I FIXED this MATH PET by looking at it

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  • Опубліковано 16 гру 2022
  • This Casio Math Pet was bought "untested" from eBay. It has a weird fault where it comes on, but the game doesn't start and the screen is scrambled (apart from the clock, for some reason)
    Let's fix it!
    Hope you enjoy!
    Steve

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  • @StezStixFix
    @StezStixFix Рік тому +80

    Stupid Math Pet. Pet.

  • @MCDbits
    @MCDbits Рік тому +43

    So good at repairs that items now just fix themselves... Either that or they work through fear of a bodge.

    • @warpath6666
      @warpath6666 Рік тому +3

      It's the magical powers of Dave at work here 😄👍

    • @Vibropollo
      @Vibropollo Рік тому +2

      @@warpath6666 it's Dave's soul that can fix directly the chip at the quantic level

    • @great_live_music
      @great_live_music Рік тому

      Next time between buying it on Ebay as untested and when he'll receive the package, the item will be fine, brand new in box!

  • @jbeef1289
    @jbeef1289 Рік тому +7

    My favourite fixit video yet. I am now going to get out all of my unfixable items, open them and give them a good looking at. Thanks Steve.

    • @sh4dowchas3r
      @sh4dowchas3r 4 місяці тому

      If that doesn't work give them a good stern talking to. You've probably already previously done that but not after the opening them up and looking at them as well.

  • @DTGuitarTech
    @DTGuitarTech Рік тому +28

    Fixing things by only looking at them now! Will your genius ever end?
    Love your videos. Keep them coming!

  • @mikaelkarlsson9945
    @mikaelkarlsson9945 Рік тому +31

    Just for info: it's enough to lift one leg on a diode to take it out of circuit so you can test it properly.
    It also helps holding the thing while measuring..

    • @StezStixMix
      @StezStixMix  Рік тому +8

      Thanks Mikael, great tip! 👍

    • @Miller4866
      @Miller4866 Рік тому +2

      ​@@StezStixMix I don't know anything about electronic's what so ever but find all your videos fascinating (I'm addicted) please keep them coming they are great...

  • @danimourinho
    @danimourinho Рік тому +4

    I didn't know you had a secondary channel. You made my xmas!

  • @TheDemoniusX
    @TheDemoniusX Рік тому +6

    I love hearing you call things stupid, makes me giggle.

    • @warpath6666
      @warpath6666 Рік тому +1

      Stupid comment section 😄🤣😄🤣

  • @Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co
    @Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co Рік тому +26

    I think you might have just fixed a cold solder joint on that Zener diode. Look how dull the bottom solder joint was before you messed with it.

    • @StezStixMix
      @StezStixMix  Рік тому +6

      Yeah, that could've been it. Good shout! 👍

  • @takashiemota9784
    @takashiemota9784 Рік тому +8

    The best thing about "bonus videos" is you don't have to edit a whole song!
    Plus
    Bonus Steve!

    • @StezStixMix
      @StezStixMix  Рік тому +2

      Yep, much more chilled on my 2nd channel. For now, at least! 🤣

  • @lTinyl
    @lTinyl Рік тому +3

    Your powers are getting stronger.. just to look at the thing... you fixed it!

  • @Allerick178
    @Allerick178 Рік тому +3

    Well this was a funny short episode. Love it when you just look at things and then it works. Nice work Steve. Give my regards to Dave

  • @pedromimoso8804
    @pedromimoso8804 Рік тому +1

    Well I did not know about this second channel. Very well, Steve! 😁

  • @andy_rulz2000
    @andy_rulz2000 Рік тому +1

    I remember having one of these as a kid, had hours of fun with it lol.

  • @stephencresswell4760
    @stephencresswell4760 Рік тому +9

    I’ve fixed so many digital watches and calculators just by warming them up and playing with them. A night in the airing cupboard does wonders. I think a lot of things like this get left in cold and damp conditions. Get them warmed up and dried out.

  • @cosmefulanito5933
    @cosmefulanito5933 Рік тому +3

    For a two-legged component (like a diode), you don't need to remove it completely from the board. Just unsolder a single leg.

