Hello,
could anybody help me with repairing my DS1052E scope? Some time ago, it started going crazy. At first it started showing signs of working normally in long memory mode only. In normal mode, the waveform was not possible to contract in the horizontal scale, as it would freeze when trying to see more of the waveform on the screen, and had to be expanded to start sampling again. Then, after a few minutes of work, when it warms up, it goes crazy (shows whatever) or freezes totally. I tried to blow cold air on the FPGA and when it cools down, it would start working again. I tried resoldering the FPGA a few times, the problems did not go away. Now, I ordered and soldered a new FPGA, but the problems are not gone, even though I monitored the process very carefully (preheated the board, used leaded balls, and a careful temperature control, it never exceeded 220 Celsius, and the FPGA nicely sat in place). Is the FPGA still the culprit, or should I look somewhere else? Got tired already with this stubborn thing. Could anybody help me, please? Going to sleep today, its late, and I am frustrated.