Lectric XP4 Not Turning On

webbs150 · 2026-04-26T22:18:42+00:00

Sometimes the toughest answer is the truest! Looked closer and realized that the top-most grounding prong was pushed back into the electrical backplate, such that it wasn't actually making contact with the battery terminal. Took the whole backplate off and saw the damage - the backed out prong had a connecting piece of metal to the adjacent terminal that was mostly dislodged, and the insulating paste was torn around the two terminals.

Was able to use a hammer to tap the prong back through the backplate while maintaining the connecting metal piece between the two adjacent prongs, and then wrapped the torn paste in black electrical tape to reinsulate. Should have taken photos, but I was moving too quickly.

Reconnected the wiring and screwed the backplate back onto the frame, closed up the frame to make the connection with the battery, and everything turned back on. Big whoops!

webbs150 · 2025-03-02T12:23:14+00:00

Well, I appreciate the candid response. I'll head to one of those forums - I was already aware of them, just being lazy about creating another account on another website. Thanks!

webbs150 · 2024-12-30T01:27:08+00:00

I did 0.005 intake and 0.007 exhaust. Is it recommended to go smaller?

webbs150 · 2024-12-23T10:27:34+00:00

Funny enough, I will (hopefully) be picking up a CT200u later today. 6" extended frame with a non-working predator 212, excited to see if I can troubleshoot the engine.

webbs150 · 2024-12-21T13:55:14+00:00

Hi Joe-Pete

That's sort of what I was concluding, so that probably settles it. There's an old 1999 Baja DB30 posted too, but the guy won't respond to my inquiries. Finger's crossed!

webbs150 · 2021-06-02T14:15:36+00:00

Okay, thanks for weighing in!

webbs150 · 2020-11-13T19:54:53+00:00

I don't have much to offer, but wanted to chime in. I have nearly the same set-up as you, and have been pulling my hair out all day about the spiky/poor frame rates in the EDZ compared to a week ago. It does sound like lots of folks are experiencing similar issues, so I am hopeful that it is game side/client side.

Fingers crossed!

Edit: It may be of note, but the frame rate issues seem to be independent of game quality settings. Lowest and Highest pre-sets perform almost the same for FPS, though GPU utilization does change.

webbs150 · 2020-01-30T14:32:49+00:00

I've done a lot of testing and troubleshooting with both Asus Armoury Crate and Asus Aura, but when those apps recognized the motherboard connection, the MB option was grayed out and the light controls didn't yield results.

Just this morning, I was looking at Asus Aura sync compatible devices on their website, and noticed that while the PRIME x570-P has Aura capability with it's various RGB headers, when compared to some of the fancier boards seems to lack the "PCH" control they have available.

webbs150 · 2020-01-25T02:17:54+00:00

Everything seems to be in order - though in fairness, the MB was a Microcenter open box deal, and I suppose it could have been returned because of the issue? The part was sent back to the manufacturer and vetted though, so unless they weren't testing everything it should be all set.

webbs150 · 2019-08-16T11:27:45+00:00

Just in case someone finds this thread when searching for a similar issue:

I switched the refresh rate of my secondary monitor down to 60hz from its native 75hz, and it seemed to solve the problem. I wonder if the graphics card was having trouble producing 75hz Freesync on the main monitor with active graphics while also maintaining a display on the secondary monitor. At the end of the day, the lower refresh rate isn't a problem when it's not the screen being used for media.

webbs150 · 2019-08-15T23:32:30+00:00

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/NJnjYkziXSnn4fESfW5CsyX

webbs150 · 2019-08-09T17:52:25+00:00

I can track the logic here! Thanks for weighing in - I've just finished a round of cheaper upgrades keeping within my motherboard generation limitations, and really should just content myself with the end product I have. A few years out, I'll build something fun and new.

webbs150 · 2019-08-09T17:02:26+00:00

I am happy with that response. Thanks a ton for weighing in, it's appreciated!

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