This is NOT how you ship a Hikaru

CoolFox · Aug 15th 2019, 12:40am

It never stood a chance!

model3man · Aug 15th 2019, 1:34am

Ouch! Was it an ebay pickup? If there isn't bga substrate damage/delamination it can be fixed.

We talked at VCF, I got the hikaru (and model3s) going the past few days.

twistedsymphony · Aug 15th 2019, 3:16am

model3man wrote:

I got the hikaru (and model3s) going the past few days.

this is relevant to my interests

CoolFox · Aug 15th 2019, 4:12am

model3man wrote:

Ouch! Was it an ebay pickup? If there isn't bga substrate damage/delamination it can be fixed.

We talked at VCF, I got the hikaru (and model3s) going the past few days.

Nah the side bga was destroyed, ripped a ton of pads. Sent it back.

Glad you got yours working!

stt1 · Aug 15th 2019, 7:31am

Damn, totally reckless packing

twistedsymphony · Aug 15th 2019, 12:09pm

CoolFox wrote:

Nah the side bga was destroyed, ripped a ton of pads. Sent it back.

That sucks

I really wish there was someone setup to re-ball these, then we could start getting them fixed and not worry about shipping damage.

stj · Aug 15th 2019, 2:08pm

was that a private seller or a company?

the stuff i got from ebay in the past from u.s. company's was always totally covered in bubble wrap and surrounded by screwed up newspaper.

CoolFox · Aug 15th 2019, 8:37pm

stj wrote:

was that a private seller or a company?

the stuff i got from ebay in the past from u.s. company's was always totally covered in bubble wrap and surrounded by screwed up newspaper.

Was on Ebay. But honestly even a regular PCB would probably not make it with the way he packed it (or not packed it in this case).

CoolFox · Oct 1st 2019, 10:45pm

HOW TO SHIP A HIKARU! Take the board out of the cage (leave it on the metal plate) and wrap a million pieces of bubble wrap around it. Get a 20x20x20 box, fill it 1/4 of the way with peanuts, place the bubble wrapped monster into the box, fill the rest with peanuts. Literally floating on air.

papa_november · Oct 5th 2019, 4:33am

Put one of these on it too while you're at it:

uline.com/BL_1053/Shockwatch

Hard drive based games used to have those attached to the drives, and I imagine they'd come in handy for things like monitors and such.

CoolFox · Oct 5th 2019, 5:05am

That's actually a really good idea, thanks!

awbacon1 · Oct 16th 2019, 8:13pm

lol wtf is this a trend?

awbacon1 · Oct 16th 2019, 8:14pm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_JLf40I0fg

I literally made a semi-joking video about my Hikaru board getting destroyed in shipping last month!

GeekMan1222 · Oct 20th 2019, 9:38pm

Holy crap that BGA chip just popped right off didnt it.... the poor thing :(. That box is definitely too small as well way way too small and no wrapping? wtf...