[ksorota]

Long story short. I have an Airist R2R that doesn’t work.

I opened it up and the two yellow “things” to the left and right off the central airist chip are blown

Are these components something that could be replaced? Anyone have any experience withsoldering such small parts?

I am not sure that they will solve the problem if replaced, but cannot make it worse.

would someone want to take up the challenge of fixing it? If so, you can have it for the cost of shipping!

 

[elira]

Those are smd capacitors, they can be replaced but replacing smd components is not a trivial thing to do. Look for YT tutorials to see if you are willing to try.

 

[ksorota]

The lights are back!

might be coming back from the dead