yet another dead esc :( MM this time

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Ok, I am starting to think that Castle is right. I am cursed beyond belief with their escs. To put this into perspective, between me and ben, we have 8 cars, no speed controllers. they are either at castle or on their way. Ben had my mamba max in his slash running on 2s with the red pin removed and a Rx battery. No jumps. just parking lot running. He takes it out to put it back in my crt.5. He turns it on, and it became mute. no beeping, but it lights up, powers the rx through bec, and arms. When throttle or brake is it, the LEDs change accordingly, as if it is working, but nothing happens. To rule out the motor and/or bad soldering, we plug it back into the slash motor. same result. no beeps, no motor movement.

Please don't tell me it's dead. I dont want to wait 2+ months while my MM sits in esc purgatory(AKA castle creations repair dept.) Any clue as to what happened?