Sound problem on 2011 Ultimate FX sound card

[Ka'getsu]

If it's not too much of a squeeze, you could try heat shrinking the entire sound board and see if that puts things back in working order. You should also test or replace the swing sensor that you think might be touching the hilt

[jvidamins]

If it's not too much of a squeeze, you could try heat shrinking the entire sound board and see if that puts things back in working order. You should also test or replace the swing sensor that you think might be touching the hilt

I'll probably do that with my new board. I'm giving up on this one as I get no swing or clash even with everything out of the hilt, even bypassing the charge port, and even with new sensors. I must have fried something somehow (maybe because of that swing sensor touching the hilt) when I plugged in the charger for the first time. That's my only guess, unless someone else has a better one.

I don't have heat shrink quite big enough for the whole board to fit into. Can you wrap stuff with heat shrink, then shrink it? Will it all kind of melt together? Guess I'll test it and find out...

[Jay-gon Jinn]

I don't have heat shrink quite big enough for the whole board to fit into. Can you wrap stuff with heat shrink, then shrink it? Will it all kind of melt together? Guess I'll test it and find out...

I've done for that for years with the older versions, and never had any problems with the boards. The heart required to shrink most heat shrink tubing isn't enough to damage the board or the board's components.

[Ka'getsu]

Something that i didn't think of was making a sled such as the one here http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...adle-Sled-Idea. it'll keep the board from grounding out, and instead of a flashlight housing you could make it out of PVC. It'll also keep the board from clanging around in the hilt

hope that helps

[jvidamins]

Ok, I'm REALLY frustrated now. I bought a new board, wired it up same as before, tested it about 2 or 3 times along the way to make sure everything was working properly, which it was. Hooked it up to the charger multiple time throughout also, with no problems. Had everything really insulated well and absolutely zero exposed wires to be touching the hilt. Fired it up after install was complete and everything worked great. So I set it down and left to eat dinner with the fam. When I came back down, it was turning on and off and making the clash and swing sounds over and over by itself. On...clash...swing...clash...clash...off...on...of f...on... clash...clash...swing...off...on... you get the idea. I couldn't get it to shut off. I didn't think about plugging in the charger to shut power off to the board. Instead I started quickly taking it apart and while doing so I destoyed my charge port!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!! So I took off the charge port and just wired the battery straight to the board and beep... beep... 'til I disconnect. Thought it might my switch so I cut it off. It still beeps and even comes on without the switch connected or wired. I'm at a complete loss. The other saber I built using the obi-wan econo board was a breeze and it's been working perfectly without a hitch. This was supposed to be one of my kids Christmas presents for tomorrow! Does anybody have any advice or guesses as to what the $%&*#@! happened this time?

Here's a video to visualize my saber woes...

[Sunrider]

I would guess that one thing that has not changed throughout your problems is that battery. It could be malfunctioning. It is bad to solder directly to them like that they can get damaged. I would try another battery that you know is good and make sure it can maintain voltage under a load.

[Rhyen Skytracker]

Those boards are known for bad solder joints and wires will very easily get bad connections or come completely off. I always take all the hot glue off and remove ALL the wires and then resolder my own wires. Also remember to double check that the jumpers for the demo/off/on mode are wired correctly or it can cause strange problems.

[mrknify]

its in demo mode

the reason it repeats is its in demo mode, i've been working on a bypass on my vader 2010b trying to clear this, i'm not using a pnp as it does not need it off of 6v, but i reciently got the beep error and most of the wires broke off, so i have repaired with permanent pins, next is to mount pligs for the blade contacts.

whay i'm working on will just use mopst of the boards own circuitry to run my lux (orange-red) at this time i have a dip in power from straight buckpuck battery.


i've tested my board (as it beeped and stopped working) it seems still good, just broken contacts.(i've repairded)

now i'm just waiting for some time to frankeinstein it up.

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