Hi all,
I’m in desperate need of help solving the issue with this board. It’s the main board of a Brother 4000d sewing machine. The problem is that the embroidery units X pulse motor is not working. Machine gives out an error ”X-PM”. All of the pulse motors on the board are controlled by individual MTD2033G chips. All together there are 10 of them. When I first inspected the board, the chip connected to the X pulse motor was cracked so I changed it to a new one. Still nothing. I have changed all the caps associated with the chip connect to the X pulse motor, but it’s not working. By all I mean one electrolytic on the top + the smd one after it and two smd ones in the bottom of the board.
On the attached pictures I have circled the MTD2033G associated with the X pulse motor and the connector where the power comes in.
It seems like the MTD2033G associated with the X pulse motor is not getting power for some reason. Vcc from the power connector shows continuity to the Vcc of the chip. I know that the MTD2033G of the X pulse motor is not getting power since it's the only one of the 10 chips that doesn't heat up (viewed from a thermal camera).
I have also visually inspected the whole board and nothing seems to be out of place / burnt.
I can see that in the past someone has done a repair job on the wire leading to the front panel of the unit. Seems like the connector was broken and he/she soldered the leads directly to the board. I have also inspected that and it seems to be fine (and the panel works).
Any suggestions on what to check / start checking would be greatly appreciated. This is driving me crazy.
Obviously, I have no schematics for the board ☹
Front side of the board:
https://holdfastholding.fi/temp/brother_board_top.pngBottom side of the board:
https://holdfastholding.fi/temp/brother_board_top.png