Squeezebox 2 spares

[JasonW]

Hi everyone,

I posted on the forum a few days ago regarding my squeezebox stopping working (Begineers forum). But over the weekend I found that this seemed to be a fault with the cable going from the motherboard to the screen pcb. So after reading around I attempted to remove the connector and solder my own connecton using a spare IDE ribbon cable. After a few hours I found this task to be almost impossible due to the size of the pcb connector points. So I was wondering if :-

A) Anyone would like to buy my SB of me for spares, I am pretty sure the main motherboard is ok.

B) Someone is very kind enough to suggest how else I repair the connection :(.

C) Offer to repair the connection for me where I would pay a decent price to get my fantastic SB into life again.

D) Someone can tell me where i can buy a new screen pcb with connector.

Jason

PS: Squeezebox version 2 is silver and wireless.

[seanadams]

You should probably post a pic so we can tell if it's salvageable - have you soldered on it already?

Also, with a voltmeter we can narrow diwn the cause of the problem.

[JasonW]

Hi,

Thanks for the very quick reply. I did take a picture of the display PCB but my camara phone didnt have a good enough resolution.
Basically i have completely removed the ribbon cable connector on the display pcb to expose the raw solder points but thay are very close together. The main board i have done nothing too so should still work. I will try get some hires pictures as soon as possible once i get hold of a camara :S

Jason

[Karl]

If you have not damaged the print and think the socket can be re fitted I
have no problem doing it for you FOC if you cover postage both ways - I see
you are UK based

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Hi,

Thanks for the very quick reply. I did take a picture of the display
PCB but my camara phone didnt have a good enough resolution.
Basically i have completely removed the ribbon cable connector on the
display pcb to expose the raw solder points but thay are very close
together. The main board i have done nothing too so should still work.
I will try get some hires pictures as soon as possible once i get hold
of a camara :S

Jason


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[JasonW]

Well that is a great offer karl :) unfortunately the ribbon connector was damaged when i tried to remove it so i dont think it could be put back on :(. I am based in the UK and not rich enough yet to afford more then 1 squeezebox yet :(.

Jason

[Karl]

Can you find one on www.rswww.com that the same ?

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Subject: [SlimDevices: DIY] Re: Squeezebox 2 spares


Well that is a great offer karl :) unfortunately the ribbon connector
was damaged when i tried to remove it so i dont think it could be put
back on :(. I am based in the UK and not rich enough yet to afford more
then 1 squeezebox yet :(.

Jason


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[JasonW]

Sorry I havent replied to this message for a while but I have only just got back from holiday.

I have had a look at the RS online plus other componant catalogues but cant find anything that I confidently think is the correct connector :(

I guess the only thing that would definitely fix my SB 2 would be a new screen PCB with/without the 20 way connector.

So if anyone is reading this post that has got a screen that would work for a SB2 I will gladly pay a fair price for it.

Jason

[aubuti]

I don't know any of the details, but someone is selling a broken SB2 on eBay. Last time I looked the high bid was $1.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Broken-Wired-Squeezebox-2_W0QQitemZ9735847622QQihZ008QQcategoryZ88760QQssP ageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem