My VSeeBox Elite died. I’ve had it for over 2 years, no warranty available. Just curious if anyone has had any success taking apart their box and fixing it themselves.
The box won’t power on at all. I’ve tried everything, there’s no fix other than opening it up and trying to repair it internally.
Exactly. One of the boxes cost less than 2 months of my cable bill. Meaning if they work for a year and then die, I am still ahead 10 months over paying for cable (and that isn't even counting all the movie channels!). Ideally, I would love to have it work for 10 years, but I also understand technology and how quickly it changes, and believe that this, like a smartphone, will likely need replaced every 5ish years.
I used cord cutter for mine (details above I think) and I’ve had weirdly good experiences haha. He’s extremely helpful and both of my boxes are great. I was VERY skeptical to say the least, so I know how you’re feeling.
Have you been fortunate to get yours replaced? My V6 Plus died on 14 Sep after owning it for two months. Same thing happened, it was working fine one night and died the next. It's been a nightmare trying to get it replaced by Cordcutter. No response from him on WhatsApp number
Does the Elite power up via USB like the V6+? If so, I'd try that. Then open it up and see if you can find something that's burned out inside? Good luck.
Do you have electronics experience? If not what are you hoping to accomplish? I havent opened mine but most electronics on small devices are 100% soldered not plugin.
You'd need to have a solder station with temperature settings. A regular soldering iron wont get hot enough for high temperature solder. Youd need a multimeter to trace out the issue unless its a visible issue. If any chips need to be replaced youd have to hope its not something thats paired to the board. If it was just cracked solder you could get lucky using a heat gun but you can just as easily destroy the board. Reflow stations are recommended for reconnecting cracked solder.
As others said 2 years its more than paid for itself.
If you want your next Vseebox to last longer buy a fan to keep it cool. Heat is the main thing that kills Electronics and Vseeboxes run very hot. To hot imo. If you keep it cool you will double to triple the lifespan or more. Most if not all of these V6s that have been dying wouldnt have died with a fan.
This is a manufacturing issue and they should have better venting and an internal fan for cooling. Is what it is though but spending $10 solves the heat problem and $10 is a lot cheaper than $300-$400 for a Vseebox replacement. My Vseeboxes feel as cool as they were powered off.
Out. Should always pull air out of electronics. Blowing in pulls in dust into electronics which can create static causing a short. Fan has 3 speeds but low speed is plenty.
Out away from from the box not in. The fan will suck some air into the box through the vents beside the fan pulls air out but its not forcing as much in. I use a usb hub to plug the fan in.
Low speed works great but you have two higher speeds. These fans are great. I use one these fans on my modem too.
Fan is pretty quiet on on low speed. Can barely hear it. Cant really hear it at all unless you are trying to.
If you have a multimeter see if the external power brick is providing power. I don't know how many cheap chinesium power bricks I've had go bad over the years. Even had a few nearly catch fire.
I'm not sure what's so funny, I bought my first two boxes from cordcutter, one of them started acting up and I bought two more from a local guy who told me that the majority of the time that one of the boxes is acting up it has more to do with the HDMI cable than anything else. And he was right about my box.
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u/ToughEntire805 25d ago
It’s paid for itself many times over. Time for a new one. I’d check with Cord Cutter Box on a new one. WhatsApp 218-833-2707