new to modular - so maybe this is a rite of passage :(

been biuling my first case. i have been pretty patient and still wating to get the modules i need / want. Can't afford everything at once and want to learn what i do but first.

Installed a few modules today in an intellijel palette 104. Switched it on and a second later a puff of electrical smoke from my pamelas pro workout.

clearly i fucked something up. keen to know what. The palette has shrounded headers so i plugged in the only way i could there, and tge module says RED at the bottom, so plugged the ribbon cable with red at the bottom. what did i do wrong? And how tge f*ck am i going to install everything else safely. seems like some modules are marked, others not. and even if you follow that it might not be right!

is there a way for me to test things properly without damaging modules? i cant afford to replace modules as i go! :D

Any help apprecaited. and sorry for the dumbass / newbie questions.


Hi, sorry for your loss :(
maybe a bad ribbon cable?
https://www.reddit.com/r/modular/comments/kqcohn/always_check_your_ribbon_cables_before_using_them/


thanks mate. Maybe a bad cable then :( It came with module, but was a used module - totally sucks :((