HIKVISION IP Security Camera - Repairable?

A faulty Hikvision IP security camera bought from eBay for spares or repair.
It was advertised as having no power and is completely dead.
Is it repairable? let's find out!

I'm not an expert, but I do enjoy trying to fix things.

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[fredwooding]

I have repaired 5 Laptops and 4 Call phones using your diagnostic procedure. Thank you Professor :-)

[AdamBluntTech]

Well this is surreal that was actually my listing.
I thought it was a bad cable to be fair because it stopped working shortly after moving it and it was installed on a base unit that had limited room or the large HDMI end of this camera.
But not sure how the chip got fried. ABSecure is my small business doing CCTV stuff. While I have stopped fitting Hikvision this was the only camera to go faulty over last 5 years so their decent enough

[oetken]

The Hikvision stuff is mostly very reliable and well built. I like the features and the ui of the DVRs. You get a lot for your money. I would never install a camera inside my rooms, no matter which brand. 😊

[quantumleap]

Excellent troubleshooting and subsequent repair Mick!

[Lauriemine]

A good tip for reading chip numbers is a little bit of thermal paste on your finger, and rub it in the markings

[markvandesande]

Like the you went back in time to the 01/01/1970 why the date starts then? Nice fix quick easy.

[stefanic]

Wow very impressive, you are a very knowledgeable person!

[positivefix]

I do a bit of work for a local CCTV company, both residential and commercial. We won’t install anything except Hik unless a customer specifically requests a manufacturer. The IP cameras do take a minute or 2 to boot up, I believe it’s due to it having to negotiate an IP address via DHCP, if there is no DHCP server (or router to issue address) then it can take a little longer as it broadcasts more than once over the network awaiting a response. They are great cameras. As for the issues relating to the Chinese spying, if they want to watch what happens in my backyard then good on them 😂

[BM-jycb]

Now the Chinese can settle in to an evening's entertainment watching everything you do! 😁

[MrEwool]

Hope you had a great Christmas and new year, been looking forward to seeing a video since last year but it was worth the wait. I would feel sorry for the poor Chinese person who would have to sit a watch the feed from my house. Looking forward to seeing a lot more in 2023

[uploadJ]

Good job on the troubleshooting. Nice that device types/numbers are still printed on IC devices. I've used that reverse engineering trick too, fortunately the internet is the resource it is in finding the datasheet with pinout and description too.

[Boogie_the_cat]

Super fun video. I enjoy video equipment teardowns and repairs.

[mattikaki]

Nice work. Congraz. I am retired senior electronic maintenance engineer and have done this same in a large TV broadcasting company since the 80’s when Ampex-Nagra made 2” video tape recorder VPR-5 😍and it had SMD components. Today’s service persons don’t want or can do this kind of things which is a pity as EU is going to launch a law that electronics must be serviceable. And who’s going to fix them when nobody cannot even change IC protect fuse.

[fredwooding]

Another great video and nice repair. Go you have any news on the intercom ??

[robertshrimplin]

good work kidda i need a couple of them for my place

[pn]

Good to know these camera’s can possibly be repaired, we get a lot of bad ones and out of warranty so in a pinch I could do this, benefits of working with electronics and being an electronics engineer, can fix the stuff you work with

[simontay]

What does the chip you replaced actually do? PoE is usually 48V so is it a controller for the DC DC buck converter that provides 12V?

[Dutch_off_grid_homesteading]

Heya, 1 more nice and good repair loved it

[cagataykilic]

I had exactly the same TI chip and the capacitor in the back. Replaced these and all good. Problem was that chip sold in min order qty of 300pcs...

[asv]

Hi, thank you for this wonderful video. It's good to know that camera are repairable. I have one that was damaged by a power surge induce voltage from 230 VAC power line cable that was next to the ethernet cable. Is it possible to find and order a complete motherboard?