Reply 52500 of 53198, by Trashbytes
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Ozzuneoj wrote on 2024-04-05, 07:23:Yes, I have one like this too. Mine is complete in the retail box and when I received it from an online acquaintance 15+ years a […]
Trashbytes wrote on 2024-04-05, 02:46:Cypher321 wrote on 2024-04-05, 02:44:Close up: […]
Close up:
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For reference, here's the same resistors on my Maxi 3D2 card:
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Smells like a re-work to me... Maybe the operator grabbed the wrong resistor initially and this was the fix.
Done in factory after prod, pretty sure every card from this particular revision of the V2 from Diamond has this mod .. I'm guessing they realised after the fact that they needed this resistor in place or perhaps it never made it onto the PCB designs and QA picked it up.
Yes, I have one like this too. Mine is complete in the retail box and when I received it from an online acquaintance 15+ years ago he told me it was given to him by someone that worked at Diamond and that it was (obviously) hand reworked. If I had to guess, it was probably because of some stability or heat issue that was caught after the PCBs were already made.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder if there is any slight difference with this boxed card I have, considering the story that came along with it. I don't know if it was one that was returned to the manufacturer to have the repair done, or if it was all done in-house. I'm not sure if these have serial numbers, but I'll have to check some time. I believe I have at least one other loose card like it with the same mod I could compare it to.
Anyway... Yes, that resistor is normal for these. 😀
The next revision of the V2 from Diamond doesn't have this rework fix but has the fix on the PCB as SMD parts like other V2 cards.