Hey there to anyone reading this, this is my first post on this forum after reading it a bit for a few weeks (very helpful website, cheers).
I'm a massive noob at circuit bending, and only today got my first soldering iron (I did some soldering in school though, got the scars to prove it
), I also got some components, multimeter, all that, and also, importantly, crocodile clips! I don't have to feel like I have too few hands anymore.
But yeah, more on-topic, this argos keyboard was the first toy I bought when I first got 'into' circuit boarding a few weeks or so ago. I only found this topic after I'd bought and broken it a bit. I'd found some great bends which I labeled on a printed out picture of one of the circuit boards, but I might have fried something, or broken a connection somewhere, as it doesn't work properly anymore. I confirmed that it still works a bit earlier today, as I attached a crocodile clip to a speaker bit and a part of the circuit board that made a noise and it now works at a greatly reduced sound level.
I couldn't see anything which looked obviously burnt, and there was no smoke or anything when it stopped working initially, however a connection I was trying produced a small spark, but I've done a fair few times without even crashing the machine.
I know I'm digging up a thread which is about a year old, but if people could dig up their argos keyboard or buy one up for a pricey tenner it'd be great to get some help and tips