Saber ignites and immediately retracts

Proffieboards Padawan Area
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Installed a Proffieboard (my second install). This time I built in two neopixel leds for a crystal chamber. But when I power the saber on it immediately retracts. Sometimes I can get it to stay on, but then I can’t power it down an the main button doesn’t seem to work. Here’s the serial monitor for when i power it up and it powers down immediately:

EVENT: Power-Pressed#1 millis=374833
EVENT: Power-Pressed millis=374833
EVENT: Power-Released#1 millis=374927
EVENT: Power-Released millis=374927
EVENT: Power-Shortclick#1 millis=374927
EVENT: Power-Shortclick millis=374927
EVENT: Power-SavedShortclick#1 millis=375134
Ignition.
unit = 0 vol = 0.00, Playing TeensySF/hum01.wav
channels: 1 rate: 44100 bits: 16
unit = 1 vol = 0.50, Playing TeensySF/out04.wav
channels: 1 rate: 44100 bits: 16
humstart: 1890
unit = 3 vol = 0.00, Playing TeensySF/swingl01.wav
channels: 1 rate: 44100 bits: 16
unit = 2 vol = 0.00, Playing TeensySF/swingh01.wav
channels: 1 rate: 44100 bits: 16
EVENT: Power-Pressed#1 ON millis=375213
EVENT: Power-Pressed ON millis=375213
EVENT: Power-Held#1 ON millis=375514
EVENT: Power-Held ON millis=375514
Playing TeensySF/swingh01.wav
channels: 1 rate: 44100 bits: 16
EVENT: Power-HeldMedium#1 ON millis=376214
EVENT: Power-HeldMedium ON millis=376214
EVENT: Power-HeldLong#1 ON millis=377215
unit = 1 vol = 0.50, Playing TeensySF/in01.wav
channels: 1 rate: 44100 bits: 16
No sounds found: pstoff
Amplifier off.
Unmounting SD Card.
Battery voltage: 3.44
EVENT: Power-Released#1 millis=381022
EVENT: Power-Released millis=381022
Booster off.

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Your power button may be sticking or shorting out if you’re not purposefully keeping it held. I’d check the button physically and then test for continuity with a multimeter to see if there’s a short.

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That was it. There was a tiny connection on the underside of the next pin that i cleared and it’s all good now! Thanks!

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You’re welcome. Glad it was an easy fix.