Okay, let's get this straight: you unplug everything, remove the top to show all the naked electronics, you find this one doo-hinky, and heat it up with a heat gun - right? I'm calling bullsh*t. Just another crank upload looking for attention and hits. But, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. I have this exact problem. Worst case is I'm no worse off than I was before. Still think your solution is bullsh*t but I'll give it a try. EDIT: I take it all back. I was wrong. I did it as you showed here - but heated the doo-hinky for a minute or so. And now it works just fine. I'm indebted to you, sir. You just saved me a couple thousand dollars. Thank you.

To anyone who does this, take care of heating up the electrolytic caps nearby. They like to pop when they get too warm. Love seeing these simple fixes, have fixed loads of devices this way in the past. Good job!

Last Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, I bought at FB marketplace a Yamaha rx-1030 for only $50 when the seller told me if it didn't work he will refund my money back. Today, Sunday, I was still having a trouble fixing this receiver. I bought different cords rca, hdmi, optical but to no avail I'm almost throw this beast. I called the seller earlier and I told him that this receiver didn't work and he refunded my money back... Later in the afternoon, I search here in KZfaq how to fix receiver with no sound and voila! I just brush the top board then it works!!! Thank you so so so much!!!

Thank you! 30 seconds with 300°C hot air helped my Onkyo NR609 to work again!!! Great diagnosis and manual! Awesome job, thank you! /Piotr from Poland

Thanks a lot for this. Your clear video helped me to try and fix the sound issue I had with my Onkyo TX-NR515 A/V Receiver. For the last couple of weeks the sound only came up after switching the receiver off and on again several times. After heating up the DSP chip, the sound comes up immediately again, already for four days now!

12-12-23 Christmas Miracle... heated it once for 20 seconds and nothing. Let it all cool and tried again for 35 seconds. That did the trick. I wanted to find some flux but got impatient. Thanks

So funny story, my uncle tried to fix my ONKYO htr390 and there was no luck, except I kept it running for quite a while until it got very hot, and it somehow reflowed! Gonna try this again!

I have a sherwood with the same symptoms and the same type of chip. I'll give this a go, thanks!

Thank you sir, life without music is not an option, sorted in 30 secs like u said

Same her, fixed mine. Took 2 minutes of heating😂But then sound was back, hopefully it holds for a while. I heated mine A LOT, everything was really hot so maybe dont be to scarred to heat a bit more than 30 sec. 2 min on step 1 with a standard heatgun👍🏻

Thanks man, I've just fixed the same problem on my tx 8050 with hair dryer.

Hi, my 616 usually works fine but after using it for maybe an hour or two, the sound starts to distort to a very low volume. Sometimes changing to stereo and not using a DTS or Dolby Digital brings back some sound to the main speakers. Sometimes, changing to zone 2 or 3 also works. But then mostly the sound doesn't really come back properly. It may be very soft and very underpowered. Can your method work? Thanks.

Awesome Video! Do you happen to have a way to troubleshoot a RCA RT2870r?

Brilliant worked first time. Thank you

Hey thank you so much this actually work and believe me I had my doubts

I have an Onkyo 609 i used the hairdryer and my hair is dry but still no sound

I have problems with my Onkyo tx-nr838 with no eARC sound. When I connect something on the receiver it works well. But when the sound needs to come back from the HDMI eARC that's no sound. Do you know how to fix it?

Thanks for this video. I have the same problem with my Onkyo TX-NR609. No sound and the speakers were not displayed on the front. I did the fix as you outlined and it started working again. I was very happy to not have to buy a new receiver. However when I put the case back on and put the receiver back on the shelf the problem has reappeared. I tried the same fix again, this time making it a bit hotter and pushing down on the chip until it cooled. It did not work this time though. The problem does seem to be the connectors on the DTS chip, as it worked initally, but maybe mine to too far gone. Do you have any other suggestions?

OI have a Onkyo TX NR757 and out of nowhere I get a blinking standby light and it wont turn on at all and sometimes it will just come on by itself and then go back to the blinking standby light

Thank you for this! It saved my amp. So glad to not have to be getting a new one and junking this one.

Also helps when you turn the speaker switch on. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks this worked for me. Unfortunately I think I heated it for too long as the front buttons are no longer responding nor is it working with the remote 😢

I have 3 onkyo.2 txnr646 and one tx nr 509. No sound with same issue. Contacted onkyo for any kind of help ,and replied no more support for these defected units.For me when i will afford to buy a new receiver ,sure no onkyo or pioneer.

How do I get the best sound out of my subwoofer sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't

Thanks for this video😊 Now my TX-NR709 works again.😃👍

I have onkyo TX-NR609 all channel is working well but center channel noise and low sound, any advice

Worked for me! Thank you

Thanks for the video, works like a charm on a nr414. Another thing I noticed was that before the fix the Ethernet port was not working. Afterwards it worked again.

What if my speakers are showing but there's no sound? Also I've been trying to run all my sound through Bluetooth which connects but no sound

Have an RZ-50 and was working fine for 6 months, today i am getting ZERO soun. Help?

Thank you for that very informative video. I have a TEAC AG-D8900 AV Receiver which I've had for 35 years or so. Suddenly the sound has been cutting out. At first I could get it back by just tapping on the side of the unit. Now however it is totally off. It is like the mute is on all the time, yet there's no way to "un-mute" it. Would you have any recommendations? It has been an excellent receiver after all these years. Thank you for any input you might have! John.

