Power issue with Pico Clone when connected to the IDKick

[MarkMccabe]

I tried to flash my completed SIDKick version 0.2 while it was connected to my PC via the USB-C connector and the pico clone did not appear to power up (power LED did not illuminate) and the computer did not "find" it even if I was holding the "boot" button. It obviously was not mounted in my C64 when I did this.
If I disconnected the pico clone from the SIDKick and then connected it via the USB-C, the PC did find it, the power LED (and RGB LED) came on, and I was able to flash it with the appropriate .uf2 file.
However, as soon as I reconnected the pico clone to the SIDKick again and installed it in my C64 it once again appeared to have no power (no red LED on the pico clone),
I verified the clone pinout was identical to the real Raspberry pi pico, in fact its the same clone you show on your GitHub build page.
Any ideas? Is there something I need to do to the pico clone regarding voltage input or something like that? I microscoped the SIDKip assembly and all solder joints looked good. Confused... Thanks for reading this.

[frntc]

Normally it's possible to flash the Pico also when it's on the SKpico-PCB. I suspect that there is a short circuit somewhere. Maybe check all contact of the socket for pair-wise continuity...

[MarkMccabe]

Had another set of eyeballs go over it, and sure enough on the DAC pins there was a short between Vcc and Gnd. Thanks...
Now I can load firmware as expected. When I install it in my 326298 Longboard C64 I can now get to the Configuration menu. I set SID1 to 6581, and SID2 to NONE (I am not using the external DAC Board on my Version 0.2 SidKick).
If I press the "P" key while in the Config Menu music plays just fine. So far so good!!!
However. if I press F7 to go to the Games/Program selection menu the display is all garbled. However if I just press return in that garbled menu it does start and run one of my installed programs and the music works just fine.
I assume my garbled screen is due to timing issues?


Any Ideas and thanks so much for the help!!!