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AeroSteveO OP t1_j8l8m6q wrote

Reply to comment by NorthCoast11 in I'm an idiot by AeroSteveO

I felt so stupid when I realized it, it was too different when I put in that diode and I didn't think too much about it, just glad I didn't kill my pro micro

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AeroSteveO OP t1_j8l0uc3 wrote

Reply to I'm an idiot by AeroSteveO

I've been building a qaz and stuck with my keyboard not working for a few days, I de-soldered the micro controller and double checked it and it worked fine. Put it back on the board and it just heats up and does nothing. Doing that there was a short and found it was one diode I soldered in that was to blame, you can see it hanging out right now in the middle of the picture. I ended up soldering it in since the instructions said to solder diodes in with an orientation based on the square pads. Well little did I know that that set of pins is a debug header and not for Diodes, the original design of the board even has markings for that but no they had to remove the useful information.

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Previous_Raisin5568 t1_j8kvv2d wrote

I mean no offense man but you're not very smart as evidenced by the fact that you posted this at all so you can feel free to do whatever dumb shit you want lol

Just read you actually consider Amazon a scam... my dude seriously you should not be allowed to speak, this is embarrassing as hell.

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barkingcorndog OP t1_j8kv0b7 wrote

I'm sorry they've got you believing it.

I guess if you spend enough time and money getting products from companies that make defective products and only give you 30 days, you start thinking it's normal. You purchase something and notice the defect 40 days later, you just shrug and blame yourself for not returning it earlier.

It's not difficult for a manufacturer/brand to warranty products as long as they're of high quality to begin with. Take REI for example. Any of their branded products are guaranteed for life. I bought a tent from them in 1997; practically lived out of it for a year or so. 20 years later, the zipper wasn't working very well, so I contacted them to find out how to get it fixed. They replaced the tent at no cost.

Even if it's just a reseller of other products, if they are quality products and they company cares about their customers, they can offer fantastic warranties. An example here is Sweetwater. They sell musical instruments and accessories. With very few exceptions, they will replace anything defective for up to two years. Even their used gear is guaranteed for 90 days. Think about that. It's _used_ musical equipment guaranteed for 3 months.

So the only reason I can see for only having 30 days warranty on something like a USB cable is that they are aware that their products are low quality and the only way they can stay in business is to avoid having to deal with their faulty products. When a company does this, I feel very comfortable calling it a scam.

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