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Title: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: faceyourfaces on Fri, 26 September 2014, 18:36:33

One of the LEDs died on my Ducky Shine 3 so I decided to open it up to look at the PCB and see where I would have to solder to replace it with a new one. I unplugged the wire on the keyboard connecting it to its Micro USB port to get a better look and plugged it back in. Now, whenever I plug it into the Micro USB cable connected to my PC, it won't turn on. Any ideas of what went wrong?
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Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: Owntrolf on Fri, 26 September 2014, 19:08:16

are you sure you plugged teh usb in the keyboard right

Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: faceyourfaces on Fri, 26 September 2014, 19:29:39

Quote from: Owntrolf on Fri, 26 September 2014, 19:08:16

are you sure you plugged teh usb in the keyboard right

Yeah, I plugged the USB into the keyboard.

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Post by: esoomenona on Fri, 26 September 2014, 20:28:01

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Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: faceyourfaces on Fri, 26 September 2014, 20:57:51

Quote from: esoomenona on Fri, 26 September 2014, 20:28:01

Try turning the little black connector connecting to that daughterboard where the micro USB port is over?

I've tried that as well.

Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: asdfjkl36 on Fri, 26 September 2014, 23:18:04

Quote from: faceyourfaces on Fri, 26 September 2014, 20:57:51

Quote from: esoomenona on Fri, 26 September 2014, 20:28:01

Try turning the little black connector connecting to that daughterboard where the micro USB port is over?

I've tried that as well.

Well i just took a look at my Ducky Shine 3 and the black connector is upside down, as mentioned above.
The red cable should be on the bottom, not the top.

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Post by: esoomenona on Fri, 26 September 2014, 23:27:50

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Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: faceyourfaces on Fri, 26 September 2014, 23:55:58

Thanks for trying to help. Unfortunately pushing the cable in further and reversing it on the daughterboard did not fix the issue.  :(

Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: faceyourfaces on Sat, 27 September 2014, 00:00:52

I have noticed that the board gets hot right around where the power is plugged in but does not work.

Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: asdfjkl36 on Sat, 27 September 2014, 00:27:05

Quote from: faceyourfaces on Sat, 27 September 2014, 00:00:52

I have noticed that the board gets hot right around where the power is plugged in but does not work.

have you tried another usb cable / another usb port on your pc?

Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: faceyourfaces on Sat, 27 September 2014, 01:08:08

Quote from: asdfjkl36 on Sat, 27 September 2014, 00:27:05

Quote from: faceyourfaces on Sat, 27 September 2014, 00:00:52

I have noticed that the board gets hot right around where the power is plugged in but does not work.

have you tried another usb cable / another usb port on your pc?

No, but apparently reversing the polarity of the power cable can kill the board, which is what I believe happened to mine unfortunately.

Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: frosty on Sat, 27 September 2014, 02:37:38

Think you killed the controller by pushing the connectors in the wrong way :(

Title: Re: Ducky Shine 3 won't turn on - any ideas?
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 30 September 2014, 06:13:22

A similar problem: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63242.0