Whats the point of hearing it if you want it to cool down.

Thanks so much! This worked great for me!!

Nice song at the end, what’s it called?

My Pioneer SC-97 just started doing this about a month ago. Currently , no sound. I might have to try this. Must be a manufacturing defect on these HDMI boards. I just ordered a New Sony AZ5000es.. So we'll see what happens.

Worked for me.

You should do an update video to show that such a "fix" has lasted.

How does he know its common? Didn't see him carrying out any tests with a suitable test equipments.

We have the same receiver and we were able to fix the sound. Thank you!!

Greetings, I have an old TX-SR603 model that turns ON but no sound. This model does not have HDMI inputs and the board inside doesn't seem to have the particular chip. So I'm unable to do this simple fix as shown on video. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated. Great video.

I have an older kenwood kr-v9030 and everything works great, but it has very low volume. Do you have any idea what to look for ? Should i try cleaning the pots ? Thank you

I have a denon avr-s910w that has no sound from zone 1 but zone 2 has sound ive been trying to figure this out all day any suggestions 🤔

My onkyo set is stuck on " NOW INITIALISING" on the screen . What should I do. Please reply

My Onkyo has a zone 2 which works but all my other speakers don't I believe I heard a clicking noise like an internal switch switching before it all stopped working except zone 2 speakers. My question is, Is this the same problem you are referring to?

I have an onkyo 616 that switches on but it doesn't do any sound at all from any input, not even the wireless.I have an onkyo 616 that switches on but it doesn't do any sound at all from any input, not even the wireless. Will this work?

I have a 2.1 pioneer system. When I play a song the subwoofer doesn't work. I need every time to set speakers in the amp menu to make subwoofer works and after turning the amp off and then on it doesn't work again. Can you help?

i have onkyo 309, since 7 years, , i open and have to wait , because it works 5minutes later, interestingly.

I have an TX-NR609 with an already warranty-replaced DSP chip. I recently lost my sound, but I still get the speaker indicators on the front of the unit. Do you think it's still worth trying to reflow the DSP?

Thx for the video! I hab the same problem and i fixed it with your tips. I've made a couple of tests with the temperature of the chip. The chip needs to be at 30° celcius to switch on. It will heat up by himself when you switch on the receiver, but it takes 5min. Then restart the receiver and everything is ok. Its the same at pioneer.

Hi, I have TX-SR508 and it has same sound issue but dsp chip in my avr is not bga version, what to do now? Please help

I have video and audio cutouts with pioneer av receiver. Could this be the problem too? Im using hdmi cable for 4k hdr. 1-2 seconds lost during watching movies than everything comes back again. This can happen sometimes 1-2 times in an hour or more.

Worked for me, used a hair dryer for 1 minute since i dont have a heat Gun

Is it possible without disassembling the receiver? I have same problem with my pioneer vsx-323-k. Only pro logic and neo6 via analog input is working. After 1-2 hours use, hdmi audio working but with some distortion and no audio after that

Cute dog!!

You're great! It helped ;D

Aux is not giving sound as well. Can it still be a hdmi chip fault?

I have a Marantz SR7005 with no picture or sound and no speaker map, going to give this a try, I have nothing to loose

I try this technique whit my onkyo 609 and no work

Can we get a circuit board like that?

Thanks

thanks i gonna try it tommorow

I would like to see someone prove this by applying pressure, otherwise you may just be temporarily reviving tired capacitors to fix the issue for a short while.

Sir im pilipino my onkyo txsr 702 no sound but have display still in speaker set up.thnks sir

My onkyo HT-390 once worked with all the 5 attached boxes. But now only works with three of them. I'm not technical at all so have no clue what to change. Also, since using the sound system on my TV, steaming services like prime video and Netflix movies with dolby 5.1 don't work... So really no use of using the system. Which is just a waste... Can't find anywhere why this is an issue and if it can be resolved

What if i use a hair dryer?

No Flux needed?

grazie funziona!!!!

Stil working?

Wow, this actually worked…used a Dyson 😂😂

I hate BGA chips... they are a poor design. There's NO way (except for using X-Ray equipment, to physically inspect that the solder process is going well when the board comes out of the reflow oven during manufacturing, and adjust the process if it looks shady. There could be a solder paste/stencil issue, an alignment issue from the pick and place machine, heater section out in the reflow oven, wrong temp, and so on, and a person will NOT easily carch the issue and fix the problem when they can't even see the problem to begin with. The other irritating thing about the design of these chips is a heat issue. The chip is hotter towards the center of the chip, and ends up warping the middle of the board underneath the center of the chip into a cup shape, and that ends up pulling on the solder balls in the center of it, and either creates cold solder joints, or pulls the solder balls right off the copper circuit pads underneath from the board flexing from heating and cooling. The edges of the chip stay cool enough so that the solder balls under it remain adhered, and the chip stays put, but it's under the very center few square centimeters of the chip where it gets hot enough to cause the board to cup from the heat, and the solder balls get hot enough to get to a semi-liquid state, and the joints pull apart or end up "cold" and high-resistance after they cool.

It is brand new and you need to open the chassis already? What a piece of junk!!!! lol

Worked perfectly thanks!!!