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by Kaboom
Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:56 pm
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Shorted board at Q23??
Replies: 4
Views: 338

Re: Shorted board at Q23??

I tried turning the screw on the pot and voila! no more short.

Thank you VERY much. Still waiting on advice on whether to replace the transistor!
by Kaboom
Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:16 am
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Shorted board at Q23??
Replies: 4
Views: 338

Re: Shorted board at Q23??

oh. brilliant... Should have checked the schematics before posting...

Will give it a shot tonigh varying the position of the pot to see whether resistance changes and/or matches the one directly across the pot.

Incidentally, considering that the transistor has been soldered, desoldered, grabbed ...
by Kaboom
Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:15 pm
Forum: MS-II and V2.2/V3 Main Board Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Topic: Shorted board at Q23??
Replies: 4
Views: 338

Shorted board at Q23??

Hello everyone!!

I just started building my MS II using a V3 board and i've run into a little hickup

I was soldering Q23 into position and although the legs didn't seem to be shorted, i measured resistance across de legs before snipping them off and i found that while resistance was infinite ...