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I really doubt it is, as I've worked with this 100w Soldering gun on 4 circuit boards (3 Playstation 1 controllers and 1 3rd-party Gamecube controller) in the past and all of them work perfectly.
Now just a few days ago I wanted to hack my Nintendo DS Lite so I can add an alternative source to clicking buttons. I wantedto make a peripheral controller and that requires me to solder wires to the signal and ground of the corresponding buttons. Thing is I didn't notice anything different when I tried to apply solder to the contact points. So I dab the solder on those points I figured were the ones I needed (since I tested it for continuity), and jsut to check if everything was stil okay, I put the battery back in and flick the switch. Thing doesn't turn on.
Now it never turns on. I didn't touch anything near the power switch as everything related to it is on the other side of the board.
I was curious if I did something to the battery, even though I already had it out. I had taken the voltmeter and put it on the two battery ends as I was more or less fooling around with the voltmeter. Perhaps that did something?
Anyway, I noticed something strange this morning, I put my DS back together, and when I plugged the charger in, the orange light goes on (so something must still be working), but a second later the light goes off. I take it out and plufg it back in and it does that again. When the orange light turns off like that, it means it's fully charged? If that's the case, that's strange as I've been using it for well over 4 hours prior to the previous charge.
Anyone got a clue what might have happened? Or rather, how can you tell if the circuitry is fried?
Now just a few days ago I wanted to hack my Nintendo DS Lite so I can add an alternative source to clicking buttons. I wantedto make a peripheral controller and that requires me to solder wires to the signal and ground of the corresponding buttons. Thing is I didn't notice anything different when I tried to apply solder to the contact points. So I dab the solder on those points I figured were the ones I needed (since I tested it for continuity), and jsut to check if everything was stil okay, I put the battery back in and flick the switch. Thing doesn't turn on.
Now it never turns on. I didn't touch anything near the power switch as everything related to it is on the other side of the board.
I was curious if I did something to the battery, even though I already had it out. I had taken the voltmeter and put it on the two battery ends as I was more or less fooling around with the voltmeter. Perhaps that did something?
Anyway, I noticed something strange this morning, I put my DS back together, and when I plugged the charger in, the orange light goes on (so something must still be working), but a second later the light goes off. I take it out and plufg it back in and it does that again. When the orange light turns off like that, it means it's fully charged? If that's the case, that's strange as I've been using it for well over 4 hours prior to the previous charge.
Anyone got a clue what might have happened? Or rather, how can you tell if the circuitry is fried?