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Old 05-01-2004, 06:27 PM
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So, I finished putting together my 2a0, rev. 3. I assumed since I did a 1.5 before, one should be no problem. Wrong. He had a bad batch of PCB's go out, that there were shorts in the tracks everywhere. Guess who got one? yeah...now the aussie *** clown won't return my E-Mails, or forwards me to "the correct dept." when i call and suddenly i get disconnected. International calls are ------- expensive! Damn Piece of ----....I spent $250 on this damn paperweight, and it doesn't work because he sold me a bad circuit board. His excuse on the issue? "it's tax time, and things are hectic"
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Old 05-01-2004, 06:32 PM
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that sucks bro. hope u get your money back or a new one
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Old 05-01-2004, 08:44 PM
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dont sweat it. resolder it!
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Old 05-01-2004, 09:08 PM
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can't. the actual traces on the PCB themselves are shorted. I'm at the point where i might take an exacto knife and Completely cut the shorted tracks, and use a piece of wire to replace it.
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jumper the shorted part
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Old 05-01-2004, 09:30 PM
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There's a fuckload of these little shorts. Gotta go through the board with a magnifying glass and slice all these shorts...
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Old 05-01-2004, 09:34 PM
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if you paid with a credit card (which i assume you did) just dispute the charges and email the ****** letting him know that the cc company is gonna take his money away!

that's worked for me in the past for whatever
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Old 05-01-2004, 10:36 PM
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I screwed up my tech edge 2.0a, it was my fault. I contacted the guy and he responded... it was very slow. The repair bill was only 20$ including shipping. I read on the tech edge yahoo forum that its tax time and hes behind. So give him a try on the board. He seems like a good guy once your able to get ahold of him.

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^yup yup^ do that. reverse the payment.
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Originally Posted by Sinner
I screwed up my tech edge 2.0a, it was my fault. I contacted the guy and he responded... it was very slow. The repair bill was only 20$ including shipping. I read on the tech edge yahoo forum that its tax time and hes behind. So give him a try on the board. He seems like a good guy once your able to get ahold of him.

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