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My first perfboard build died in 20 seconds, now I check solder joints with a magnifier first
Last Tuesday in my garage, I finished a fuzz pedal on perfboard. Plugged it in, got a loud hum then nothing. No LED, no sound, just dead. I spent an hour guessing caps and transistors. Turns out two legs on the IC socket had cold joints. I pushed on the board and the fuzz kicked in for a second. Now every build gets a 10 minute visual pass with a cheap 10x loupe before I even touch power. Has anyone else had a build die from something this dumb? What's your go-to first check when a fresh build does nothing?
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