# Board not lighting up after being dropped **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 2, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/board-not-lighting-up-after-being-dropped/4582 "2026-11-02T21:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jarro\_2783](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.playchessup.com/jarro_2783/32/1765_2.png) [@jarro\_2783](https://community.playchessup.com/u/jarro_2783)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/board-not-lighting-up-after-being-dropped/4582/1 "2026-11-02T21:53:30Z")
I just got the board a few weeks ago, and it’s great. My daughter knocked it off the coffee table and now all the squares don’t light up except for g1 and h1. The piece sensing still works, so a two player game works fine, but it’s kind of useless for online now. I have opened it up and nothing looks visibly broken. Any ideas about if I’m ever going to be able to fix this, or did I just buy a really expensive plain chess board? ---
**Author:** ![Criptix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.playchessup.com/criptix/32/115_2.png) [@Criptix](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Criptix)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/board-not-lighting-up-after-being-dropped/4582/2 "2026-11-02T22:28:08Z")
Contact costumer support [info@bryghtlabs.com](mailto:info@bryghtlabs.com), tell them what happend and maybe they can help you. It can’t hurt to try. GL ---
**Author:** ![jarro\_2783](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.playchessup.com/jarro_2783/32/1765_2.png) [@jarro\_2783](https://community.playchessup.com/u/jarro_2783)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/board-not-lighting-up-after-being-dropped/4582/3 "2026-11-03T02:26:20Z")
Thanks I’ll do that if I get stuck. I might have solved it though, one of the legs on the light on the f1 square seems to have disconnected. I was poking around with a multimeter and everything lit up when I touched it. So a bit of solder and it might be all good. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.playchessup.com/jeff/32/3_2.png) [@Jeff](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/board-not-lighting-up-after-being-dropped/4582/4 "2026-11-03T16:53:07Z")
Unlisted on November 3, 2026, 4:53pm UTC