Pioneer VSX-2021 No Audio out

Don't mean to be rude, but I'm trying to read again and again your post. Only now I understand what you tried to ask. 
I don't really know how to check the "hour counter usage", maybe you mean how long have I had it? 
Truth is I don't know, I bought some other things for a guy on garage sale, and saw the receiver. He gave it to me for free. As it was a Elite model so I was happy to accept it. 
Told me it wasn't working so I knew what I was going into. That is why I'm asking here. 

I do have some idea of electronics, so I figured I gave it a try to fix this. Seems it's not an easy fix. 
I've checked what Andyb1712 had said before, I figured I'd ask a starter kit, was thinking of just buying the hot air rework and not the whole reball jig which is way out of my league for now. 

I was asking because I wanted to learn this as I have since acquired others like Onkyo's, Marantz and Pioneers that had these similar issues. So it might be worthwhile to invest on some of these equipment. 

I did go to youtube and check out the programmer, and only a few videos are there. You should see my shopping cart now on the things that I've added. 
Probably not for the best, but will trim them down to bare essentials. 

I've fixed several receivers, and had killed some in the process due to improper tools. I buy broken used ones at dirt cheap prices and try to fix them. Some are simple fixes like busted Transistors, resistors, disconnected or cold solder ones. 

But this DSP chip is a whole new thing for me. So I wanted to know more about it before venturing into the unknown. 
I do have the simple cheapish tools, a cheapish temp controlled soldering iron. Handheld magnifying lens. Just the basics really. 

That's why I'm thinking of adding some of those really essential bare minimum tools. I don't wanna go crazy on buying tools that I'd only need once when the moon is blue. 

I hope I have answered your questions. 

@ nodols you hope that you answer my questions really that’s funny 😂

Sorry I can’t help you when you trying only @ a cheap level to fix these BGA ones that is a 110% fail rate than ☝️

I wish you all the best with your elite one but I am out now ☺️

Regards

Sorry Admin I don’t tell someone my high value knowledge that are asking and asking only the same stuff over and over and can’t take a advice on and would really try a repair with cheap tools in my opinion that can’t work and it is for sure a time waist than with BGA DSP‘s ☝️
I have really enough practice and knowledge in that repair and can tell these people that it can’t work in these cheap way than ☝️
But when he really try the hard way than go for it I don’t stop him anyway 😎

Regard‘s

Yeah Admin it is a really simple question that is true and my really simple answer is NO to it ☝️
I don‘t tell it here because it don’t get honor here sorry try and error is the key to these knowledge to get that’s all I say now 😎☝️

Admin all fine you can’t get these information out of me sorry I keep these high value storage in my head and don’t share these here ☝️
I can’t help people that asking again and again the same stuff here sorry It feels than like a CD that play the same track again and again and you can’t stop it ☝️
These people must learn it than the hard way because these don’t accept what you wrote what is not normal sorry 🫣
I mean I start also with no skill but I was not lazy what many are and want than only a easy and not much working for fix what it is not with these BGA DSP‘s Typ ☝️
But I can’t help here anymore because my knowledge is not needed and don’t accept here so I let it than 😎

Cheers

<<I am curious, what is the exact hour count that is considered "doable or not"?>>


In my experience there is no definitive hour count that makes this repair doable or not.

I've seen Pioneers fail as low as 13k hours and go as high as 33k hours on original D810 B chips and D808 C chips. The D810 chips respond well to a reflow or reball but the D808s usually require replacement. Sometimes no audio is just a failed voltage reg on the D-MAIN or DAC board and the clue to this is the firmware is still displayed correctly without any * * * in the version number.

Onkyos are in my experience worse, with no audio failures occurring at anything from 4k hours upwards on the D830 B 400 chips but these are often corrupted firmware and/or NAND chips developing bad blocks. Replacement of the NAND loaded with a working firmware dump often fixes this. If not it's a reball or replacement DSP. The earlier A and B 300 chips seem to last longer, presumably due to the lower clock speed.

To make matters worse both brands suffer BGA failure due to lead free solder. I always reball with leaded solder for improved reliability.