How I fixed my SquareOff Kingdom Chess Set by Dumping It!

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In this episode, I'm taking on the challenge of repairing a Square Off Kingdom Chess board, an extraordinary mix of classic chess and cutting-edge tech. I found this board with its self-moving pieces intriguing but it was plagued with connectivity issues. Join me as I dive into the guts of this board, navigate through some tricky customer service interactions, and hopefully bring the magic back to this fascinating chess game. Discover whether persistence, technical know-how, and a bit of luck can triumph over faulty firmware. Let's bring this game back to life together!
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📖 Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:16 - What’s Wrong?
01:30 - The Backstory
02:30 - Customer Service!?
04:47 - Try Out The Spare Board
18:02 - An Approach To Fix It
20:05 - Try To Dump It!
25:36 - Let’s Flash It!
28:01 - Test The Faulty Board After Flashing
👨‍🔧 About Me
I'm Markus, your tech repair and modding expert. Join me as I extend the lifespan of consumer tech and reduce waste. Sometimes I melt, sometimes I destroy, but most of the time, I repair!
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@CanWeFixThat Год назад

🍿➡ Watch Next - DDR Chess Computer Repair | Can We Fix It? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fW9NhtzEYbU.html

@TechWandererYT Год назад

They should be ashamed of their customer support. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Really sad. But at least it worked out!

@doubler8761 7 месяцев назад

Excellent instructive video .I have been pondering buying the Grand kingdom set for some time given all the varsley different views about the products. I will now buy one hopefully the company will improve its customer service as its products look quality they should have a service to match,there is no better referral than from another owner.

@CanWeFixThat 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, doubler. I would recommend buying the newer SWAP board. It's much faster, but in my opinion, not so appealing.

@doubler8761 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, but I am not a great lover of their plastic offers.I had the Milton's Bradley's grandmaster phantom till its demise last year .It was made in 1983 which you only could play the software being able to play other players from any where in the world is great will stick to the kingdom set .by the way I have kept the chessmen from the milton unit reversed the magnets so they should play on the kingdom ,Evan made 40 years ago they blow the square off ones away .

@CanWeFixThat 7 месяцев назад

Hi Doubler, I am not very into chess, but I was fascinated by the old East German chess game. Have you seen this video too? Using the old figures with the Square Off board also came to mind, but I still need to flip magnets! 😉

@doubler8761 7 месяцев назад

No not seen video give me the title and I'll have a look .I have only got back to chess since I retired needed something to help keep my gray matter ticking over .I have made a few videos on my old grandmaster one tube mostly old famous games set to music hope you like

@CanWeFixThat 7 месяцев назад

The chess games in your videos look amazing! I really love retro tech; it is so much more quality than nowadays. Here is the link to my other video: DDR Chess Computer Repair | Can We Fix It? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fW9NhtzEYbU.html

@Fabiodaviepri 7 месяцев назад

Hi, congratulations for the video, could you tell me where you purchased the replacement card? Or send me the link to buy it. Thank you.

@CanWeFixThat 7 месяцев назад

Hi Fabio, thank you very much! To get this part, I had to do the mentioned support journey. There is no public link to order; you have to contact them. 😕

@figgyduff6440 Год назад

Hello, it appears my motherboard on my Square Off is not responding to being scanned. Permissions are ok. Bluetooth is communicating. Please can you tell me where I can purchase a new motherboard? Thank you.

@jorgediegoacevedoguerra996 10 месяцев назад

hello, thx for the videos. can you help me? my board have lose timing belt that’s making a lot of noise, there is a way to fix that? thanks

@CanWeFixThat 10 месяцев назад

You are welcome! The belt is loose? You could try to tension it with the spring of a peg.

@apt87 8 месяцев назад

Hi Markus, I have a faulty Swap chessboard any idea how to open those? There are no screws at the bottom!

@CanWeFixThat 8 месяцев назад

Hey! I am waiting for mine, so I can't tell for sure. If I should make a guess, I would assume that it is not screwed but held down by clips. You could try to pry it open gently. Keep me posted, I am curious! ✌️

@apt87 8 месяцев назад

@@CanWeFixThathahaha I have 2!!! (one works the other one doesn't) there is a lot of glue on top I basically had to break the top because there was no other way...the problem with the board was that the battery was loose and was hitting the mechanism, in fact I need your help with a FPC cable do you think you can give me ideas?

