Open Xenium getting hot

[Hellraiser988]

Is the cpld supposed to get hot to the point you can burn yourself I don't feel temperature but my finger tips almost went numb touching it which ever happens with my other Xenium 

[Retro_Modz_UK]

they will get slightly warm but they should not burn your finger. it sounds like the CPLD could be on its way out.

[Hellraiser988]

Yeah it was working before just fine even flashed PrometheOS to it as a preset up for someone then it just stopped working only giving a red light on the Xenium and then a frag on the system 

[Hellraiser988]

Yeah it was working before just fine even flashed PrometheOS to it as a preset up for someone then it just stopped working only giving a red light on the Xenium and then a frag on the system and as you can see it was just fine before hand

[Hellraiser988]

Even at that point it was getting hot

[Hellraiser988]

10 hours ago, Retro_Modz_UK said:

they will get slightly warm but they should not burn your finger. it sounds like the CPLD could be on its way out.

Also I don't feel temperature properly so my fingers get numb that's how I can tell and yeah if I can have my fingers go numb that's a problem 

Edited April 1, 2024 by Hellraiser988
Missing spelling by accident

[Bowlsnapper]

1 hour ago, Hellraiser988 said:

Also I don't feel temperature properly so my fingers get numb that's how I can tell and yeah if I can have my fingers go numb that's a problem 

I think the CPLD is toast and is basically shorting and dying. I never knew that much power was going through the LPC, honestly.

[Hellraiser988]

2 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said:

I think the CPLD is toast and is basically shorting and dying. I never knew that much power was going through the LPC, honestly.

Honestly I got it worked out with the seller all I gotta do is send it back and I'll get a replacement now I'm also just gonna redo the rebuild as it wasn't my work and it makes me wonder i mean look at that 

[Hellraiser988]

2 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said:

I think the CPLD is toast and is basically shorting and dying. I never knew that much power was going through the LPC, honestly.

Honestly I got it worked out with the seller all I gotta do is send it back and I'll get a replacement now I'm also just gonna redo the rebuild as it wasn't my work and it makes me wonder if that's half the problem i mean look at that 

[Bowlsnapper]

1 hour ago, Hellraiser988 said:

Honestly I got it worked out with the seller all I gotta do is send it back and I'll get a replacement now I'm also just gonna redo the rebuild as it wasn't my work and it makes me wonder if that's half the problem i mean look at that 

The soldering is indeed better. If you can, try to uncross the wires. Try to avoid them going across each other either above or underneath. Apparently the signals going through them are sensitive enough for this to be an issue. I have seen @KaosEngineer state this, however, if I am wrong, please correct me.

[Hellraiser988]

On 4/1/2024 at 8:03 PM, Bowlsnapper said:

The soldering is indeed better. If you can, try to uncross the wires. Try to avoid them going across each other either above or underneath. Apparently the signals going through them are sensitive enough for this to be an issue. I have seen @KaosEngineer state this, however, if I am wrong, please correct me.

Oh I'm getting an LPC rebuild board I was just making sure I can make it look remotely decent which I think I did though 

[lopenator]

On 4/1/2024 at 6:47 PM, Hellraiser988 said:

Honestly I got it worked out with the seller all I gotta do is send it back and I'll get a replacement now I'm also just gonna redo the rebuild as it wasn't my work and it makes me wonder i mean look at that 

wtf is this lol. This is the cause of all the issues. Spend the 1$ on a rebuild board.

Edited April 3, 2024 by lopenator

[Hellraiser988]

10 hours ago, lopenator said:

wtf is this lol. This is the cause of all the issues. Spend the 1$ on a rebuild board.

Already getting one lol get paid Friday and I'm buying a connexent video encoder and a LPC rebuild 

[SylverReZ]

Likely the CPLD is getting hot because its faulty. Its a good idea to swap it out with a donor or new chip, then reflash with the OpenXenium SVF code.

[Bowlsnapper]

I do have the SVF file for the openxenium if you are interested. @Hellraiser988

[Hellraiser988]

10 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said:

I do have the SVF file for the openxenium if you are interested. @Hellraiser988

If I had the flashing equipment sure

[Hellraiser988]

Did a lpc rebuild on my other 1.6 the blue chip definitely gets hot and still doesn't work but as you can clearly see the red one is just fine 

[Hellraiser988]

By the way I don't think my job was too shabby for a first attempt