Posted by Howard Casto on 23, 2001 at 10:14 PM:
In Reply to: Please help with soldering wires to USB Sidewinder posted by Terry on 23, 2001 at 10:05 PM:
If it's anything like the old sidewinders it's gonna be kinda hard to do it via hacking the buttons. Your going to need a dremel or similar device, and cutting blade for it, and a tiny tiny drill bit or very good soldering skills. Under where each button goes there's a little black or metallic "circle" that if you look closely is actually two halves of a cricle very close to each other. You solder one wire to one side and nother wire to the other. Sometimes, instead of being a circle cut right down the middle it will be "fingered". Trust me if it is you'll understand what im talking about. For those types, I always take a dremel and cut a nice line down the center of the contacts so i don't have to worry about solder running over the gaps and making contact....
Just a bit to get ya started, I can be of more help if need be, but it's hard to explain this way.
: Hi,
: I am about to start connecting the wires to my USB SWs, but these ones don't have those pre-made holse like the gameport SWs.
: Can someone tell me where I should solder the wires to the PCB.
: Does anyone have pics of their USB SW all soldered up?
: Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!