Xbee adapter not working

[FelixR]

I purchased the Kill-a-watt kit among other things (order 60802) and one
of the xbee adapters seems to be non-responsive (led not blinking ... no
response from x-ctu). The other adapter works fine with both xbees, i can
read/write to the radios. I checked the soldering and I'm sure everything is
soldered correctly, the leds, capacitors and all of these are functional. I
don't know how to check the other parts though (IC, transistor) on the
faulty adaptor. I'm wondering if i did something wrong or the parts are bad.
I can send pictures if you want to take a look ... Any advice?

[adafruit_support_bill]

Pictures would be good. Nice clear shots of the front and back of the board.

[FelixR]

Here they are.

[adafruit]

can you measure the voltage between ground and the '3v' pin?

[FelixR]

I'm reading 3.3V.

[adafruit]

hmm, can you not communicate at all when you use this particular adapter? its a bit odd!

[FelixR]

Yeah, it is very odd.
Both xbees work OK with the other adapter, the green led blinks, and they respond to commands. So it must be the adapter.
By the way, I already ordered another adapter... But would like to find out what's going on with this one. I'm wondering if somehow the level shifter is the problem..

[adafruit]

if you find that you cannot fix it and believe the shifter is faulty, please email us support@adafruit with a link to this thread so we can replace the kit

[FelixR]

before I do that, do you know of any way to check the buffer chip?
i almost want to replace it if i can find it at radioshack, maybe ill check today if they have something like that, what do you think?

[adafruit]

oh we just had a thought! ok put the xbee in. then measure the voltage at the RST line

[FelixR]

aw .. too late, i took off the chip, clipping the legs ..