From 151fdd08a18a65dfb05746416b5843e6259af00b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Oliver=20K=C3=B6ster?= <36196269+knutwurst@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 12:45:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated TMC2xxx troubleshooting and mainboard repair instructions (markdown) --- TMC2xxx-troubleshooting-and-mainboard-repair-instructions.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/TMC2xxx-troubleshooting-and-mainboard-repair-instructions.md b/TMC2xxx-troubleshooting-and-mainboard-repair-instructions.md index f1da132..d094465 100644 --- a/TMC2xxx-troubleshooting-and-mainboard-repair-instructions.md +++ b/TMC2xxx-troubleshooting-and-mainboard-repair-instructions.md @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ > ## _**I accidentally installed my drivers the wrong way round and when I switched on the mainboard released magic smoke**_ -When that happens, you unfortunately have to buy new drivers because at least one and often even several die in the process :( The Trigorilla mainboard can be revived relatively easily, because in 95% of the cases only the Zener diode (5.1V 1W Z-Diode). It has the identifier **733A** which also indicates the type. Here you can now buy SMD (surface mount device), such as the [SMAZ5V1-13-F](https://amzn.to/3aSzZN4), or you do it like me and buy a pack of 100 of the [1N4733 glass diodes](https://amzn.to/3jfuAT8), snap off the pins and simply solder them onto the board. The design is then not ideal, but they are easier to get and cheaper.;) +When that happens, you unfortunately have to buy new drivers because at least one and often even several die in the process :( The Trigorilla mainboard can be revived relatively easily, because in 95% of the cases only the Zener diode (5.1V 1W Z-Diode). It has the identifier **733A** which also indicates the type. Here you can now buy SMD (surface mount device), such as the [SMAZ5V1-13-F*](https://amzn.to/3aSzZN4), or you do it like me and buy a pack of 100 of the [1N4733 glass diodes*](https://amzn.to/3jfuAT8), snap off the pins and simply solder them onto the board. The design is then not ideal, but they are easier to get and cheaper.;) + +*The links marked with an asterisk are affiliate links. Nobody is forced to click on it and buy from it, but who does it makes Amazon reimburse me a few cents for advertising costs. You have no disadvantage from this and the articles are not more expensive or anything like that. The following picture shows an intact board with the diode still intact: