AA FX Sound Board not showing up on MAC/PC; Green Light ON but no sound when triggered.

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AA FX Sound Board not showing up on MAC/PC; Green Light ON but no sound when triggered.

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Tested everything before the final connection... everything worked fine. Began to solder and mount and still, all went well... connected the momentary button (to close circuit (sound)+(ground)) worked fine for 4 out of 20 sounds then NOTHING. Was not able to trigger any sounds when connected to Mac and PC soundboard was not recognized anymore.
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Re: AA FX Sound Board not showing up on MAC/PC; Green Light ON but no sound when triggered.

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Sounds don't play when USB is attached.

Odd that it doesn't show up. Have you confirmed that the switches were between the trigger pin and ground?

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Re: AA FX Sound Board not showing up on MAC/PC; Green Light ON but no sound when triggered.

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Affirmative. "Weird" is what I said as well.. followed by a mouth full of absurdities. I disconnected everything even de-soldering the board from all wires.. breadboarded to see if there was something wrong with the wiring (which I know was not the case, but for the sake of troubleshooting I went through the process), and NOTHING. The same results. Powerlight is ON but not able to get sound to play nor able to see the device when connected to a computer (MAC/PC). One thing I have noticed since I last posted is the processor (see pic) is getting super hot.
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Hot often means (in my experience) that something got toasted in the chip, often due to shorting something, overvoltaging something, or zapping it in some other way.

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Re: AA FX Sound Board not showing up on MAC/PC; Green Light ON but no sound when triggered.

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so in haste I ordered a new AAFXSB... Recon Connected everything and worked fine. I just received a BAD Soundboard...

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