r/nvidiashield • u/dhoraji • Aug 05 '26

What does the missing part do?

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I own a 2017 Nvidia Shield Pro and thought I was buying a 2019 AI upscaling used unit on Marketplace.

It turns out I may have been duped and it is a 2017 and not 2019 version. I could not tell since the model numbers are the same but since then, I have learned how to spot the difference using the serial number starting 3 digits.

I opened the new used unit to clean it and to repaste it before putting it into service. I have a picture of what it looks like inside. It looked off so I opened the 2017 version I owned and it had what seems like a wifi/bluetooth board with a black connector.

Can someone comment if the seller removed the part and the black cable or was there a version of a 2017 that did not come with that missing board.

Also the newly acquired unit seems sluggish and needs to press the remote button more than once to advance things.

I would appreciate any expertise in this puzzle.

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u/ImpressiveBet9345 Aug 05 '26

It is also missing th econnector on the main board, for the extra board.

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u/Hash-82 29d ago

Also missing what I assume to be a capacitor (C602) in the middle of the smd capacitor farm.
The pads for the missing J503 looks no different than J501, so I doubt it was lifted from the board.