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      cw_o last edited by

      This might sound kind of dumb, but I just wanted to see what y'all had to say.

      I recently bought a broken onewheel XR with controller issues, so I ordered a replacement controller and slapped it in, but now the board is acting weird and not turning on.

      This is an image of the replacement controller
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      And this is the broken controller I took out of the board
      87603b13-b4f0-49a2-929c-5dbd621f5864-IMG_4641.jpg

      I realize they look different but I kind of assumed that if they are both meant for the XR that it shouuuuld work fine but I am now seeing that is not true. I was hoping if anyone here has any experience with these controllers if theres any way to get it to work for my board or any comment really

      Thanks all!

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        Lia GT XR Pint Plus V1 DIY @cw_o last edited by

        @cw_o Did the seller say what hardware revision it was. It looks like it's pre-serialisation but the 4210-4213 models complain about mismatched BMS's. It can be worked around with additional modding but it's a factor.

        4206-4209 are fine so if it's one of those it'll be a simple swap.

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          Lemur @cw_o last edited by

          @cw_o The replacement looks more like a Onewheel Plus controller, check the big capacitors, they should be marked "80 volts'' for a XR , if they are 60 v then it's a Plus controller.
          A later 4210 and up Xr controller will have 4 silver 80v caps instead of 2 caps.
          Pictures of a Plus contoller and a Xr 4210 controller.IMG_0210[1].JPG

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            cw_o @Lia last edited by

            @lia The guy said he is going to see his friend who sold them to him on sunday, so I will let you know then.

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              cw_o @Lemur last edited by

              @lemur Yeah you might be right that looks just like the replacement. Once I get back home I'll open it back up and check -- maybe I can get a refund if it turns out to be the wrong controller 😅

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