can you repair non working control ports

Georgie · Post by **Georgie** » Fri May 06, 2005 9:18 am

yea the only problem is that most DC's break because of the resistor Shorting (or the gd-rom)

Gameholic · Post by **Gameholic** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:20 pm

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

Cheers

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:44 pm

Ok, so it works fine with C+D?

Gameholic · Post by **Gameholic** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:44 am

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

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

Thanks!

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Thu May 19, 2005 12:14 pm

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

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.

Gameholic · Post by **Gameholic** » Fri May 20, 2005 2:14 am

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