WELP
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did you solder it in???
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Oh no.
I don’t always immediately spot the issue but…
Oh no
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Now that’s a bit upsetting.
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Here’s what happened -
This module has been built for a long time, and built identical to my other safety valve which works perfectly. I’d checked everything on it and figured it could only be the tube giving me issues. Unfortunately, I had already soldered the tube in! The easiest way for me to get the tube out was to break it and remove each pin one by one.
Got the old tube out and had a really tough time getting this tube in. It took a lot of force but it FINALLY popped into place, so I went ahead and soldered it in. That’s the photo posted above (it’s also a brand new tube right out of the box)
I tried everything, but I had to end up breaking that tube as well and removing the pins. Luckily I had another brand new tube and made sure I worked it in there the CORRECT way around.
Just my luck, still doesn’t work 
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Transistors and pots and sockets and headers, man. You work your butt off soldering down nearly every pin and are they grateful? No, they’re like, “Uh uh, I don’t feel like working unless you solder ALL my pins”. Jerks.
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just solder it to some strip board with pins to match the socket.
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stick it in the oven at 280c and it will re-flow the joints.
This is genuinely creeping me out 
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I too hate this molex/eurorack header more than anything.
Mine: finding you have 55 SPDT switches as you start the process of moving to faceplates but somehow not a single one is On-Off-On. Why do I have two different bags of On-On though? Sigh. Set aside 1158 and did 2399 instead.
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is this a bus board without a ground plane? ouch!
the board are so pretty too!
No, it has a ground plane, it’s on the other side.
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wait im having a slow moment… and is that the problem? not being connected
Oh it’s connected. It’s connected quite a lot.
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Ohhhhhh god I just saw!!
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New module: refillable smoke machine (a few ICs at a time).
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I may be having a slow monent, but is it the top hole is copper from one side to the other?