I'm only asking because I think I might have fried this little toy keyboard I picked up. I have successfully bent and installed components before. This time, I found a bend near the black blob/timer circuit that would slow down everything when I touched both contact points with my screwdrivers only connected by my body.
I was thinking of a putting a pot right there but wanted to see what would happen if I connected without resistance by putting alligator clips on both the ends of my two screwdrivers. The keyboard froze on a single droned tone, which is something I've seen happen before, and I took the batteries out and turned it off to try and reset it.
But now when I turn it on, it makes a little pop noise and the leds light up for a second, but then it doesn't respond at all. I haven't soldered any new connection or cut any lines. Does that mean that this keyboard is "fried"?