My 1813+ failed on Saturday evening. I opened it up and replaced the CMOS battery. This resolved it and it is up and working as normal. I had some problems removing the battery from the CMOS battery holder as it was really tight. A few parts of the battery hold broke off, and part of the glue (?) holding it to the motherboard broke allowing the holder to be moved slightly left-right. I considered bringing out the solder to reattach it, but it was really tight and too close to other components. I reassembled everything and it seems fine. But I wonder if it is possible or recommended to replace the battery holder.
If it works as is then no don't really bother. Plus once you have the unit plugged in and set up you aren't going to move it around nor are you going to disconnect the NAS from power so really it may not matter at all. If it works as is, I would say don't worry about fixing it. If you commonly disconnect it from power, then I would say perhaps this is something worth looking into.
That's a good question, and the answer is I had to cheat off another unit that had good caps on it. If you put lower capacitance, then it will do nothing, if you put slightly higher it will be fine, there is some wiggle room, but if you go too high then it could have a negative impact. The most important is that you have a high enough Voltage rating, otherwise your components will burn up. Since we know the highest voltage on a motherboard is 12v you can technically get away with 16-20v but usually, to be safe I go with 25v.
Try the CMOS battery replacement first. If that doesn't work, check out those caps we replaced. Now I did a video on this unit because of how badly obvious it was on ours. However, it's not always the case. So use a magnifier to really get up close and see if you can identify a burning on the caps. if you don't check them with a multimeter for shorts. If they are burned even just a tiny little bit or if they are shorted then you know they have to be replaced and that's your issue. If you don't have the tools you can always send it in for us to fix it. Links are in the video description.
My 1813+ failed on Saturday evening. I opened it up and replaced the CMOS battery. This resolved it and it is up and working as normal. I had some problems removing the battery from the CMOS battery holder as it was really tight. A few parts of the battery hold broke off, and part of the glue (?) holding it to the motherboard broke allowing the holder to be moved slightly left-right. I considered bringing out the solder to reattach it, but it was really tight and too close to other components. I reassembled everything and it seems fine. But I wonder if it is possible or recommended to replace the battery holder.
If it works as is then no don't really bother. Plus once you have the unit plugged in and set up you aren't going to move it around nor are you going to disconnect the NAS from power so really it may not matter at all.
If it works as is, I would say don't worry about fixing it.
If you commonly disconnect it from power, then I would say perhaps this is something worth looking into.
Your amazing skills made it look easy!
Thank you!
I total agree!
love the vid but how do you know what capacitance is needed on the board what will happen if you put a higher or lower capacitance
That's a good question, and the answer is I had to cheat off another unit that had good caps on it.
If you put lower capacitance, then it will do nothing, if you put slightly higher it will be fine, there is some wiggle room, but if you go too high then it could have a negative impact.
The most important is that you have a high enough Voltage rating, otherwise your components will burn up. Since we know the highest voltage on a motherboard is 12v you can technically get away with 16-20v but usually, to be safe I go with 25v.
@@NicksElectronicRepair thank you very much and thank you for taking the time to answer my question
No problem, happy to help!
Mine died too
Try the CMOS battery replacement first. If that doesn't work, check out those caps we replaced. Now I did a video on this unit because of how badly obvious it was on ours. However, it's not always the case. So use a magnifier to really get up close and see if you can identify a burning on the caps.
if you don't check them with a multimeter for shorts. If they are burned even just a tiny little bit or if they are shorted then you know they have to be replaced and that's your issue.
If you don't have the tools you can always send it in for us to fix it. Links are in the video description.