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Originally Posted by fanaudical
I find that dust in electronics is one of the major sources of malfunctions (especially computers, TV's, etc). I open stuff up and blow out the dust bunnies at least once a year.
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I was hoping it was full of dust as I was taking it apart but it was really clean inside.
I'm thinking there is a failed or failing solder joint somewhere.
A lot of problems these days are caused by solder beads / pellets. It's a manufacturing process were the solder is like a pile of sand that gets melted instead of a more traditional solder flow.
They tend to fail in prolonged high heat applications causing intermittent shorts.
Sometimes jostling the component will act as a temporary fix.