"Help?" , posted Sat 29 Oct 14:49
The cable to my arcade stick snapped in half. With patience I managed to resplice it. Now my Dreamcast's controller ports don't seem to work. Anyone else have this problem? I'm praying this is just a temporary retardation and that the system will work fine when I get up in the morning and not my needing to replace the system.
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crazymike
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"Re(1):Help?" , posted Sat 29 Oct 15:00
Let me use some of my magic on it
Abracadabra, zoom, zooooom, ZOOOOM!
Seriously, I'll call CDW, they will have it fixed in the morning
(Okay I know that is cruel and mean but I don't know what to tell you)
ZamIAm
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"Re(2):Help?" , posted Sat 29 Oct 15:12
quote: Let me use some of my magic on it
Abracadabra, zoom, zooooom, ZOOOOM!
Seriously, I'll call CDW, they will have it fixed in the morning
(Okay I know that is cruel and mean but I don't know what to tell you)
Har. If I'm right we live in the same city. The "I'll hunt you down" comments I could make might actually have weight (until you beat me down but that's another topic).
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OmegaDog
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"Re(1):Help?" , posted Sat 29 Oct 18:56
I've had Dreamcast controller ports blow up on me before. It was due to plugging in and turning on the system with a controller that had a frayed cable.
I bought another controller port from my local used game shop (for USD 25 back then) -- but as it turns out, all I needed to do was replace one of the resistors on that small controller port board (for about USD 0.25 to about USD 1.00 -- plus any additional costs for a soldering iron and solder, which might be more expensive). [I found that out when I fried the second controller port with the same controller. That controller is now disassembled for parts.]
If you open up your Dreamcast and look at the controller port board, it's the resistor marked F1 there. (As for what value resistance it is, it's been a while since I've had to do it -- anyone know the resistance value off hand?)
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"Help?" , posted Sat 29 Oct 14:49
