# Blown G sheild **URL:** \ **Category:** X-Carve\ **Created:** [November 30, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807 "2016-11-30T21:59:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandyWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RandyWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyWoods)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/1 "2016-11-30T21:59:15Z")
Well some how the hot wire came out the G shield and shorted on the power unit. Blew the G shield and somehow my laptop. should I change the Arduino uno board also? Not having a very good day! ---
**Author:** ![RandyWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RandyWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyWoods)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/3 "2016-11-30T22:05:24Z")
I would like to, but with having to buy a new computer money be tight! ---
**Author:** ![RandyWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RandyWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyWoods)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/5 "2016-11-30T22:15:21Z")
That’s all I see, when the wire sparked the laptop shutdown. ---
**Author:** ![RandyWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RandyWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyWoods)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/6 "2016-11-30T22:30:26Z")
Yea I think so! ---
**Author:** ![StephenCook](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/stephencook/32/73911_2.png) [@StephenCook](https://community.inventables.com/u/StephenCook)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/7 "2016-12-02T00:16:52Z")
If you blew the laptop most likely the Arduino failed too. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![RandyWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RandyWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyWoods)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/8 "2016-12-02T03:34:21Z")
One thing I will do is not mount my Gshield encloser to the power supply. The wire sparked off the power supply and I guess traveled to the Gshield encloser. If I would have done this the first time I could have maybe saved the $. Lesson learned. ---
**Author:** ![RandyWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RandyWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyWoods)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/10 "2016-12-02T04:11:04Z")
It still powers up, both fans still work on it and the Gshield, But that could be a big possibility, I will have to check and make sure it is putting out the correct voltage. Now that I am thinking about it the Gshield board did not catch fire until I hooked back up the wire and powered the power unit up. ---
**Author:** ![DamnitJim](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/damnitjim/32/87801_2.png) [@DamnitJim](https://community.inventables.com/u/DamnitJim)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 7:50am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/12 "2016-12-02T07:50:29Z")
Found this in For Sale/Trade: > [@G-Shield / 400w Power Supply / Ardunio setup](https://community.inventables.com/t/g-shield-400w-power-supply-ardunio-setup/29539): > > $100 + shipping Local Pickup in Brooklyn, NY ---
**Author:** ![RandyWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RandyWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyWoods)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/13 "2016-12-02T15:00:54Z")
Dang I ordered the new power supply last night, I just didn’t want to take a chance. After Christmas I may look for something like that as a back up. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![RandyWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RandyWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyWoods)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/14 "2016-12-14T22:29:32Z")
Well have every thing changed out, boards and power unit, but now it won’t connect to x carve. I tried with 2 laptops one with windows 7 and the 10. I have 3 green lights and one blue in the Gshield. I wonder if maybe the USB cord is bad now. Enough power when through it to fry my laptop it could have damaged the USB cord also. ---
**Author:** ![RandyWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@RandyWoods](https://community.inventables.com/u/RandyWoods)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/16 "2016-12-14T23:37:37Z")
Yea went back can checked everything and found out that i was one pin off attaching the Gsheild to the Arduino UNo. so now it asked me for the Com which is# 4, but it has been clocking for 15 minutes ---
**Author:** ![DamnitJim](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/damnitjim/32/87801_2.png) [@DamnitJim](https://community.inventables.com/u/DamnitJim)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/17 "2016-12-15T02:55:32Z")
You can use [Putty](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html) to connect to serial ports. 115200 8N1 ---
**Author:** ![ChrisMatus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@ChrisMatus](https://community.inventables.com/u/ChrisMatus)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/blown-g-sheild/30807/18 "2016-12-15T11:24:07Z")
Maybe the Arduino needs to be flashed with the proper code if you haven’t already done so.