With 3ds and Wii U prices going up I bought a broken Wii U to try and fix. The thing is it just won't turn on. On the faceplate, there's a steady red light and nothing else. No white light, no blue/yellow. Pressing the power button does nothing. It just stays red. I saw some people had issue where the red light would go off for a bit, not here, stays red no matter what i do. I took it apart and disconnected the drive, same red light, won't power on. I checked the big fuse close to power adapter and i get 15V on both sides. Checked the small fuse just past what seems like a filter, 15V on both sides. the other fuse on negative side is also good. There's a small tear in the power button ribbon but none of the traces seem to be damaged and continuity is there.
There's also a scratch on the drive ribbon cable, again, non of the traces seem to be affected and it still wont boot up with the drive + ribbon unplugged.
On the faceplate connector I get two 3.somethingV and one 1.6V. I assume the 1.6v is enable. Anyone knows what two pins i need to short to force boot on the motherboard? Just 1.6 to ground?
There's also a scratch on the drive ribbon cable, again, non of the traces seem to be affected and it still wont boot up with the drive + ribbon unplugged.
On the faceplate connector I get two 3.somethingV and one 1.6V. I assume the 1.6v is enable. Anyone knows what two pins i need to short to force boot on the motherboard? Just 1.6 to ground?