it 🤣
In other words the whole trace is just RF voodoo.
It was a fun journey for us mere mortals 👍
You say you're crap at this but you've got bloody good now Steve mate. Some of the things you've repaired in the last year are impressive, stop knocking yourself mate.
Wow! That one tiny cap. You should get a medal for that fix. GG
yes that is the worlds smallest cap, or at least one of the worlds smallest cap. 😲
That short you were measuring was an inductor that is part of a tuned circuit for the antenna output.
Sure sure ...I'm still rubbing these two sticks together and still no fire,😅
I've been a huge fan of your channel for about 2 years now, but when I saw Orbital's the Box on Spotify, you just became my best friend.
Don’t know anything about electronics but I found this fascinating,your patience and knowledge is amazing.
I knew it was small but when you showed it on your finger I was shocked still.
I'll just upvote this one too! Great job fixing that ribbon cable!
THE SIZE OF THE CAPACITOR AT THE END IS NO JOKE
Your patience in dealing with those small components and glue are amazing! I would have chunked the thing in the bin long before you got it fixed. Great video as always.
The line with the short looks like an antenna, and the 0805 package 6 lead chip a balun. It’s common to have a DC short to ground in the form of small inductors (no need for large values at high frequencies) as part of filtering and impedance matching the antenna.
The music was a special banger in this video! Great work as always.
So funny when I saw all the components moved under the can. Say what you like about us brits, but no-one does non-plussed dry humour and sarcasm like us. Super-enjoying your videos. Brilliant work 👍
What a result!
Makes you wonder how many things have been tossed that could've lived on with 1 little component swapped 😭
Great work. It always amazes me that it just seems cheaper for the company to effectly throw these devices into e waste due to a dirt cheap component rather than fix. You have been an inspiration Steve, i now have a go to see if i can fix or at least understand when i have broken electronics at home.
It bugs me how many of todays devices are actually designed and built that way intentionally. Planned redundancy and anti-repair construction have a lot to answer for. Manufacturers seem to want their devices to fail and be unreparable, so that you're only option is to buy the next new model, and keep them in business.
This is the greatest repair channel I've found so far. Your Raps are extraordinary cool 😎 👌
Great job! I will never stop being amazed at how a $0.00001 component can render a $60 piece of kit useless
$0.00001? Likely only for bulk orders such as those for large-scale manufacturing like Amazon and never for individual orders for the casual DIY EE or home repair like Steve and others.
@@apollolux I think that was the point. The cost to manufacture the part. Regardless, it's still only $11.25 for 15,000 ($0.00075ea) right off of a place like DigiKey... so you're still talking thousandths of a cent, even for the average joe.
Just AMAZING! You're very passionate, calm and very patient. That pays off !
You have soo much patience. I’d have launch that at a wall trying to get the shield dwellers back in place
Hello Steve, nice to see your still fixing things melting plastic is sometimes unavoidable, keep up the good work. I find your channel relaxing and satisfying.
Hi steve. Great fix. It looks like the bluetooth / wifi chip has an antenna connected via those blue devices. You need to remember that DC and AC act differently. What appears to be a short to DC might be a tuned circuit and not a short to a particular AC frequency. Tuned circuits are often connected to ground. So maybe the blue components were coils forming tuned circuits. It looked like if you follow where that track goes it ends up at the copper pcb antenna for bluetooth/wifi.
Dont always think DC !! Coils can be shorts to DC but have impedance to AC. Study AC theory a little, and it will start to make more sense.
Was very satisfying watching you fix this after melting the plastic and ripping up those little bits.
Echo Beach, how utterly perfect for this video. Shakey Stevey or not, melted plastic record ended or not, you did good work here. Grats on the save!
I know nothing, in fact less than nothing about electronics etc. But I really enjoy watching you fix things 🙂
Congratulations on getting that working again!
Great job fixing that! The thermal camera really saved the day.
Dude, you really made that Echo Show 5 come back to life! 🔧 It’s kinda wild how something so small can mess everything up. 😂 I love watching you tackle these repairs, it makes me wanna fix my broken stuff too! Just hope I don't mess it up like you joked about! Keep it up! ✌️
That looked like a nightmare fix with the tiny capacitors,you sir are a talented man.
