can you repair non working control ports

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Post by Georgie »

yea the only problem is that most DC's break because of the resistor Shorting (or the gd-rom)
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Hi guys.. this is my first post, although i check this forum daily to check out all the DC shite. :)

Anyway, I have a us/ntsc Dreamcast and all controllerports work fine, unless you pull the controller cable just slightly or if you wobble the controller. It looks like my controller plug has a connection problem with the controllerport A and B if i pull the cable or if i touch the plug of the controller. But if i keep still, everything works.

Any help would be great guys!! Thanks

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Post by Matt »

Ok, so it works fine with C+D?
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Post by Gameholic »

Jup.. no problem at all.. so it might be that A+B is used too much? :o

I was thinking to buy another DC and replace the controller sockets.. or does anybody has some other tips?

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Gameholic wrote:Jup.. no problem at all.. so it might be that A+B is used too much? :o
Sounds likely.
Gameholic wrote:I was thinking to buy another DC and replace the controller sockets.. or does anybody has some other tips?

Thanks!
If you can get a DC with controller ports in good condition for cheap, that is certainly one solution. Then you also may get extra spare parts or even a mostly-complete backup DC. Alternatively you can try to track down a replacement board, but that would probably prove more difficult and/or costly.
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Alexvrb wrote:
Gameholic wrote:Jup.. no problem at all.. so it might be that A+B is used too much? :o
Sounds likely.
Gameholic wrote:I was thinking to buy another DC and replace the controller sockets.. or does anybody has some other tips?

Thanks!
If you can get a DC with controller ports in good condition for cheap, that is certainly one solution. Then you also may get extra spare parts or even a mostly-complete backup DC. Alternatively you can try to track down a replacement board, but that would probably prove more difficult and/or costly.
Thanks for your reply Alexvrb. I'll just going to look out for a spare DC.. i'll try to look for a PAL machine, as i got a JAP/NTSC and US/NTSC. :P
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