buserror
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So well, not so good as it turns out. As soon as I slotted the batteries in I heard a little "click" noise from the part of the board near the power button or thereabout. Removed the batteries of course...
I got investigating, and there is a short on the main rail! Almost everywhere... that annoyed me a lot as I was very careful but then again... small mistake?
So I started to remove all the caps I replaced (well the SMT ones, I can't see the bigger ones being a problem!) and test until none was left and... no luck, still shorting.
So I think I'm going to also remove the 4 SOIC I installed, and then ----- grrrrr remove all the patch wires. And I still don't know if it will fix it, as I'm not entirely sure the short wasn't there in the first place! How *annoying*.
Next is to try to find the short, I got some freeze spray, and a bench supply of course, so I'll try to put 3V with increasing Amps into it and hope I can see something heat up.. unless someone has a better suggestion?
I got investigating, and there is a short on the main rail! Almost everywhere... that annoyed me a lot as I was very careful but then again... small mistake?
So I started to remove all the caps I replaced (well the SMT ones, I can't see the bigger ones being a problem!) and test until none was left and... no luck, still shorting.
So I think I'm going to also remove the 4 SOIC I installed, and then ----- grrrrr remove all the patch wires. And I still don't know if it will fix it, as I'm not entirely sure the short wasn't there in the first place! How *annoying*.
Next is to try to find the short, I got some freeze spray, and a bench supply of course, so I'll try to put 3V with increasing Amps into it and hope I can see something heat up.. unless someone has a better suggestion?