Installing side panel can cause PCB damage. Performance setting in Kit menu gets stuck [= PCB 'contact' issue]

Elektron Gear Analog Keys/Four
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This is on A4 mk1 v1.52

Hit FN+Kit, then select PERFORMANCE in the Kit menu.
I can not go back to the Kit menu from here again.
Clicking No, does not let me go back to the Kit menu.
Infact I can not get to the Kit menu any other way unless I restart A4.

Even going into any other menu such as global still does not let me to go back to the Kit menu again with Function+Kit, it still goes to the PERFORMANCE.

I recently upgraded to 1.52. Is it due to 1.52?
Is this a known bug or am I doing something wrong?

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Here is a video showing this issue.

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Can anyone please check if this is also happening to you?

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ok I found what the problem is :man_facepalming:

it is this wood side panel that I installed.
I removed it and it is fixed now.
So strange, it was working fine on my Machinedrum.

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If the screws are too long you can short the chassis to the pcb

There’s a few topics on this wrt upper limits of machine-screw penetration into the chassis space

Easy test is to push a cocktail stick in until it stops and work backwards from there with all the other dimensions

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:+1:

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linking a topic/picture for future searcher’s info …

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@avantronica thanks a lot for the information you shared.

Following your post, I checked my A4’s board and it had similar damage too.

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However, I checked all functions and it didn’t require any repair.
So I insulated the exposed copper with nail polish.

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Apparently all screws cause damage to the board but only the left bottom one is the most critical, near the label S1.

Thanks again.

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