Picked up a thermal camera at a shop in Portland last month

I was helping a buddy troubleshoot his gaming rig at a lan party in Portland and he pulled out a cheap thermal camera. We found a failing VRM that was hitting 110°C while the rest of the board looked fine. Has anyone else used one of these for diagnosing weird intermittent crashes?

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the_sean10d agoMost Upvoted

Figured out a bad solder joint on my truck's ECU that way. The camera showed a cold spot where the connection was barely making contact. Never would have found it with a multimeter since the resistance was fine when the board was cold. It's one of those tools you don't realize you need until you have it.

holly_green8211d ago

My brother used one and found out his cat was secretly sleeping on the router at night.