robert cox Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I just got one of my boards pulled out tonight, and went to wire it up and i have no led status light. I double checked the power cords, and replaced both fuses with known working fuses. It worked all of last season and was stored in a dry place in the garage.I did notice that when i first plug it in the lights plugged into the board flicker for a brief second.It is a pc board that i built as a kit last yearAny ideas. I am on a very strict time schedule and I havae to have the christmas display running on Oct 25th for the TLC filmingHow fast is the turn around time on the LOR repairsBob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore60 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 The lights that are plugged into the controller is normal to flicker when you plug the power cords in. Takes that split second for the electronics to establish the steady state.Still no LED? The board did work last year?You can check out the troubleshooting guide on the support page on the main LOR site. Granted the troubleshooting guide was written with the CTB16K boards in mind. But the principles still apply to the PC version on some things.LOR support has been great. Over the years I have heard of numerous stories of LOR working with people. Don't wait to contact them.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 It could be the status LED is bad.Try controlling the board to see if that's the problem.I have two boards with bad LED's. Never replaced them as they are in a un-noticable box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert cox Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 It is not the led, the hardware utility won't find the board, this is board that worked all through last season, and was able to be found by the HU.I will give a call todaybob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 One of my controllers is mounted to a board that is screwed into a metal rod that is inserted into the ground. Last year I used a hammer to pound the board and rod into the ground while it was attached to the controller case.When I plugged it in, there was no light Closer examination revealed that the pounding had caused the CPU to come partway out of its socket. Pushing it back in solved the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert cox Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 Steven wrote: One of my controllers is mounted to a board that is screwed into a metal rod that is inserted into the ground. Last year I used a hammer to pound the board and rod into the ground while it was attached to the controller case.When I plugged it in, there was no light Closer examination revealed that the pounding had caused the CPU to come partway out of its socket. Pushing it back in solved the problem.Steven,I will check it when i get home. I called lor and the are thinking it is the procesor chip. They are sending me a new onebob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I was just going to say the chip, that is what happened to me 2 years ago. In my case the controller worked fine for 3 days on the 4th nothing hooked up to that controller worked, I had all the symptoms you previsouly mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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