A wire connected to one of the ground-pins got loose, slid across the board and killed it in the process. No lights, no windows-notification when plugging it in, nothing.
It doesn’t seem to be completely dead though. When I [run a wire from one of the pins of the usb-port to one of the capacitors (or whatever that is), it seems to run perfectly fine.
Anyone got an idea what the problem might be? Can I still save that board?](https://arseniko.net/era/fee4tgwg.jpg)
What do you mean when you say that running a wire from the USB port to one of the caps that it “seems to run perfectly fine”? Does that mean it boots up when you do this, or just that you get a power LED light? The picture doesn’t clarify the issue. Is this a 32U4 processor board (Arduino Micro)? That Atmel microprocessor has builtin USB. Other microprocessors will have a second chip on the board to take care of USB communication and in that case perhaps just one of the two microprocessors might be fried - but replacing that will be difficult.
The LED near the USB port turns on and I'm able to upload a sketch from the Arduino IDE.SV-Zanshin:
What do you mean when you say that running a wire from the USB port to one of the caps that it “seems to run perfectly fine”? Does that mean it boots up when you do this, or just that you get a power LED light?
Yes, it's a Pro Micro ATMEL ATMEGA32U4. [[Here's a better picture of how the wire has to run.](https://arseniko.net/era/0u35frgw.jpg) But it's probably for the best to just buy a new one...](https://arseniko.net/era/0u35frgw.jpg)SV-Zanshin:
The picture doesn’t clarify the issue. Is this a 32U4 processor board (Arduino Micro)? That Atmel microprocessor has builtin USB. Other microprocessors will have a second chip on the board to take care of USB communication and in that case perhaps just one of the two microprocessors might be fried - but replacing that will be difficult.
