Sorry if I sounded harsh,but I have as I am sure the rest of you have,seen all the threads joeygigs has posted with basically the same question,and obviously I kinda lost my patience,not that anybody who knows me would ever say I have a whole lot.I know we all started someplace and have had our share of rookie mis-haps way back when,but in your case joey,you went at this amp quite haphazardly and I really feel you were in over your head before you even put an iron to it.I personally dont like to work on PCB's because they can be fragile,as compared to a true point to point circuit,but you really showed that amp no respect.I can appreciate the fact that you want to learn and would really like to overcome this yourself,but there comes a point when you gotta suck it up and go pay somebody to fix it before you end up having to pay someone even more to fix more errors.Or worse,hurt your self.If you dont want to,or cant,pay someone,at least find someone who knows their way around an amp to watch over you and help you out.We are all here to help,but as BB says,there is only so much that can be done without actually having the amp on a bench in front of us.There are a lot of knowledgeable people here and you can and will learn a lot and always get good advice,but you have to respect your own limitations,or as you already see,will end up in a bind.Hey,Restless,a word of caution-as I found out after my shoulder surgery,oxycontin and a live B+ rail make a lousy cocktail!!!