adafruit mp3 music maker shield not connecting to arduino un

[jennaldb]

I'm revisiting an old project that definitely used to work. I got it to work once, but now when I connect the music maker shield to my arduino, it just shuts off. :(

I've gone over the pins and tried to touch up the solder; it looks like they're all connected.

Is there anything else that could be wrong? I'll attach pictures as well.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

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[blnkjns]

I see a couple of things:
There's a whole bunch of wires coming from the shield. Where do they go? If a board shuts off, it usually means there is a short between 0 and 5V somewhere, so the USB port in your computer decides to shut it off. Start with connecting just the music shield to see if the short is caused by the shield itself, or by the stuff connected to it.
The solder blobs are too big at times, they could cause shorts. Even if they didn't in the past, they might have collected dust and other particles. I would recommend cleaning them up a bit with a solder iron with fine tip and small solder wire (0.6mm). Use something like this to remove excessive solder:
https://www.adafruit.com/product/148