Thanks for the excellent guide! Managed to replace the diode on mine by some miracle! I don't have a good hot air blaster and ended up breaking the top off the diode, at least was able to apply some solder to the whole pad then to get it off, the whole board was heating up must have a good ground plane!

Nicely done. I would have looked for a used replacement.

Hola, me compré un HomePod grande de primera generación al cual se le puede hacer un reseteo, enciende y todo lo demás, pero cuando a la hora de conectarse con un dispositivo no lo hace y no sirve de ninguna manera, porque he intentado con dos iPad, con una Mac y con un iPhone y ninguno se pueden enlazar con los HomePod o sea que el problema seguramente sea del HomePod, se queda la luz superior parpadeando pero no aparece ningún dispositivo para enlazarse, necesito tu ayuda para saber más o menos qué es y si me podrías ayudar.

Well done :-D Its a bit of a finger twister to get it all back in there. I'm guessing the odd diode is part of a tiny boost power supply. Something like that or maybe not lol.

No chance!!!!

Spare Time Repair: The diode is gone, I need to open it and replace it. Apple: You can try..

Do you have a link to the replacement diode? Or what specific one I will need

Can I mail mine to you for repair? I have this same issue!