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Originally Posted by TheCascadeKid
I have no idea what caused that, but a flipped PWM in the wrong (or right, depending on how you look at it) could probably do that. How'd it smell?
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No, it can not. Plugging in a PWM cable upside down will have no effect beyond not working until it is righted. You can apply any resitive load(s) between any of the PWM pins without damage. This includes dead shorts, but does not include other live circuitry.
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Originally Posted by Tungrus
pay close attention to the picture, the culprit is mutated Woodstock, the bird from Charlie Brown cartoo  n (white smiley face next to FET)! |
The one of the earliest version of this board that was in this form factor had a component that would become rather warm. I actually received an email from a tested that said something like "[that component] is getting very hot, but the squiggly heat lines make me think it is ok". When that component was no longer necessary, I replaced it with a happy face.