Steve first you are getting very good l feel for you when you get the shakes how the hell you can see let alone do any work on these boards is amazing and please don’t beat yourself up for melting the plastic l must have missed this video as I do follow you great work thank you 😊
Fun video!
The touchscreen on these must be capacitive so the two caps next to the chip on the ribbon cable are needed to set the sensitivity of the device. When you touch the screen with your finger it closes the circuit which is how it detects you've touched it the chip has loads of pins as it forms a matrix across the screen which lets it know where you've touched it.
Removing the shorted cap probably changed the sensitivity of the touch screen a tad but it didn't seem to be noticeable at all.
I never realised how small these circuits can be, top quality video!
“Or is it?” cracks me up every time 😂
VEEEERY nice one Steve! I really was hoping to see "the" counter not needing to be reset... But the repair in the flex pcb was great!
New sub. That was great fun to watch. I don't know what I'm doing either but I just love fixing stuff! Well done, man. I'll be watching more.
Orbital Insides is a delicious reward for the fix. Well done!
That was one of the best mystery fixes ... Had us all at home screaming "yes" when the screen moved....
The Box by Orbital is an awesome tune. Top marks there Steve 👌🏻
Nice Orbital reference.
You're a brave man! I would have bailed after the shielding melt, even if I had your tools to get started.
LOL - Hurricane Steve's reflow work around 12min - priceless!
Patience beyond on this one! Great job
At 12:05 a capacitor in the top left for the sense line of that sub powersupply got disconnected, you can see that the top of it is not connected anymore. Would be good to put back but it seems works without. Great video!
when i'm watching your videos, it's funny that i get excited and celebrate together when you find and fix the problem
Well done!
First thing to check in anything that connects with cables is the cables and their terminations
Great job! Thanks for showing the component. It's easy to forget how tiny everything is when you're looking at it on a screen. You should zoom out every once in a while to remind people what you're working on is so tiny!
Thats the most impressive fix I've seen you do yet
Absolutely fantastic channel! Every video I have watches so far is bloody brilliant.
Loving the Humour, similar to mine. I have been watching for a while now. Keep up the good work. Would love to have a channel like yours. Awesome stuff :)
@9:17 Now thats a proper car wreck! And WoW, this is some great work. Congrats!
The Box Part 2, awesome!
The mighty BlurCam™ is back!
Well done. Probably too late now, but that cap (pin12 of the IC) was probably 2u2 and as that is one of the power rails (AVDD28), it's probably worth fitting.
Well done Steve, great fix matey 😂😂😂
As a matter of course it’s worth using your thermal camera on all your repairs right at the beginning as it can often lead you to the problem, well done 👍
Great repair, that was some patience needed there!
Episode 237 of Steve still using the air setting too high and having things fly away 😂 you're an egg Steve love your work!
You get a Tonne of thumbs up just for bleeping the A word so my house doesn’t respond to your video. Thanks for being aware and unlike so many other TH-camrs. 👍
Just that missing cap…..
Wow. I did NOT think you were going to get that going. That's one for the thermal cam:)
Great videos Steve, I really enjoy watching them.
You sir, are a troubleshooting king! Great work on this one.
One of the best yet and that’s saying something 👌👍
Cracking videos, good to see a local lad on the tube
Love the forwarding effect.
Hindsight is always 20:20 but bringing out the thermal camera at an earlier stage would have helped. I saw brown discoloration near that cap straight away and the other clue was the neighbouring cap had desoldered itself meaning that bit was probably very hot. You could have used the thermal camera a second time and that cap would have been very hot!
Those curvy lone or trace pairs are usually related to wireless (antenna) or transmission lines (High speed data). The blue inductors show it to be antenna related!
Great Video!
Love your show Steve!
Dan from southern California
Incredible work! That thing is miniscule.
