Posted by Brian Lewis on 6, 2000 at 7:57 AM:
In Reply to: Dreamcast Dead Controller Input posted by Randy on 5, 2000 at 8:30 AM:
I've seen this a few times,
the DC seems very sensitive about it's inputs -
far more than the Saturn/PSX
I reckon that they didn't bother fully isolating
them.
Anyway - at first I thought it was something
simple, as if you measure the current on the pad
you'll see that the broken DC is chucking out less
than is required to drive the pad.
I took the required DC supply directly from the
DC's internal PSU to drive the pad - still no
joy.
As far as I could tell, a proprietary (not to mention surfaced mounted) input IC was toast.
- propietary + surface mounted pretty well
excludes the chance of a 'home' repair,
so I gave up at that point.
Sorry I can't be more help.
Brian
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: I have 2 DC's that dont work no matter how many
: controllers I have tried. Seems that the Input
: is toasted. ne1 have some experience with
: repairing this? I work at a pawnshop and
: have dozens of DC's, till after christmas I hope!
: Please reply e-mail Lechtor@voyager.net
: Thanks