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Thats a job and a half loobie. Have you not got a magnet that you can push around the area where it fell? I know they jump off to weird places.

I have taken an iStick 30W apart recently and those screws I think are this:

Pozi drive pan head self tapper screws and the are about 1.5 mm thick and about 5 mm long.

It needs a screwdriver that comes in an instrument screwdriver set aka jewellers screwdrivers.

www.wilko.com/all-hand-tools/wilko-precision-screwdriver-set-6-piece/invt/0209196

I doubt you can buy such screws so would rely on someone with some old dismantled stuff..excess junk?

Sorry cannot help further

Sorry about this:

I mentioned further up that my iStick 30W was of the no problem variety. 3 days later it suddenly stopped. OLED on and showing empty battery and what appeared to be a dodgy USB socket (port).

Dismantled it and battery good. Its not possible to test the electronics because its double sided boards and a soldering iron would destroy it ...even temp controlled. I note a P Channel MOSFET on there though..without a heat sink? It does direct power handling to the atty coils.

TBH I think its a fake, but a very good quality one with packaging. The clue came from its verification code which was not valid on the iStick site. Dunno?

I note in comparison with dismantlers shown on Youtube that my control board has a large heat sink missing on that MOSFET. And so does the replacement board on FT which is called "Style" I think?

Fortunately for me I had an iStick 60W turn up just before this outage. Allegedly Authentic.


 

Received chargers today, having missed the Post soldier/ette yesterday pm. Both working good. One off to London so I can charge up when passing.

Thought I'd got rid of Sky stuff forever....LOL


Thanks banditruss

I've had a istick 30W for a month (non TC)..can't fault it and easily held in hand. Battery is not easily interchangeable though, so my soldering iron is on standby. Also, got the TC 60W which is fairly big and battery can be swapped in/out easily. I won't be using TC much.

As regards batteries, I use this stuff on USB pass thru when possible to extend battery life. Battery life can be a bit of a gamble...my AA and AAA batteries last a couple of years but I have had eGo battery sticks die within 6 months.

I think the problem is wider. These are our old local papers and of late I have not read them much, too easy to skim online. They are delivered to the door regularly...totally free. They are now in the hands of VI's from the USA. I think the print versions have to be sponsored to some extent by local traders, so at their expense these junk articles are being inserted. Thats propaganda I'm sure?

Too many external VI's are influencing this country. The use of language in the article is bad and very threatening.