A VIEWER sent me this Jurassic Park TINY TV | Can I FIX It?

This was sent in by Stuart to my PO Box. Thanks Stuart!
It's a Tiny TV Jurassic Park, erm thing.
It appears to have no power and won't turn on. Although pressing reset gives us a white screen...

Let's see if we can work out what's wrong with it!

Hope you enjoy!
Steve

PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.

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[orosalsero]

Could try heating the blob chip from the back to re-flow the solder connections, worth a try.

[quiddity]

I'm FINALLY famous! In the same video as Dave! Haha

Thanks for trying Steve. I'd have loved to have seen it working as it seems a usa exclusive one. Knew I should have got 2 of them instead of an among us figure for my nephew!

Cheers again, Stuart.

[williamgreen]

While pressing the 'blob chip' you were also flexing the board. May be broken traces.

[chrisj]

Congratulations on rolling over the counter Steve. I like your solution to the 100's. 😅👍

[janskeet]

Well done darling. You publish all your stuff, even if it doesn’t work and also, you turn up in your work like an artist. You are a lovely man. Blessed be 💕

[TheSCSIBug]

Really appreciate you sharing the successes as well as the failures, Steve! Too many YouTubers only show their successes & conceal the real challenge of DIY repair. It's especially important in these days of anti-right-to-repair efforts on the part of the corps.

[chooky]

Hi from Australia.. i really like watching u have a go at fixing stuff.. i stumbled across your channel by accident and love it!! Im a 50 yr old female who isnt into this stuff but for some reason find this realy interesting and have a chuckle at the little jokes u make.. keep up the great work!

[johnfbayley]

While I honestly don’t like to see you fail it’s comforting to know you do ! Love the videos .

[psylencecy]

come on Steve do it! for the content baby!!

[Johadart]

I’m over the moon with your 107 days since melting plastic, don’t be so quick to blame it after this video, your doing a swell job steve, just remember Dave is you helper, not vice versa. Lol keep up the great videos mate. 🤙🏼🇦🇺
Joe from Australia 🤙🏼🇦🇺

[GadgetUK]

I really love what you've done with the channel! So much character!

[Maxwelllewis]

Hey, Steve, I think the LCD connector was on the board opposite the blob, could there be a bad connection on the connector, and pressing the blob manipulates it?

[ScottMadeAThing]

Yay, I'm so proud of the counter! It always the first place I look when your videos load up haha. Also, looks like you need to update the other counter and add another 1k!




[Hidden down here so not to reveal video spoiler]
Stupid blobs. I wonder if maybe a leg of the IC under the blob wasn't soldered well and then the blob stuff got in under a leg or two, preventing contact. Then when you're applying pressure, you're connecting one of the legs but maybe another leg has too much blob under it for pressure to resolve? Shame its so hard to remove blob.

BTW, speaking of Dave, you wouldn't believe it but I was repairing a TOMY Super Cup football game (video 'soon') and guess what fell out of the box? A DAVE. I was going to call him Steve and put him in resin, but there's a fine line between imitation and tribute so I gave him a proper burial.

[OneHundredEnvelopes]

something stupid that i found interesting regarding the blue mat, the circular indentation to the right of Dave is to hold a loupe! I saw this on one of My Mate Vince's videos.

[NinjaxWizardGoVroom]

I watch your videos on my walk in the morning here in California. Fun stuff man love the videos.

[memoryman]

I always wonder, do people get there items back when they send them in? Or are they alway making a one way trip?

[GarryL]

Just wanted to say thank after watching a lot of your videos I had ago at fixing a broken security camera I had and was able to get it working so again thanks.😊

[qdukez]

1st time watching your videos, was caught off guard with the bars, good stuff 💯

[summerlaverdure]

can't fix em all, oh well. still cool to see inside it, great video!

[BambiHI]

I really hoped this was going to be a fix! I know you can find the videos of the Jurassic Park tv' on YT but, it would have been interesting to see you pull them off the flash chip. (I've done it from a couple of old toys with screens) It's definitely worth learning how to do!