Arduino UNO R3 board turning off when i plug the 5V pin in (Fixed, thanks guys)

Good points on the current limits. I knew I didn't know enough to be authoritative and tried to use verbiage in-tune with that.

Your point is right, and no, physics will not be denied. I put far more time and effort into "dialing in" a solution than I do in proof of concept. I would have thought that an example setup, using the kit, wouldn't have jeopardized components of the kit. Yeah, I should know better but...optimism.

I hadn't read the UN. I just saw a post I knew enough to weigh in on a little and hoped I'd get a chance to give some back.

What's with the "activation code"? There was a site which, reportedly, had some discount code which was passed out for a...Rigol? oscilloscope or somesuch. I ran across that somewhere. "Go to www.foobar.eu.co.z and post enough and you'll get a discount code for ."

--HC