Troubleshooting Help


 

Joe Fleming

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Just completed my HM 4.2.4 build. Had everything up and running: all voltages confirmed, display working, TC responding reading correctly, wifi configured and connected, Linkmeter up, ect.

I removed it from the case for a few adjustments and now the display on shows black boxes on the top row, Tried adjusting the blue Pot but no luck. Removed the RPi and re-applied 12v power and noticed that the BS170 in position Q2 gets extremely hot within 5-10 seconds. I suspect a bad connection but can't locate it. Any ideas?


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You may have a short or cold solder joint somewhere. I would reflow all solder pads and see what happens, you may have flexed the board when you removed it causing a cold or broken solder joint.
 

 

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