Can someone here post a picture of their battery board with a battery connected to the JST connector? I feel like I’m not inserting it correctly or fully, but I’d like to make sure before I try turning on the uConsole with the battery plugged in. Thanks!
Can confirm that fitting a 4.7kohm 0402 did the trick, internal USB-C now happily powers the AC1200 dongle.
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It’s times like these that really make me wish radio shack was still around. Im about to spend .10c on a resistor and $18 for shipping…
ooohhh man. that’s gonna be annoying. I don’t know any shop to do the fix let alone the equipment to swap it.
Ok, I tried to connect a JST PH 2.0 plug without cables to the battery board JST jack and… well it fits, but now I can’t take it out. Is it supposed to come out relatively easily?
I have ran across some extremely stubborn JST plugs. I usually grab a pair of needle nose pliers when I come across this and get a good grip on the sides and wiggle.
oh dear… does that mean that in order to use the internal usb-c reliably, we have to self re-solder the resistor?
It depends on what you want to connect and what it was designed for.
As shipped the AIOv2 will permit around 700mA on the internal USB-C port which is more than enough for a compliant USB 2.0 device (which tops out at 500mA). However, USB 3.0 devices are permitted to draw 900mA and USB-C theoretically ups this to 3A (albeit depending on how each side is wired, I wouldn’t expect the AIO as a source to offer more than 1.5A).
In reality, I would expect very few USB devices (even USB-C) to peak above above 700mA except radio parts like the AC1200 dongle. So again, it depends on what you planned to use it for - if you just want to plug in a USB-C thumb drive internally for more fast storage it would likely be fine.
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i tried plugging in a nuForce DAC into the AIOv1 in the past, and it didn’t connect well. it caused the keyboard to be unresponsive. i suspected that it must have been a power issue as i read some where that plugging in power hungry devices can potentially cause the internal keyboard to actually disconnect. i have since made a hardware mod as recommended on another thread and replaced the cap on my board. it has since been more stable.
Reading the posts above, i just decided to try plugging in the nuForce DAC into the AIOv2 again and it now works perfectly. At this point, i’m no longer sure if the cap is making the difference or that the AIOv2 is much better 
Either way i’m happy that i now have my uConsole connected to a decent DAC. 
true, unfortunately, most people who bought the AIO v2 with the AC1200 dongle are expected to use the internal USB-C port since it was designed to be used with the antenna mount. hopefully we get a proper response.
I am working on the compensation plan, may announce it next week.
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The compensation could be a PDF, explaining which resistor to change.
It’s a hacker gadget… 
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Thanks, my order is not shipped yet. (#5878) Can you at least add such a resistor ?
I think I need to buy a new soldering iron for this. Mine is too coarse for that job.
I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking like this, I know I’m very grateful for the work done, considering it was designed for a CM3 to get someone to work so hard to expand it so far beond it’s orriginal form to it now having NVME, ethernet and USB-C all without us having to hack the hell out of it ourselves and have wires tucked inside and a ton of hot glue. At the prices these are being sold at there is going to be very little profit so it’s clearly a passion project that has been gifted to us all.
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And a little tinkering is involved, both in terms of software and hardware. But of course, I understand if not everyone can or wants to do that.
I’m one of those people who have problems with the software…
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Give us some cool stickers if we fix it ourselves? Like a badge of honor.
I hope you’re fixing the issue before sending out more though. Mark them as v2.1 :’)
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I don’t disagree but we bought something that is not as expected due to a slight oversight. In any other instance I’d be expecting a replacement part. But this time I’m brushing up on my soldering skills. I just wish it wasn’t the absolute smallest part imaginable.
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Hmmm. I second Codiator’s PDF Howto suggestion.
it would be nice if it contains a suggestion on how to cope when you’ve only 0603 on hand(*), or from where to run a flywire suitably when you’ve only a 4K THT resistor on hand. It would also serve as a nice starter, if you’d also add some hints on what module might be sane to use to board-externally supply above 1.5A power and where to bodge that in and what traces to cut. Naturally warranty voided and at maker’s risk if attempted :).
(*) Note to self: going there should probably require use of some pcb friendly glue like NON-ACIDIC silicone to secure wiring or the oversized monster resistor to the pcb to support the 0402 pads.
(*) also happens to be current me 
. An assortment of 0402 is ordered.
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yeah. I would also like a pdf copy of the part that needs replacement.
I am confident on my soldering skills, but not confident enough on soldering a 0402. definitely gonna ask some professional on this one.