  • @simonlunt353
    @simonlunt353 Рік тому +6

    It’s a bug bear when you don’t know what you’re have done but it’s a worker 🎉 marry Christmas Steve 😊

    • @StezStixMix
      @StezStixMix  Рік тому +2

      Thanks Simon! Merry Christmas to you too! 👍

  • @navinmarapana8704
    @navinmarapana8704 Рік тому +2

    The blue worktop needs a wash!!!!!🤭😊

  • @vincefalchetti8475
    @vincefalchetti8475 Рік тому +1

    Hi Steve… i just became a monthly supporter of your channel. I love your videos btw, how to see sone new videos soon.

  • @evilmissf
    @evilmissf Рік тому

    She just needed a strip down and a good going over, Pet. Your hands must be magic lol dunno whether I was more impressed with your maths or the fix ? Canny video Hinny x 😆😅😂

  • @valentinusaurelius2259
    @valentinusaurelius2259 Рік тому

    Those are my favorite kinds of fixes. Open it up, screw around for a bit, and then it work.

  • @trevorhaddox6884
    @trevorhaddox6884 Рік тому +2

    3:27 The moment when the demon escaped. XD

  • @jumpingmanjim
    @jumpingmanjim Рік тому +2

    I kinda want one of these now

  • @smiley800
    @smiley800 Рік тому

    You gave it the 'Eye of StesStix'. Kind of like a medusa but different. Maybe it should be called 'Meth Pat'. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy your content.

  • @jcon6734
    @jcon6734 Рік тому +13

    I wonder if a button was stuck down and confusing it. Simply opening it up might have been enough the unjam the button and fix it.

    • @seedmoreuser
      @seedmoreuser Рік тому

      Yeah. Dirty contact. It'll probably lock up again in a day or two once the resistance builds up.

    • @StezStixMix
      @StezStixMix  Рік тому +2

      That's a very good shout! I didn't think of that, it's still working today but I'll try it again in a week or so! 👍

  • @wanjockey
    @wanjockey Рік тому

    wow, how very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

  • @garymucher4082
    @garymucher4082 Рік тому

    Some times being lucky is as good as being good... You've been in electronics long enough to know 'tronics are finicky at best. Thumbs Up

  • @SvenRayson
    @SvenRayson Рік тому +1

    Great vid as always

  • @RandyDarkshade2
    @RandyDarkshade2 Рік тому +3

    Had the same thing happen with a modern stereo system. Display was not working, all I did was open it up, unplug every connector, plug them back in, put it back together and the display has worked ever since.

    • @StezStixMix
      @StezStixMix  Рік тому

      It's so weird isn't it, just shows you that it's always worth having a quick look at something not working, even if you're not too comfortable at fixing stuff, you can get lucky by re-seating a cable, or something similar! 👍

  • @robinsutcliffe-video_art
    @robinsutcliffe-video_art Рік тому +3

    Fuck, that thumbnail image had my creasing up, bravo!!

  • @IamNotANumber
    @IamNotANumber Рік тому +1

    Hooooway the lads and all that.

  • @bollockszz
    @bollockszz Рік тому +1

    Solid.

  • @Inugamiz
    @Inugamiz Рік тому

    The power of Dave

  • @Max.Mustermann.
    @Max.Mustermann. Рік тому

    this is the worst what can happen during an repair x) you fixed it but you cant reproduce how... ive been thought not to "guess" and randomly switch parts because of the "traceabilty" of an error and documentation for future PCB Versions and Soldering Settings :D glad it worked out even if you dont know what you did :'D

  • @Wenlocktvdx
    @Wenlocktvdx Рік тому

    This is how easy repairs are if you trust the force.

  • @simonscott1121
    @simonscott1121 Рік тому +1

    Im gonna guess that one or more of the buttons were "jammed" on, and you inadvertently fixed that.

  • @tonelemoan
    @tonelemoan Рік тому

    80s me is crying at that pronunciation of Casio.