@CanWeFixThat 8 месяцев назад

@apt87 Two units? Not bad! I hate glue... ^^ What help exactly does you need with the FPC cable?

@apt87 8 месяцев назад

@@CanWeFixThat I need to fix it, is a 20pin 10mm on one end and 20mm on the other it connects the board to the PCB I can't simple get one I have an idea of how to fix it (or build another) but it would be nice to have your input

@CanWeFixThat 8 месяцев назад

What is the damage, is it repairable or totally destroyed?

@thedrizzle6 9 месяцев назад

Ey dude, what power cord are you using?? I lost my original and idk what to do!

@CanWeFixThat 8 месяцев назад

Hi! You could grab a multi-purpose power adaptor with 12V and at least 1A output current.

@thedrizzle6 8 месяцев назад

@@CanWeFixThat anything in those parameters would work? It doesn't have to be specific?

@CanWeFixThat 8 месяцев назад

@davedrizzle7990 Yes, that should work. But to be safe, take 12V, 2A current, and the positive PIN in the middle. Like this: www.amazon.com/MyVolts-Supply-Adaptor-Replacement-Kingdom/dp/B09SVRN98P?th=1

@unnikrishnanvs418 5 месяцев назад

Grinding noise as well as calibration issues are happening on my board on some occasions. What could be the possible reason? I didn't use my kingdom set for the past few months after that this problem happened. How can I resolve this problem?

@CanWeFixThat 5 месяцев назад

Hi! I will try to help you. Could you play a game with it?

@unnikrishnanvs418 5 месяцев назад

@@CanWeFixThat few hours before I played a game. During the course of the game grinding noise came and the pieces were not moving. I didn't use the board for the past few months. Today I played few games that time the issue came. I tilted the board several times and I observed one thing the robotics mechanism inside the board was not easily moving at the time of tilting. I am having a question can I open the board and apply some lubricant on the path where robotic mechanism is moving

@CanWeFixThat 5 месяцев назад

@@unnikrishnanvs418 Open it up as I showed in the video and check if the belt tension is okay or if you can spot something immediately obvious. Sounds like a mechanical issue.

@CanWeFixThat 5 месяцев назад

@unnikrishnanvs418 Could you figure out what is causing it?

@unnikrishnanvs418 5 месяцев назад

@@CanWeFixThat I didn't use it for more than 3 months

@nospace4898 Год назад

Hello there , I have a problem with my board the exact same one that I have just recieved. There customer support had been awful when it comes to fixing it. I believe it is a problem with the Motor i’ve been looking everywhere to try and fix it . Maybe you may be able to figure it out :) , everytime I turn it on ut will go down and up then start grinding loudly and shaking when I open to look the whole thing shakes

@CanWeFixThat Год назад

Hi! Mine was also sometimes shaking with the faulty firmware board. You could measure if the end-stop switches for the motors are working correctly. The expected behavior is a homing process, where the arm drives to the left end switch and straight up to the other end switch. When this initialization is done, it should center the arm in the middle of the board. You can see this in action here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y-M5DxNqQVI.html Can you see any issues inside the app?

@nospace4898 Год назад

I do not have any issues in the app , It won’t center back to the center of the board it goes down the xy axis then to the right corner then gets stuck and the black pully piece starts shaking and it get’s stuck in that corner

@CanWeFixThat Год назад

It could really be a bad connection that the board can't recognize the end-stop switch signals. Please also check the wiring to see if everything is fine; maybe a wire is broken from the inside.

@CanWeFixThat Год назад

@nospace48 Could you determine the problem?

@thecjmodule 7 месяцев назад

I have this same issue, any resolution? @@nospace4898

@figgyduff6440 Год назад

Hello, can I please buy your SPARE Square Off motherboard from you?

@CanWeFixThat Год назад

Hi! I would sell it, but I am from Germany, so it may not be ideal for you. I got a replacement for $60 from their customer service. You could drop them a line.🙂

@figgyduff6440 Год назад

@@CanWeFixThat Ok, thank you. 👍

@CanWeFixThat Год назад

You are welcome!