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retird said:

How was the board secured in the device?

With http://www.ebay.com/itm/Modsledz-DNA-200-HOLDER-V1-Alpinetech-DNA200-DNA75-Boxes-/222124228652?hash=item33b7a2c02c

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retird said:

NICE SOLDER WORK.....   Maybe the chip "went south"... mass produced chips can have a few bad ones in the bunch I guess....

Thank you. I haven't done any solder work since high school haha! I was nervous doing it but it went better than I had hoped. Someone just pointed out though I wired my 510 backwards. I think I found the reason my board is dead.

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Spirometry said:

Your 510 is wired backwards. 

OMG it is! Crap I didn't even notice that!!! Do you think that was the cause????? I'm an idiot!

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retird said:

Post a picture of the board... front and back...

http://imgur.com/a/OcdKo

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retird said:

RMA....

I sent them a message I was just hoping I was missing something. Any idea what might have happened?

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retird said:

Disconnect the battery and then plug it back... hard boot worth a try....

Tried that but nothing. I've taken it all apart and it won't even power on with the USB.

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retird said:

You say it won't charge nor will EScribe recognize it.  First place to start is to make sure you have a good usb data cable.  Many things could cause not charging and recognition issues.  What device do you have and is it new and under warranty?

yes its a good cable. It's a custom one I just built last night. I had just finished updating it and pull it off the computer to hook up to a wall outlet to charge it a bit faster since the USB on the computer is only .5 amps

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retird said:

http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slua619/slua619.pdf

http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/bq76925.pdf

Is this what is bad then? What could have cause this?

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BillW50 that's not mine. It's just a picture I found of it that was nice and up close of the little black chip above the USB port. Mine is flaked off.

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Does anyone know what the chip above the USB port on the DNA200 is? 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.websitetoolbox.com/186396/2377382

What is it's function? My board isn't charging and that chip has all the markings flaked off. It might be bad but no idea. I know it's not charging or being read through escribe.