Hi all hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.
Last night my steamdeck turned off while gaming with around 40% battery remaining. Tried to turn back on and no life so plugged into official charger and got charging/power LED for a split second and then turned off again. Removed and reinserted charger and this time a small amount of smoke came through the top vent and left an electrical burning smell.
I have opened up the deck today and identified the chip that had burned, I have removed it from the board but there is some damage to the solder pads.
I have some soldering knowledge but not to the extent of repairing traces and I don’t want to cause more damage than is already present.
Can anyone advise if this is worth even trying to repair or if any services for these type of repairs exist? The chip is identified on iFixit as: PI3USB102
Dual SPDT for USB 2.0 HS Compliance and Flow Through Pinout
I have images of the damage but can’t seem to attach them to the post.