Another cartridge slot topic (Please I really need help)

Gamefreak271 · Post by **Gamefreak271** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:21 pm

I have relocated my cartridge slot and at first it was working fine but now i tried to test by connecting it to a psone wall jack with the dcdc converter. I didn't see any video so I hooked it back onto the original adapter. The power turns on but the video is mostly black and white and its very hard to see. Any suggestions?
EDIT: the video is always scrolling and is very messed up. And also when i hooked it up to the psone jack theres no video at all

Warrior_Rocker · Post by **Warrior_Rocker** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:54 am

Are you hooking this up via rgb or composite, and secondly can you try hooking up your n64 to a television, and see if it does the same thing on there?

Gamefreak271 · Post by **Gamefreak271** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:11 am

i think composite and yes right now im hooking it up to a tv.

Gamefreak271 · Post by **Gamefreak271** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:33 pm

I'll add some pictures soon as soon as possible

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:49 pm

if you want help, youre going to have to go into more detail, possibly with better grammar... i read your original post twice and i just dont get whats happening.

- what was hooked up to what originially
- what did you change
- exactly what did you observe before/after
- how is it set up now

things like that. detail my friend.

Gamefreak271 · Post by **Gamefreak271** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:53 pm

Sorry about that I guess I didn't go into enough detail.

-it was originally hooked up to the n64 adapter
-I made it so that it would run off a psone wall jack and a dc-dc converter (the one on the free dc dc converters thread).
-when it was running off the n64 adapter it was fine but when i hooked it to the psone wall jack and dc-dc converter, the power led went on but no video whatsoever.
-currently it is connected to the psone wall jack and dc-dc converter.
(pictures will be coming soon)

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:56 pm

It might be that the PSone wall adapter doesn't output enough amps.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:57 pm

Hmm... sounds like a problem on the 3.3V line. Have you checked the voltage?

And once you have this sorted out, stick a diode and inductor in front of the DCDC's input. See sky's site.

Gamefreak271 · Post by **Gamefreak271** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:12 pm

Alright here is the picture.

If you need a different angle or another picture feel free to ask.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:33 pm

umm. it could just be the angle, but it looks like your dc-dc is wired up totally wrong. ... could you give us another angle, or, even better, a paint drawing of how its all wired

(ive been staring at it some more, and its starting to make more sense... maybe its not wrong)

Gamefreak271 · Post by **Gamefreak271** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:34 pm

joevennix: I think it just might be the dc-dc converter. I checked it with a multimeter and I got 3.0V. I thought this was quite strange. Did I wire it up wrong? If so what did I do wrong?

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:37 pm

also, are you trying to run the system AND the screen off the psone adapteR?

and 3.0v works on my system. but it depends i guess. whats the input look like?

Gamefreak271 · Post by **Gamefreak271** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:39 pm

timmeh87 wrote:also, are you trying to run the system AND the screen off the psone adapteR?

currently I am running only the n64 off the psone adapter. So it is tested on the TV. The reason I didn't connect it to the psone screen yet was because I wanted to make sure it would work before I hooked it up to a screen.

Gamefreak271 · Post by **Gamefreak271** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:42 pm

timmeh87 wrote:umm. it could just be the angle, but it looks like your dc-dc is wired up totally wrong. ... could you give us another angle, or, even better, a paint drawing of how its all wired

(ive been staring at it some more, and its starting to make more sense... maybe its not wrong)

Well I used Skyone's diagram on his website except there isn't a diode or an inductor.

Neildo_64 · Post by **Neildo_64** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:46 pm

Yeah, its wired right. It's just a little hard to trace the wires in the picture.