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Hello my fellow fixers and heroes. I’m interested in a faulty iPad 10.5” on auction which has the fault described in title. It shuts down by it self and after 10min of charging, it shuts down again. The seller had it looked up. And they told him/her that it was something with the “power supply chip". Which I translate to charge board flex cable? I don’t know. Therefore my question. Do any of you know if it’s repairable? Would it be worth it? And what is the actual damage? Thank you! ~May the patience be with you~
Charge related issues could be the charge port, the battery or the charge circuit on the logic board. The charge circuit could be damaged by some water ingress, poor quality chargers or cables or just random component failures. There’s no way to know without opening up the device. If there’s water damage, I wouldn’t touch this device. Otherwise, calculate that you will have to lay down $150, maybe more to have this repaired and there’s always a possibility it is unrepairable. Besides, the original owner didn’t get it repaired and if they had, they could sell the device for more so I’m always wary of buying devices that are damaged. If you buy it, you have to accept the risk that you will lose everything (minus whatever buyer protection you have, i.e. eBay).
