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HaRuMaN:

Hmm... yeah, sounds like you have a short somewhere on your pcb.  Be careful with that...  shorts tend to cause the controller resistor in the DC to burn up (requiring replacement).  If all your controller ports end up dead one day, this is what happened. 

Dead Movie Star:


--- Quote from: HarumaN on July 01, 2008, 10:12:47 am ---Hmm... yeah, sounds like you have a short somewhere on your pcb.  Be careful with that...  shorts tend to cause the controller resistor in the DC to burn up (requiring replacement).  If all your controller ports end up dead one day, this is what happened. 

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I'm scared, mommy.

Edit: Wait, how can I be careful? Can I do anything instead of getting a new pcb?

Ginsu Victim:

Stop plugging it in, for one.

HaRuMaN:


--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on July 01, 2008, 11:06:49 am ---Stop plugging it in, for one.

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Haha...

I was going to say a very close visual inspection.  Use a bright light and a magnifying glass.  Clean up any shorts caused by excess solder, etc...

Dead Movie Star:


--- Quote from: HarumaN on July 01, 2008, 11:08:29 am ---
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on July 01, 2008, 11:06:49 am ---Stop plugging it in, for one.

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Haha...

I was going to say a very close visual inspection.  Use a bright light and a magnifying glass.  Clean up any shorts caused by excess solder, etc...

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This calls for heavy surgery. Might as well replace the wiring while I'm at it.

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