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<span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">The most common problem why your Spencer isn&#x2019;t working is poor soldering. Please ensure all the pins are correctly soldered, without any soldering bridges or residual solder on the board. Also, keep in mind that the solder covers the bottom of the pin.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">You can see some good and bad examples of soldering in the picture on the left side.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">Look for the solder joints marked &apos;&apos;OK&apos;&apos;.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">Once you fix your soldering joints, try again and see if Spencer is now working.If this does not help,&#xA0;<b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">reach out to us at&#xA0;<a href="https://contact@circuitmess.com/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(56, 84, 167); text-decoration: underline; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;San Francisco&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank">contact@circuitmess.com</a><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">, and we&#x2019;ll do our best to make your Spencer work properly! &#xA0;<span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 46); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.05px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; 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The most common problem why your Spencer isn’t working is poor soldering. Please ensure all the pins are correctly soldered, without any soldering bridges or residual solder on the board. Also, keep in mind that the solder covers the bottom of the pi

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