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I was trying to reset the Wi-Fi settings on my Roli Rover EZ-Bv4 by using a paperclip. My hand slipped and hit the ground prong on the EZ-B. I ran into issues like this before on my IO-Tiny. With the IO-Tiny, it was fine, the alternative power harness broke. Maybe what happened was I contacted both the power and ground rails and shorted the EZ-B. I can't afford another EZ-B. Could someone please help me? I'm sorry if I'm breaking a rule by posting this, but I don't know what to do.
I do have even better news, I do have an extra Roli Rover body at home that I could use for it's fuse. I had to replace it because of motor and battery issues. If that one fails, I also have an extra dodecagon body with it's fuse as well that was also replaced so I think I'll be fine. I should have realized that using an all metal paperclip to reset the EZ-B was an awful idea. Again, I have to test it with another base and battery to make sure
I'm used to things shorting out anyway. At my high school, there was a computer with a broken USB port. Somehow, no one realized this. The reason why was because this was a journalism classroom where the students had to use external SD card readers that had to be moved from computer to computer. Since USB ports are only rated for a certain amount of insertions, the plastic inside the port fell out and ended up getting stuck inside the male USB port. The girl who had this happen to her had to use a paper clip and tweasers to get it out. This left some components inside of the computer exposed. When a connection was made, it shorted the motherboard causing a restart. Thankfully, only one port had this issue. I ended up swapping the front IO with one from a computer that was dead, and the issue was fixed. I did this with school permission.
I didn't fry anything. The fuse was fine and so was the EZ-B.