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Old 03-01-2014, 12:38 AM   #7
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Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA
The ones in my possession where donated to the KUAL project and none of them have ever been opened.
So I am more than a bit reluctant to open those.

I do have other Kindle models that have been opened, in various stages of "broke".
I suppose I could check a few of those.

The usual failure of SMT hardware is one (or more) of the solder joints forms a (microscopic) crack.
Extremely hard to find when there is little information about the board layout, since you don't really know where to look and press.
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