Where can I buy f1 resistors?

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:50 pm

semicolo wrote:for the last time f1 isn't a 10 ohms resistor, if you measure a non blown f1 it's near 0ohms, using a 10ohms one won't power peripherals correctly because of its voltage drop (and if you jump f1 you get the risk to blow something since there's no more protection).

Yes, but 10 ohms works well. Is there a place to get 5 ohm resistors? That would help a lot.

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:45 pm

Crap ar you saying not to use 10ohm resistors? Cuz thats what I just bought ........also last night i tried to disconnect the cables holding the contoller ports down and i couldn't get either one off are they really hard to take off?

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:05 pm

10 ohms works. Not everything might work properly though (lots of peripherials, maybe ssome VMU screens might be a bit dimmer). Like I said, I have a DC with a 10 ohm resistor in it to replace the f1 and it works fine. a lot of other people have done the same thing, so there isn't anything to worry about.

Be careful with the cables. You might have to lift one side then the other and so on until you can get the ribbon cable off and the fan connector you have to be especially careful. I suuges using a small flathead screwdriver to help you at the start, that's what I do.

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:21 pm

All i care is that my mouse keyboard still work so I can play quake but like a tried for a long time to get those dang cables undone and I couldn't do it I think I might just do the repair while its still connceted.

semicolo · Post by **semicolo** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:25 pm

Yes a 10ohms resistor will work in some way, but that's not the proper replacement part.

What's the max load you've tried ?

Mine is 4 controllers with 2 vmus and 2 rumble packs.
Or maybe 2 sets of cha-cha amigo, they seem to drain a lot of power to me.

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:31 pm

One official controller blew both of my dcs......never gonna use that controller anymore....

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:22 am

Maybe because the DC Controller and Controller Board are designed to not allow hot plugging

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:43 pm

Hot plugging meaning inserting controllers when the dc is on?

semicolo · Post by **semicolo** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:47 pm

yes, I did this sometimes but never burned f1.
I don't think hot (un)plugging controllers will drain this much current to toast a fuse since it needs some seconds at high load to burn.

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:45 pm

Crazy Caboose wrote:10 ohms works. Not everything might work properly though (lots of peripherials, maybe ssome VMU screens might be a bit dimmer). Like I said, I have a DC with a 10 ohm resistor in it to replace the f1 and it works fine. a lot of other people have done the same thing, so there isn't anything to worry about.

What I implied earlier, is that the resistor is not good protection. I didn't say it wouldn't work. As others have said, it won't "blow" to protect your DC like a fuse would.

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:21 pm

Fastbreak have you gotten your dc working again?

fastbreak198 · Post by **fastbreak198** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:29 pm

gRiMgRaVy014 wrote:Fastbreak have you gotten your dc working again?

Yeah, I did. (forgot to post, sorry) I couldn't find my solder, so I had to just twist the resistor. It works fine now, but I 'm ordering a first party controller just in case.

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:23 pm

Wait you twisted it? How did you do that?

fastbreak198 · Post by **fastbreak198** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:28 pm

gRiMgRaVy014 wrote:Wait you twisted it? How did you do that?

Twisting the f1 resistor until the the two wires cross will work, but it's supposed to be really risky. I had to do it with some tweezers. So far the DC is working well.

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:34 pm

I don't think I'll do that I'm gonna be doing it on one of those balck dcs that I don't wanna take a chance with.

fastbreak198 · Post by **fastbreak198** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:41 pm

gRiMgRaVy014 wrote:I don't think I'll do that I'm gonna be doing it on one of those balck dcs that I don't wanna take a chance with.

Yeah, as soon as I get some solder I'm putting a new resistor in.

LyingWake · Post by **LyingWake** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:44 pm

fastbreak198 wrote:
gRiMgRaVy014 wrote:Wait you twisted it? How did you do that?
Twisting the f1 resistor until the the two wires cross will work, but it's supposed to be really risky. I had to do it with some tweezers. So far the DC is working well.

I had a DC that was running like that for 2 years, with no problems. Finally died cause for a modding failure.

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:51 pm

LyingWake wrote:
fastbreak198 wrote:
gRiMgRaVy014 wrote:Wait you twisted it? How did you do that?
Twisting the f1 resistor until the the two wires cross will work, but it's supposed to be really risky. I had to do it with some tweezers. So far the DC is working well.
I had a DC that was running like that for 2 years, with no problems. Finally died cause for a modding failure.

Aye, I might have been exagerating a bit earlier. Maybe because I'm a bit paranoid about stuff.

fastbreak198 · Post by **fastbreak198** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:01 pm

Crazy Caboose wrote:
LyingWake wrote:
fastbreak198 wrote:
gRiMgRaVy014 wrote:Wait you twisted it? How did you do that?
Twisting the f1 resistor until the the two wires cross will work, but it's supposed to be really risky. I had to do it with some tweezers. So far the DC is working well.
I had a DC that was running like that for 2 years, with no problems. Finally died cause for a modding failure.
Aye, I might have been exagerating a bit earlier. Maybe because I'm a bit paranoid about stuff.

Aye....

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:17 am

OK I am fixing my dc right now and I have a question: does it matter which way you insert the resistor? like is one side negative one side positive?