OMG! fried xmod?!!?!?

[WRX Ryder]

okay well i was trying to solder my red wire to my board and so i put it where its supposed to go. then my hand slipped and it hit something else and i dont know if its my imagination but i heard a spark.my lithiums are fine dont worry so i know its the board.i just hope smething else is wrong and that "hand slippage"(HAHA) wasnt what messed me up.please reply thanks! LOOK AT THE RED ARROW !!! it says "this is what the wire hit" im sure you guessed it by now but my xmod doesnt start up

[mr.hotrod]

man thats a bad spot because the fets are right there and they are sensitive to heat so that could be the problem

[WRX Ryder]

theres more than one spot to put it?

[mr.hotrod]

no thats a bad spot for the wire to go up at your red circle you drew the fets are on the other side of the screw

[zippo855]

you can actually put your power wire in one of 2 spots, either the stock location, or the bigger pad right to the left of where it is in the picture. quick question though, did you have you liths hooked up to the red power wire when you were soldering it on? thats a no no to start with, and the area you have circled will cause issues if you touch the power wire to it. i fried a board early on by oops actions and accidently hitting that, and once when installing one in my aluminum chassis because i didnt have it insulated. just remember never have power going to the board when soldering.

[WRX Ryder]

well yeah i did have it plugged in but because i was checking if where i solder it would allow it to work and then my hand slipped

[zippo855]

i marked both places you can solder the positive to, the negativ i only know of the one. just remember always always, remove volatge to the pwoer wire before attempting to solder it to the board. if you soldering it in the right place to start with you should have no issues. solder the wire on, then test it to see if it works.

[WRX Ryder]

yeah its not working.thanks anyway though.so what could the problem be?

[zippo855]

from the sounds of it you shorted the board, it's going to replaced uness you can track down the specific thing that shorted and actually find a replacement for it.

[WRX Ryder]

will replacing the fets fix it?

[dontspamme]

It shouldn't fix it. But your FETs do look to be in a rough shape. Trying to replace them won't hurt.

[Action B]

Those are throttle FETs. If one was burned you would still get power on and directional steering. If you need a new board PM me, I have two from the original evolution series I won't be using. I don't mess with Xmods anymore.