# Arcade Buttons stop working when i re attach back plate **URL:** \ **Category:** DJ TechTools' VCI-100 Product Support\ **Created:** [August 28, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/arcade-buttons-stop-working-when-i-re-attach-back-plate/13711 "2010-08-28T11:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxOne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/maxone/32/13139_2.png) [@MaxOne](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MaxOne)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/arcade-buttons-stop-working-when-i-re-attach-back-plate/13711/1 "2010-08-28T11:03:41Z")
**Arcade Buttons stop working when i re attach back plate** Ok… So it’s taken about three days of my life to try and do this arcade mod… and i sort of want to kill myself… So all the buttons seem to be working now, did the FW upgrade to 1.3, imported latest tsi. Basically, when I reattach the back plate to the vci, the buttons stop working. With the back plate off when i test the buttons they all work fine, super responsive etc. Could it be the direction of the diodes are wrong? that’s the only thing i can think of… Any help greatly appreciated 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MaxOne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/maxone/32/13139_2.png) [@MaxOne](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MaxOne)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/arcade-buttons-stop-working-when-i-re-attach-back-plate/13711/2 "2010-08-28T21:29:43Z")
Found a pretty ghetto solution… i lined the inside of back plate with newspaper. seems to have solved it. Odd though cause all the wires were well soldered and I used shrink wrap… anyway, am actually starting to have a proper go and loving the arcade buttons and SE mapping. Hopefully no more issues… ---
**Author:** ![photojojo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/photojojo/32/14618_2.png) [@photojojo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/photojojo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/arcade-buttons-stop-working-when-i-re-attach-back-plate/13711/3 "2010-08-28T21:35:26Z")
Sounds like the buttons are touching the case when you put it on and shorting out. ---
**Author:** ![MaxOne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/maxone/32/13139_2.png) [@MaxOne](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MaxOne)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/arcade-buttons-stop-working-when-i-re-attach-back-plate/13711/4 "2010-08-28T21:54:49Z")
yeah but they are proper covered in shrink wrap… defo no metal exposed. newspaper seems to have solved it. arcade buttons are amazing…