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Disassemble CM1150V
My CM1150V recently got knocked off my desk. There is now a rattling sound inside and it won't power on. I figured I'd take a shot at opening it up to see if I might be able to fix it myself. Does an...
For anyone who may still be following this saga, I finally got back to my attempts to revive it.
As many suspected, my theory that the heat sink was acting as a circuit breaker was incorrect. In the attached photos, notice the four pins outlined in red. When the heatsink broke loose it hit those pins and bent them so that the two closest to the heat sink were touching. I carefully bent them back and then wondered if that had somehow caused the device to lock up. I held down the reset button for about 15 seconds then plugged it in again and voila, the lights came on.
You can see in the cyan outline the remaining pin and where it broke. I now need to figure out how to either replace that missing pin or find another way to secure the heat sink to the chip. I'm considering removing the remaining pin and using a thermal glue or tape (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Aikenuo-Adhesive-performance-Heatsink-Computer/dp/B075FRPXQ5) to secure the heatsink to the chip.