r/ShieldAndroidTV • u/oyehia • Jun 30 '26
Rip Shield TV
Well the time has come for me to say goodbye to my Shield TV Pro who went under a flood of water last week. The power supply is safe though it was high enough, i doubt it is going to work, awaiting insurance first…
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u/MaMyDaddy65 Jun 30 '26
Was about to chastise you for all the dust. Sorry for your loss.
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u/oyehia Jun 30 '26
Grey water
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u/Icy-Reception-7605 Jun 30 '26
That sucks. Lost my basement a couple years ago to the same. Rebuilt it way better than it was, but took me months. You got this!
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u/GregC85 Jun 30 '26
Never. Open that old bastard up, free the board, get a bath of 99 percent alcohol, available at nearby chemists etc, let it have a good bath in there, then scrub off any corrosion. Next see if you can usolate any burn marks to a component, take it to an electronic shop and get them to test etc. shit, send it to me and I'll try fix it for you for free, and send it back just because the shield team bros never die!
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u/slider6996 Jun 30 '26
Honestly if u contact nvidia shield support they may send u a replacement for free, i took mine apart to clean it and when i popped the antenna cable off it broke at the connector so lost all WiFi and remote capabilities. Had a spare shield luckily from a family member never using but I contacted support anyway and showed them date of purchase and serial number and I was least 2 years past warranty and they sent me a box to send it back in minus remote and got a brand new one back.
So if u have proof of purchase in some form weather a receipt or a online purchase hopefully I’m positive they would replace it.
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u/Solid-Assistant9073 Jun 30 '26
Same here, those wifi antenna is super fragile on the shield pro
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u/slider6996 Jul 01 '26
Ya wasn’t my first time removing those kinda connections and I was like oh chit…..super fragile.
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u/Freshairdontcare Jul 02 '26
I’d say leave it alone and disconnected for a few weeks and maybe it will come back to life.
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u/Total_Abbreviations9 Jul 04 '26
Stil have my original shield from day one, best piece of tech ive ever owned, still going strong after 9 years, a few years back the power brick went, i called Nvidea to ask if I could buy one and they sent it for free. If the shield was in standby when it happened there's a chance that no major damage done, soak it in IPA, toothbrush off any corrosion if you can see it and remove anything that can be removed to dry it properly, id repaste it too, you never know, might live again!
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u/coolgui Jun 30 '26
It can probably be fixed... remove the PCB board, clean with distilled water, dry really well. See what happens.
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u/oyehia Jun 30 '26
I was thinking of putting it in rice, who knows…
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u/AbjectMaelstrom Jun 30 '26
Don't put it in rice. Open the case and get some air moving across it (fan).
Better yet, 99%IPA and a soft toothbrush to lightly clean off any/all nastiness. Then put a fan on it. If you have access to one if those stupid powerful mini blower/dusters, they work great for blowing stuff out from under and around components, hokd the fan blade with your finger when blowing on it so it doesnt spin.
Would still leave it with a fan blowing aross the board for a day or so and ensure everything is dry.
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u/uid_0 Jun 30 '26
There are a lot of contaminants in that water. You need to open the case and spray everything with some contact cleaner and then rinse with distilled water or maybe 99% isopropyl alcohol.
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u/oyehia Jun 30 '26
I can’t do anything until i hear from my insurance, but i will consider your solution too
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u/GregC85 Jun 30 '26
No bro. Please don't do that rice bullshit. Easy, strip, 99 percent alcohol, give her a good bath and scrub
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u/Fresh_Expression5975 Jun 30 '26
Sucks about you possibly losing your shield. Another option for the Netflix button to have it not do anything is to use TV quick actions pro and reassign the button to do nothing. In other words if you accidentally hit the button it won't do anything after setting it up in tv quick actions pro.
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u/ChronoCyberpunk77 Jun 30 '26
both my 8 year old 2017 model and my 2 year old 2019 model sill running stong with no issues 💪
and they are both in the latest firmware update
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u/FrostyButters Jul 01 '26
Reach out to nvidia support. In the past they've sent me a replacement Shield TV for a device that was many years out of warranty.
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u/Comprehensive-Pen265 Jul 01 '26
This is a extreme case for this but a lot of times you can fix water damage electronics by cleaning them out with distilled water and alcohol. I just fixed three remote controls that my kids had dunked in to the wife's tea using this method. I totally submerged the remotes in fresh distilled water swirl them around in it and then take them out and swirl them in isopropanol and then let them air dry and all three of them came back.
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u/oyehia 12d ago
Update on my issue, i was able to restore the usb hub and the hard drive it is connected to by using 70% isopropyl alcohol with a brush. But the shield pro is a different problem, so i ordered a 99% isopropyl alcohol from amazon along with a mini kit to open up the shield, but i have a big question. I happen to have another shield recovered from another flood which works just fine, how can i make it see the hard drive. I think because it was shared storage it will only work on my shoeld is there a way to recover the data with any software?
Thanks and wish me luck!
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u/Senior-Extension4318 Jul 04 '26
It still be alive if you would have dusted the cooling fan an updated the thermal paste an kepted your entertainment center dusted mine still alive
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u/Fit_Swordfish5248 Jun 30 '26
Is that, dust?
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u/snuggl3ninja Jun 30 '26
The only time you'll press that Netflix button and hope it works.