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Controller pin problem


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#1 metzger130 OFFLINE  

metzger130

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Posted Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:58 PM

I got a 5200 from a friend and one of the joysticks walk down and right ONLY. You can't stop it from doing it so I had to do a little investigating. I noticed that the end of the joystick is slightly bent where the joystick goes into the port on the console. After using a meter and then looking at it, I noticed that pin 9 (common pin for BOTH pots) is not connected. Is there a way to reconnect this? Not sure if this is understandable or not. If needed I can take a picture to show better what is wrong.

Thanks

#2 bohoki OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:08 PM

if the joystick plug is bad you need to replace the whole cord since it is one piece

#3 metzger130 OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:19 PM

That's what I was afraid of. I am thinking it would be better just to get a new joystick instead of trying to fix this one since I need that part and I need a new keypad since I'm missing about 4 or 5 numbers also. I'm not positive on the buttons either since I can start a game but wreck/get shocked/die however else very quickly before I can really test the buttons. With this problem though, will Best take it as a trade in or not?

#4 Official Ninja OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Nov 1, 2011 7:21 AM

View Postmetzger130, on Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:19 PM, said:

That's what I was afraid of. I am thinking it would be better just to get a new joystick instead of trying to fix this one since I need that part and I need a new keypad since I'm missing about 4 or 5 numbers also. I'm not positive on the buttons either since I can start a game but wreck/get shocked/die however else very quickly before I can really test the buttons. With this problem though, will Best take it as a trade in or not?

I have a few spare cords if you need one. Lots of keypads too. Send me a PM.
You can clean your flex circuit and then super glue aluminum dots (aluminum foil hole punched) to the carbon dots on the fire buttons. Also S,P,R.




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