  • @ibrahimkocaalioglu
    @ibrahimkocaalioglu 3 місяці тому

    Your Clark Kent eyes fixed it.

  • @SixtyDoesStuff
    @SixtyDoesStuff Рік тому

    I've "fixed" a number of things but just taking them apart and putting them back together. Sometimes a good cleaning just... resettles everything, I guess??

  • @JeffreyGroves
    @JeffreyGroves 23 дні тому

    I suspect you cleared a solder bridge on that chip that looked dodgy, and that fixed the issue.

  • @coondogtheman
    @coondogtheman Рік тому +2

    I've recently had an MP3 player fail on me. I'm thinking it's the crystal because it freezes on the splash screen and just sits there. I'd like to get it working enough to copy the stuff off it and then send it to the hack pile.

  • @letttttttssssss_gooooooo
    @letttttttssssss_gooooooo Рік тому +3

    Noice

  • @fixins
    @fixins Рік тому

    Some things seem to need a good taking apart in order to work properly.

  • @SixSixthSix
    @SixSixthSix Рік тому

    Magic ⚡🧙🏼

  • @DForce26
    @DForce26 Рік тому

    I think it had a bug, but dave scared it away! :p

  • @chrislee7817
    @chrislee7817 Рік тому

    Hi Steve I have a digital readout for my lathe and it's not working. Fancy a go at it?

  • @samuraidriver4x4
    @samuraidriver4x4 Рік тому

    To test Crystals you need an oscilloscope and it's pretty easy.
    You should get yourself one, either a 50 pound analog one from ebay or go a bit more expensive with a digital one that you can hook up to a computer for recording.
    Just make sure that if you buy one from ebay that there is a trace on the screen.

  • @realityanalyst
    @realityanalyst Рік тому +1

    Eyes fixed!!

  • @jayash6108
    @jayash6108 Рік тому +1

    I offered a free NES but stezStixFix has gone all Hollywood...Too important for us mere mortals

  • @PowerPoler
    @PowerPoler Рік тому +1

    You have a second channel? 😱

  • @nooneson1
    @nooneson1 Рік тому +1

    Was your wizardry

  • @dak2
    @dak2 Рік тому

    Moved some dirt around

  • @tanvatal380
    @tanvatal380 Рік тому

    nice

  • @TradieTrev
    @TradieTrev Рік тому

    @3:20 looks like a blob of solder is bridging the IC.

  • @sudiptoborun
    @sudiptoborun Рік тому

    3:19 , I saw a short between two pins of the microcontroller. Maybe I am wrong.

  • @sampahumeoli
    @sampahumeoli Рік тому +1

    maybe it needed more solidness lol

  • @Jim_M_75
    @Jim_M_75 Рік тому

    You said Haway but spelt it Howay in the thumbnail Steve. Mixing up your Geordie and Mackem haha.

  • @rambofan1
    @rambofan1 Рік тому

    When you realize he has 2 channels 🤯🤯

  • @Pandor25
    @Pandor25 4 місяці тому

    Maybe the diode was upside down. :D

  • @maxwel1
    @maxwel1 Рік тому

    1:44 you can’t set time if the slider is on „Time“ and not „Time Set“.

  • @MikeSchmidt969
    @MikeSchmidt969 Місяць тому

    I know this is a year old, but at 3:27 there may be a filament between the 6th and 7th pins that you knock off as you're doing the solid test. Could that have been it? I'm just an avid viewer and not an electronymacist, so I'm just guessing.

  • @Lesarchivesdu-
    @Lesarchivesdu- Рік тому

    In fresh Pet is the word for ''fart''

  • @G_Avino
    @G_Avino Рік тому +1

    2 in one day…. My my is it my birthday

  • @BrunakoPAO
    @BrunakoPAO Рік тому

    Next step, just look at it without taking off any screws and get it to work. 😁

  • @amongotherthings5696
    @amongotherthings5696 11 місяців тому

    Reflowed?

