[sdiy] Need help with a SMD kit (OT?)

[Vladimir Pantelic]

On 18.07.2017 15:57, Elain Klopke wrote:
> Well.... Nevermind....
>
> I found my solder wick and was terribly happy to get all the excess blobs off
> the chips. The controls and jacks went in with ease. And then I plugged it in,
> fed it power (Red stripe where it is meant to be), and nothing happened. No
> lights. No sound. Nothing. I have a feeling that I severely overheated at least
> the microcontroller if not a few other bits of it.

is the CPU programmed at all?