Great vid! I think these echo show 5 are infamous for their bad screen quality. The most notable problem it the flickering glitch/problem. both of mine have it, but I wont bother to fix them given the price of a new screen vs a new unit
From the "For anyone who's interested" department . . . the AD407 microscope you use in your videos normally goes for 260 quid-ish . . but there's a bloke on eBay who sells them for less than 50 quid (!!!!), all boxed, new and all that good stuff, I got one for 33 quid, I was 100% sure I'd get an empty box with a brick in it, lol, but there it was my very own AD407 ! Amazing quality, love the screen, spent the first hour looking at random crap : ) I then quickly bought a second as a backup, 46 quid for the second one . . . his prices seem randomly set and can go as high as 79 and as low as 45 (my 33 quid one was a 'make an offer' deal) . . . either way, it's a decent deal for people who don't want to shell out 260.
Love the channel , such a curiosity each time a new vid pops up , amazing what you do and love your format and clever videography!! I’m not a budding electronics tech by any stretch but I’m trying to source a relay to fix my tumble dryer but can’t find a wholesaler with relevant part, is there a particular supplier who you source your components from or one that you can recommend? Thanks in advance 👍
classic Steve.... good fix on the unfixable
Well done ! great fix Steve 😊
You didn't replace the cap?! Come on Steve!! Don't make me get Dave involved!!
I didn't see Steve changing it!
The Box - Orbital 😍
oh Steve you are so hard on yourself. As always great vid mate.
I just wanted to say that I love your videos! You have great content, and I really enjoy your humor. I don't watch many TH-camrs, but I always find your videos engaging. I'm really interested in circuits and digital logic, and I plan to pursue a degree in computer engineering. I already have my Associate of Science degree, but I'm still contemplating whether to go back to school.
I have a question: What microscope and camera system do you use? I remember you mentioning your gear in a past video, but I can't recall which one it was. I'll figure it out eventually, but I thought I would ask.
Clear Skies.
Yeah, I should have known it was in your description. Sorry for not checking that first. Do you use the pro or the regular though lol?
Very entertaining, like the sorcerers apprentice. You seem to be remarkably lucky.
You have the patience of a saint, wow
You're knowledge is growing - & that capacitor is ridiculously small! I have one of these Echoes & hope nothing like that goes wrong with it... :)
Well done mate, what a fix ❤
Astonishing patience! What an incredible fix 🙏👍
Amazing and difficult repair, great job!
Love your vids mate. Been binge watching them for couple of weeks. What microscope are you using at the moment. The clarity looks 👌
Great work. Half way through I thought this is a no fix.
No worries, so good i will watch it twice!
Fantastic. Really well done, you're getting good at this stuff, keep it up. Cheers 🍺
Keep the videos coming.I love your show
Speaking on behalf of all channel subscribers - we saw that title coming from miles away... About time too! :)
Love Gordon ❤️
Great video, glad you pressed on.
I am sure you know that when checking for shorts via the sound setting, using your mul-timeter, if the part has a low resistance, it will make the meter sound. So a lot of your "shorted" soundings could just be low resistance readings. As for your password, I'm guessing it is "stupid"...tell me I'm wrong... lol The temp reading was well over the boiling point of water being 141+ C reading. Equally amazing is how you always seem to stumble on the bad part(s). That is a gift! Thumbs Up!
👍🏻 for Orbital.
Weldon 👏🏼. Have you ever done a video on all the components on these board newbie here & very interested in this thanks
Appreciate your video's. Gave me the motivation to fix the ECU on my Laserjet 1300.
Something was shorting out the 24V DC power when closing the toner door.
Eventually found a faulty zener diode... GET IN THERE.
Stupid zener.
Absolutely fascinating watching.
good to see you take on more challenging projects as apposes to the more boring usb port repair👍🤣
Can I recommend a vacuum sucking pen. They make some manual ones and then some automatic ones. They're actually not that expensive. I got a 50 or $60 one off of amazon. It's pretty freaking awesome. You won't knock off components because you will lift the metal Lids right off. Remember straight up LOL. Excellent video as usual dude
Love the oldskool tmnt shirt 😍
the Box, nice choice!
"I have to take everything off to find out" - well, you are quite good at that... :)
Great fix, well done