  • @MrThomashorst
    @MrThomashorst Рік тому +1

    It's a thing, the world doesn't need😂
    You should get yourself a Speak & Spell ... thats the right stuff😉

    • @StezStixMix
      @StezStixMix  Рік тому

      Yes! I need to look out for one of those! 👍

  • @timehunter9467
    @timehunter9467 Рік тому

    We’re all saying cold solder joint, so I’m guessing we’re correct?

  • @Laborejo
    @Laborejo Рік тому

    Did you sing to it? That might have fixed it

  • @denisbeauregard2737
    @denisbeauregard2737 Рік тому

    Faulty battery trap door I say !!

  • @hugozanitti4083
    @hugozanitti4083 10 місяців тому

    veni vidi ... vici

  • @skupipup
    @skupipup Рік тому +2

    Math, not even once.

  • @mcCIDcombo
    @mcCIDcombo Рік тому +6

    I'd be fun to see you buy something untested being sold as parts, and when you test it, it turns out working perfectly fine. stupid seller.

    • @StezStixMix
      @StezStixMix  Рік тому +1

      That has happened before, I normally just swear and end the video, but maybe I'll post it next time! 🤣

    • @mcCIDcombo
      @mcCIDcombo Рік тому

      @@StezStixMix The only time someone would curse because something's working as intended. 😂

  • @gibbonduder182
    @gibbonduder182 7 місяців тому

    "I can't set the time" he says, ignoring the huge TIME SET switch setting.

  • @M1LAD81
    @M1LAD81 Рік тому

    I've never known anyone to pronounce it as Ca Seeee oh. It's just Casio.

  • @paulb4uk
    @paulb4uk Рік тому

    If only everything was fixed by just opening it up and screwing it back together .

  • @z4th0sl0t
    @z4th0sl0t Рік тому +1

    Isn't it possible you fixed it by setting the clock?

  • @chrisrobson8540
    @chrisrobson8540 Рік тому +1

    divven knaa what yas did tee it but reet fettled it like.......canny good job

  • @kevinpayne3804
    @kevinpayne3804 Рік тому +1

    I could clearly see a lot of dendrites around the microprocessor when you were looking around.. and one of them attached to your screwdriver as you were picking at it. Lead is well known for growing these spikes over time and short circuiting contacts between pads/traces.

  • @clauscombat418
    @clauscombat418 Рік тому

    Uncanny 😮

  • @sandyfordd1843
    @sandyfordd1843 Рік тому

    Casio also spelt “maths” wrong.

  • @wo476
    @wo476 Рік тому +1

    I originally supposed you have to reflow the centre main chip

  • @dazzybee3081
    @dazzybee3081 Рік тому +2

    It's all well and good, but where's the dang song?

    • @StezStixMix
      @StezStixMix  Рік тому +1

      I don't want to inflict songs on people on my 2nd channel, do I? Apart from yhe horrific karaoke songs I've already done, obviously... 😁

    • @dazzybee3081
      @dazzybee3081 Рік тому

      @@StezStixMix 🤭🤪😂

  • @wisher21uk
    @wisher21uk Рік тому +1

    Intermittent fault I hate them lol

  • @waynetemplar2183
    @waynetemplar2183 Рік тому

    If you've got the stomach for it could you look at my wife - she's in desperate need of fixing

  • @kennybacchus1488
    @kennybacchus1488 Рік тому +1

    l. Fixed. This. Math. Pet. By. Looking. at. It

  • @zerocks88
    @zerocks88 Рік тому

    .. rap ??

  • @christopherrowell3777
    @christopherrowell3777 Рік тому

    What’s 4+10 howay man am not good at math pet

  • @VampyRagDoll
    @VampyRagDoll Рік тому

    Away pet it’s stupid 😂

  • @WillKinard
    @WillKinard Рік тому +3

    Stupid first comment

  • @derrenlodge6502
    @derrenlodge6502 Рік тому +3

    I have to do this in a Geordie accent...Eee,You've got magic hands pet! Youv fixed us. That's Math Magic.🪄🙃

  • @billyclark7079
    @billyclark7079 Рік тому

    Just buy things that actually work

    • @309electronics5
      @309electronics5 11 місяців тому

      You clearly dont understand the point of repairs...............