get some aligator clips on your meter.... attach it to the 5V/gnd test points.
Gently flex the board. if the short disappears... I’d try to isolate it to an area of the board... then begin looking for shorting pins and such. both sides of the board.
I’m guessing you’ve either got pins shorting together somewhere.... a metal “shaving” shorting the lines... or legs of a transistor “twisted” to a close short.
From: John Huie
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:15 AM
To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Messed up my Black Widow
Very strange....on the back of the board there was foam stuck to it from the piece that goes in there to protect it from bumping against the cabinet. Cleaned the residue off and then checked the +5/Ground again and it was no longer shorted. Got about the same resistance as the other board. Weird but cool I thought.
Took it back out and checked it again to be sure and yep, seemed fine. Plugged it into the game and still had no LED though. Errrrrr. Pulled the board out and grabbed my meter....it's shorted again.
Sigh.
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