SoLongSidekick

Not really. I'm a pretty good solderer and use a Hakko FX-888D with a fine 30° bent-tip (T18-BR02) so damaging nearby components has never been an issue. I have a very strong suspicion that Cloudmaker was purposefully buying defective or factory second chips because a massive amount of Whiteout buyers had problems with theirs.

Here's an album of my wiring from a few different angles - At first I had the pin 1 jumper connected at one of the lower battery terminals, but in an effort to get things working I actually melted a hole in the lower battery sled jumper and soldered it directly to the wire. I also added redundant + and - jumpers on the board after things weren't working with jumper wires from the sled.

Made my own. It's just a 1950G+ enclosure and a battery sled w/ FDV 510. But the chip used to be in a Cloudmaker Whiteout.

Sorry to drag this thread out of the grave, but I just can not figure out what the hell I'm doing wrong. I've checked my wiring multiple times and it's accurate. I changed the Escribe settings to 2 18650s as well. However the board turns off every few seconds and the battery level says 0%. If I connect an atomizer and press the fire button I get the short error. I've checked my wiring with a multimeter and none of my wires are shorted. Anyone have any idea what's going on? Defective chip?