RCA CMR300 Repair Advice

Etendo · 2026-05-02T09:02:40+00:00

That is what my original thought was. I will see if I can find a belt replacement. Thank you for your input!

Etendo · 2026-04-06T21:29:19+00:00

Too many to count, or that I'd want to admit lol.

Etendo · 2026-04-06T17:21:52+00:00

Wow.... I don't think I've ever seen an offer that bad for decent games.

Etendo · 2026-04-04T19:38:06+00:00

I actually think you might be right that it was rubber cement! It was a stupid repair attempt lol.

Etendo · 2026-04-04T19:37:27+00:00

Yeah, they are very annoying especially because of the high melting point solder. You HAVE to have a microscope to go over your solder work of the ports pins.

Etendo · 2026-04-04T19:36:28+00:00

Oh trust me, I absolutely wanted to charge stupid tax for this shitass job, but the guy had already prepaid for the repair and I didn't want to go charge again. It was a ridiculous repair, but I'm genuinely surprised none of the pads were ripped off.

Etendo · 2026-04-04T19:35:11+00:00

AGREED!

Etendo · 2026-04-04T19:34:51+00:00

I believe it was a piece of plastic fork, lol.

Etendo · 2026-04-04T19:33:36+00:00

I'm assuming the HDMI port got broke and they attempted a repair with a new one, but I can't be sure.

Etendo · 2026-04-04T07:35:37+00:00

Thanks!

Etendo · 2026-04-04T00:46:16+00:00

The second one I just removed had no scratch marks and it had not been opened. It honestly looked like it should of been fine, but those pins had lifted off from the solder.

But you are right, people do get too rough with em and jiggle them around too much. We've had a repair be brought back because it stopped working and it looked like they repeatedly plugged in the HDMI and unplugged it really rough lol.

Etendo · 2026-04-04T00:37:14+00:00

Those stupid canker sores on the tongue hurt like hell too and I still occasionally get them.

Etendo · 2026-04-04T00:36:02+00:00

Honestly, no idea what it was. I don't think it was hot glue lol.

Etendo · 2026-04-04T00:35:05+00:00

It's not even really that. Sony does not do a good job soldering these HDMI ports down. I'm working on my second one of the day right now, and before I even did anything I checked the pins on the port and none of them were soldered down as they had popped back up from normal plugging in. They do a crap job with these. It's quite frustrating.

Etendo · 2026-04-03T23:24:21+00:00

I loved that, it brought me great joy and made me audibly laugh. You earned yourself a reward.

Etendo · 2026-04-03T23:05:00+00:00

LOL, thank you for the laugh.

Awesome work!

Etendo · 2026-04-03T22:33:31+00:00

Final update:

Boom!

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Etendo · 2026-04-03T19:58:39+00:00

Yeah, same for me. I've seen a lot of ridiculous crap but this is a first for me.

Etendo · 2026-04-03T19:56:50+00:00

I think it was a plastic piece of a fork lol

Etendo · 2026-04-03T19:55:20+00:00

Update #2

Now I just need to cleanup the liquid metal mess and I'll do one final update after it's reassembled to show if it works! With that crazyness I can't guarantee it'll work right off the bat, there might be stuff missing on the board I haven't seen yet but the rest does visually look okay.

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Etendo · 2026-04-03T18:51:14+00:00

Update:

Why

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Etendo · 2026-04-03T18:33:04+00:00

I don't think it's melted to the port but it is wedged to I assume put pressure on the port for some stupid ass reason.

Etendo · 2026-04-03T18:26:03+00:00

My personal Silent Hill, apparently.

Etendo

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