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Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships Hints
How do I fix the bat seeker?
1 of 5: This bat seeker needs two things: it needs a battery --
2 of 5: -- and it needs to have all the transistors and other oojahs put back into the circuit board. Read to the end of this hint for a picture showing one way to reassemble the board.
3 of 5: To put the pieces back, click on them once to pick them up, move them around the board till they click in place, and click again to let go. However, since each piece can fit in more than one spot, this can take a while.
4 of 5: One strategy here is to do the bigger pieces first and then find room for the smaller pieces. It really doesn't matter where they go as long as you get ALL of them on the board, so just keep trying.
5 of 5: There are a lot of different ways to reassemble the board, but here's one that worked for me.
