Description
Death Fart – Apple Original HomePod Repair Service
A death fart is a notably loud sound from the HomePod’s woofer, typically followed with a reboot. If your HomePod is experiencing this issue, this service is for you.
Original, 1st Gen Apple HomePods (Model: A1639, MPN: MQHV2LL/A or MQHW2LL/A) are susceptible to decaying ceramic capacitors on the amplifier board. Once they no longer hold charge as intended, the result is audible popping sounds, or a very loud pop (or “fart”), and a reboots. To remedy the problem, these capacitors need to be replaced.
The HomePod Death Fart repair service includes:
To remedy the problem and to ensure longevity of your HomePod, we perform the following in this “HomePod death fart” service:
- We desolder the four faulty ceramic capacitors, and solder brand new high-quality capacitors back onto the amplifier board.
- We bolster the padding between the subwoofer and the support frame using a high-quality durable foam. We may do the same the woofer and the top ring to stem any potential rattles that may be caused due to aging rubber grommets that anchor the woofer to the frame.
- We use a high-density 3M foam tape on the ribbon that connect the logic board to the amplified board, microphones, and the diagnostics port to prevent contact of the ribbon with the subframe.
- We reset the unit, update the firmware/software and test overnight to ensure everything is OK.
- In some cases, we may also replace a Schottky barrier diode if it matches certain production batch numbers. Failure of this particular diode will result in a completely non-responsive HomePod. While we’re there, we check this as well for a peace of mind.
All of the above services are a part of our HomePod death fart service, and included in your purchase.
Free mail-in mail-out USPS shipping
We strive for your convenience by providing worry-free, prepaid USPS shipping. This provides multiple benefits to you:
- We pass on the savings from our competitive USPS commercial shipping rates to you by handling the shipping labels ourselves. If we asked you to ship, you’d pay the retail rate for shipping and would cost more to you.
- We reduce potential shipping errors, because we handle everything electronically and addresses come directly from our system.
- It is prepaid, so you do not need to worry about any payments.
- United States Postal Service is widely available throughout the US.
- Shipment tracking is available and provided, so both you and us can see where your HomePod is and when it is delivered.
Please see our video on how we perform this service on our YouTube channel and let us know if you have any questions or comments.
D. Patel (verified owner) –
Minn-Tech provided a fantastic service experience for repairing worn out capacitors on my 1st-gen HomePods. The whole process took less than a week including shipping both ways, and the fee was very reasonable given alternatives. I would use Minn-Tech again for this repair without hesitation.
Dan R –
They brought my dead HomePod back to life!!! Everything was quick and easy.
Dan L. (verified owner) –
Excellent job! So glad I found you guys.. HomePod is back running again perfectly. I’m considering buying a few more used HomePods from you so each room will be stereo paired.. Thank you !
aktanf (verified owner) –
Thank you Dan! We are glad to have helped to our valuable customers like you. Please also note that every refurbished Homepod that we sell leaves Minn-Tech with the two preventive and preemptive services for 1- no-power and 2- loud fart issues already taken care of.
Again, thanks for your feedback and enjoy your repaired HomePod!
Daniel James (verified owner) –
Good as new! I forgot how good they sound in a stereo pair. Turn around time was very fast especially considering it was around the holidays.
V Winter (verified owner) –
A great fix for my groaning HomePod 1! Even for a Canadian like me. All you need is access to an American mailbox 😁. No fool in’ around…these guys mean business😁