synchronizing STBs please reset target

[Hadron]

what i found out today with mine is when i pulled the power lead out of the box it seemed to work then seconds later stb memory error so i finanly got fed up opened the skybox up to find one of the little chips had swollen up

so id advise if your having the same problem as me and the synchronizing STBs please reset target message has done next to itwhen you pull the power cord out
send it back to your dealer cause its well bricked

Interesting. Can you give a bit more detail?

Did it have a circuit designation (Rxx, Cxx, Uxx etc.)

What did the component look like?

[chrishigh]

yea ive got a picture of it in my phone when i sync my phone late il upload it for everyone to see, Im in the process of finding a replacement chip and trying to fix it
its sort of a challenge ive set myself so i can say ive fixed it

[chrishigh]

The circuit destination is u7 one of them small 8 pin chips
You wouldn't happen to know what type the chip is to help me find a replacement

[P&D]

Hi Chris sorry for not getting back in touch
its been a mad weekend

Here's the photo you sent me....not sure which part you mean

[chrishigh]

its the bottom one that has swollen the 8 pin one

[Hadron]

The marking on the chip is AAG3AA.

Unfortunately, I can find very little about this chip on the net. It might be a PWM switching converter for supplying 1.2v & 1.8v, according to a Russian website.

I can only find 1 other reference on the net & that's on a Bulgarian website that needs registration to view.

[Frogger]

The circuit destination is u7 one of them small 8 pin chips
You wouldn't happen to know what type the chip is to help me find a replacement

Its an 8 pin Surface Mount. From here, it `looks` like some kinda eeprom chip which could explain the resetting. If it is an eeprom that is.

Te Cap above it looks burnt though? Like solder spilled on it....

[Hadron]

The component above U7 is a 10uH inductor. It may have got hot & burnt when U7 failed.

[chrishigh]

i think il replace that as well if i can find the parts that is il let you know how i get on with the getting hold of the parts.
can see this turning into an expensive hobby

[solgierek]

hi,

Is anyone of you from south west ?? BH1 post code. My openbox x6 is a brick i have tried almost everything and no luck .maybe some advice ?? thx

[andycowhead]

any1 in northern ireland who can fix these boxes for me
bricked f3s and f5