AHH! What happened? Total nonworkingness.

Insert_Name_Here · Post by **Insert_Name_Here** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:27 am

I had a working LED modded screen. I started testing some voltage with my multimeter on the second transformer thing because my SNES wan't getting power. Suddenly, the LEDs went out. I figured out that there was a loose strand on the LED lead. I tried to turn it on again but now, NOTHINGS working. I mean that even the screen isn't showing any life, and the LED's are un-lit. I'm mainly concerned about the screen not getting power (ex: usually, the screen gets dark and you can see faint images on it without the LED's lighting up, now its not doing anything).
What would be the cause of this, could a multimeter break it? ( I was using the positive lead of the multimeter on the negative thing and the negative lead on the multimeter on the positive thing on the PSONE screen) Please, I beg of someones help!

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:15 pm

It sound like you blew a fuse... You could have been bridging two points that created a short. In bens book theres a pic that shows where the fuse bypass is. By bypassing the fuse you get the screen to work, but next time theres a short the screens dead for good.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:34 pm

Yeah, and if it shorts one, odds are that it will short again, possibly the next time you try to use it. Always replace rather than jump a fuse when possible. Fuses exist for a reason.