Lack of a heatsink on that chip might have done it.
Given that it blew as soon as he powered up, I doubt that it's heat. Also, he said it was done "pretty much", so I suspect he missed something like a resistor or something.
Given that it blew as soon as he powered up, I doubt that it's heat. Also, he said it was done "pretty much", so I suspect he missed something like a resistor or something.
Question answered in the next strip.
You can see the culprit in the first panel.
I've finished the wiring check, so let's hook it up to some power.Why?
Smoke
Puff Smoke
Spakk
Huh...?
But there weren't even any shorts...
Mystery
Hmm...It isn't pretty, but it's done, pretty much...