Shorted pins

August 29, 2023, 09:23

mepiman

Hello i was busy with my raspbarry pi a wheile ago and i think i shorted some pins, and it tuned off. did not manage to turn it on again after that. does someone know a fix?

k9t33n

well your probably done for but we can try

k9t33n

actually there's not much you can do apart from unshorting the pins

k9t33n

the thing is the gpio pins are directly connected to the main microchip

k9t33n

and if that's done for your whole pi practically is

mepiman

aah shit yep thats probabbly what happend

mepiman

well mights as well throw it out then

k9t33n

yeah sorry, tell me if you ever get a pi again

mepiman

well its all solderd directly on to it

_krazy.

I just used some huge old yet perfectly good aluminum heat sinks soldiered onto some old TV circuits, cut small chunks and used them for a RPi

mepiman

thanks for the help guys😁

_krazy.

You're welcome, even though I did nothing ;)