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Thanks, those are exactly the kind of suggestions I need! I am very green at this. The chips and capacitors are all oriented correctly. How exactly do I measure the power rail voltages? Pretend you are explaining it to a kindergartener :-)

What would constitute overly warm in a chip?


--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rivera <marr@...> wrote:
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> What does "doesn't work" mean?
> What do the power rails measure as for voltages?
> Polarized capacitors (electrolytics or tantalum) in the correct orientation?
> Chips also correct orientation?
> No chips getting overly warm when plugged in?
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