Is it worth buying a pi5 with a broken hdmi connector

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Is it worth buying a pi5 with a broken hdmi connector.The seller says apart from that it is working .He is selling it for £42 which is about half the price of a new one.I have got one but unfortunately the conector for the fan has broken offI have a case that is passive cooled, but sad to say it does not work at all now. The tiny conector near the USB 2 ports is the one that broke offThose micro HDMI are terrible i don,t know why Raspberry pi don,t do away with them.

After asking my AI assistant I think i will give it a miss.
*If you are considering buying a Raspberry Pi 5 with a broken HDMI connector, it is generally not advisable. The HDMI ports are crucial for connecting the Raspberry Pi to a display, and a broken connector would significantly limit its usability.*

 

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probably the only time AI was right… sorry. I use AI, but in this case it’s not patronizing you.

 

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I tried it again vut with the hearsink off sweet FA2616. PI5 a few ppins are bent but they are not touching.2617 is the pi3 working.I just saw wsomeone selling a new one for £55 ,when i went to put aqn offer in for it the cleanin lady came up and said the page is missing i take it meansw they are sold ,but it did say new listings so the seller could have taken it down knowning that he could get more for it.

probably the only time AI was right… sorry. I use AI, but in this case it’s not patronizing you.

probably the only time AI was right… sorry. I use AI, but in this case it’s not patronizing you.

No i realise that.

 

[ty_ger]

AI is right? Without an HDMI port, there won't be HDMI display capabilities. Go figure. Bravo AI!

What is the real question? Can you use it via SSH terminal? What's your use case? What's your question?

Can you be more clear about which one you are talking about?
"I tried it again vut with the hearsink off sweet FA2616. PI5 a few ppins are bent but they are not touching.2617 is the pi3 working."
The topic Pi with broken HDMI port? Or off-topic fan port Pi?
If the fan port Pi is in a passive case, why do you care about the fan port?

 

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AI is right? Without an HDMI port, there won't be HDMI display capabilities. Go figure. Bravo AI!

What is the real question? Can you use it via SSH terminal? What's your use case? What's your question?

Can you be more clear about which one you are talking about?
"I tried it again with the heatsink off sweet FA 2616 plus a few pins are bent but they are not touching..2617 is the pi3 working.working fine.
The topic Pi with broken HDMI port? Or off-topic fan port Pi?
If the fan port Pi is in a passive case, why do you care about the fan port?

The Pi5 has two HDMI connectors one is broken, so it still has one
that is the one i was asking if it was worth buying.Sorry about the spelling
My one that has the fan conector broken off , and also has a couple of bent pins that
are not touching did not work in the passive case.My Pi3 is working fine photo 2617.
The one below is the eBay one i was asking if it was worth buying.I have come to the conclusion it isn,t. I put a bid on a new one for £50 but was turned down, i usually do well when i put in bids on there.I hope i have put the record straight.

mu

 

[Greenslade]

The one that was on eBay with the broken HDMI conector sold.

 

[Ruru]

Considering that it's not THAT expensive even when bought new, I wouldn't bother paying for a broken one. If that would be a freebie, then I would consider of fixing it, but paying for that... nah.

 

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Those micro HDMI are terrible i don,t know why Raspberry pi don,t do away with them.

They are. But in a good case it can have some support from bending. When using the Pi bare, Mini HDMI, Mini USB and USB-C are all sensitive for breaking.
and use soft cables, not the harder that stresses the connectors.

 

[Greenslade]

They are. But in a good case it can have some support from bending. When using the Pi bare, Mini HDMI, Mini USB and USB-C are all sensitive for breaking.
and use soft cables, not the harder that stresses the connectors.

Yes everything is so delicate on there.The fan conector broke off ,and one of the gpio pins is bent but not touching another pin.I don,t know why it does not work at all now

 

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Yes everything is so delicate on there.The fan conector broke off ,and one of the gpio pins is bent but not touching another pin.I don,t know why it does not work at all now

Well, that pin is dirty/black, and also the screwhole near looks like there was something going wrong (shortcut) at some point....

 

[DaemonForce]

That's the kind of deal that calls out to guys like me.
If you have a copy of the product and can swap out disks, probably a win.
If you can get display some other way like some NanoKVM device, epic win.
I run my servers headless and the only time I actually need a display out is for BIOS/EFI/Boot config.
I'm just finally getting around to the idea of once again adding a display device to the rack for 3DVR/Streaming.
If any of that sounds way over your pay grade, then definitely do not buy a damaged Pi.
If you have solid soldering skills (I'm gonna guess no) then it's a firm maybe.