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Multimeter to test my bad IPAC? -problem found

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Quarters:

Don't forget to check for led error codes. as on the bottom of this page:
http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac2.html

Timoe:

Turns out it was a bad IPAC.

I swapped it with another i had and hooked it up and everything worked perfect.  The bad Ipac was purchased just about a month ago.  I bought 2, one went into another control panel and it works fine.  I felt bad being one of those noobies that asks "whats wrong with my IPAC" but I was so frustrated. 

I had traded some dreamcast games for a few buttons and a broken IPAC 2 months ago.  The broken IPAC just needed to have the main chip re-seated as one of the pins got bent under during assembly.

I know nothing of chips and their handling but like a dumassk I though I'd fiddle with the thing while walking from my garage to my living room and ....POP that little chip came right off and bent a few more pins in the process.  So I bent all the pins back in place (while walking up stairs) and they felt like they might snap off now at any second.  I squished the chip back onto the IPAC PCB, I plugged it in and everything worked PERFECT.  I did not treat this thing delicately and it worked like a champ.

Meanwhile my new IPAC is broken and funky and I have no idea why.  I will try and email Ultimarc and see if I can mail it back or something.  Anyway thank you to everyone for your help and now I have a multimeter!

Here's the CP that this IPAC went into, a modded Pelican Stick

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