Repairing a Seibu HB-45A reproduction

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I got a pxlmod Seibu HB-45A reproduction for a Raiden II board with the classic squeaky audio issue, however because I'm a colossal dumbass I accidentally followed images from a different maker's reproduction for install orientation which ended up being backwards for the pxlmod one and I think running it fried something on the module. Here's an audio recording of what it sounds like after flipping it, kind of warbly and fuzzy.

Looking at the schematic, putting it in backwards sent 12v down pin 12 so that's probably where something went wrong. If there's anyone who's more familiar with this module than I am, would you have any insight on what damage installing it backwards might do and what component or components I would want to look into replacing in lieu of ordering an entire new repro? I suppose it's also possible the module's fine and there's an issue somewhere else, although I did check continuity on each pin with where the schematic says it should be going and the audio didn't sound anything like this with the original bad HB-45A.
 
Just following up in case google brings anyone here with similar problems, it turns out nothing got damaged and the module works fine. I believe I had just damaged some solder pads removing the original, I tried swapping the original back in (at the time to see if I had fried something on the PCB instead) and it sounded even worse, so I double checked all the connections against the schematic and found I needed to jump one of the points. It made the stock HB-45A sound like it did before, so I swapped the repro module back in and everything's golden.

Even though it was ultimately user error on my part, a big thank you to SnakeGrunger for helping out! It's a really nice repro and this is as top tier as customer service gets, I can't sing enough praises for pxlmod if you need a replacement HB-45A.

tl;dr: installing the module backwards neither harmed the PCB nor the module, in my case the sound in the clip probably came from pin 17 not making connection.
 
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