Controller Question + Others

DrRobot · Post by **DrRobot** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:09 pm

Okay. so i am getting into this n64 portable thing. and i ripped apart a Superpad n64 controller and i was like. what do i do now? what should i do?

oh. and is that free TI DC-DC converter thing still legit?

heres a funny problem i had:

Ok so i messing with mobo and i put in my expansion pak, but i had it backwards and i turned on the console and it didn't work so i was like "wtf happened?" so i took the power coord(i haven't migrated to batteries yet, lol) and ripped it apart and nothing was burned out or anything. so i put it back together and then pluged it back into the n64 and it worked(well, after i turned the expansion pak around).

Post by **Triton** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:13 pm

Superjoy n64 controller

i hope/assume you mean superpad? as to the not working thing you probably just flipped the breaker in the powersupply.

DrRobot · Post by **DrRobot** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:31 pm

Triton wrote:
Superjoy n64 controller
i hope/assume you mean superpad? as to the not working thing you probably just flipped the breaker in the powersupply.

oops, yea its superpad.

yea so about the controller. i don't know if i should cut parts of the board off then rewire them? or, i remember reading something about putting wires on the gold pads that the buttons are on?

Thegamer3000 · Post by **Thegamer3000** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:24 pm

I'm currently working on a portable, so I'm not exactly sure if you can go by what I say because I don't have much experience... Yet

If you want to save space, you can figure out were the buttons go to on the controllers IC and chop off the D pad, and the C, A, and B, Buttons. Then you have to reconnect the Ground, power, etc. I didn't do this method.

If you follow the lines going to each button you'll find a gold tab. Solder a wire to the tabs, for each button. Then when you rebuild the controller connect the other end of the button to a ground on the controller somewhere. Everybody tells me this works.

Note: I have not seen the inside of a Superpad controller.

DrRobot · Post by **DrRobot** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:22 pm

Thegamer3000 wrote:I'm currently working on a portable, so I'm not exactly sure if you can go by what I say because I don't have much experience... Yet

If you want to save space, you can figure out were the buttons go to on the controllers IC and chop off the D pad, and the C, A, and B, Buttons. Then you have to reconnect the Ground, power, etc. I didn't do this method.

If you follow the lines going to each button you'll find a gold tab. Solder a wire to the tabs, for each button. Then when you rebuild the controller connect the other end of the button to a ground on the controller somewhere. Everybody tells me this works.

Note: I have not seen the inside of a Superpad controller.

the inside of a super pad it less complicated than a regular pad(less wires n'd such). but, the joystick part is alittle larger than that of a regular one.

oh let me take some pics of the super pad.

DrRobot · Post by **DrRobot** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:22 pm

ooops sorry about the 2x post.

here are the pics:

another crappy image of the board:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/M ... era017.jpg

this is the front of the case:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/M ... era019.jpg

Thegamer3000 · Post by **Thegamer3000** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:26 pm

Just follow the line from each button, to where it is soldered on the board... I think?

Oh and don't forget to figure out which end is the ground!

DrRobot · Post by **DrRobot** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:02 pm

Thegamer3000 wrote:Just follow the line from each button, to where it is soldered on the board... I think? Oh and don't forget to figure out which end is the ground!

ok cool.

now should i get a desoldering iron or something to desolder the mem card slot? or is than easy way with a regular soldering iron?

Thegamer3000 · Post by **Thegamer3000** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:27 am

I just left mine. But I'm not going to make it so that you can plug a mem, or a rumble pack in whenever you want. It's going to be permanetly a Memory card inside. Now if you want to desolder it you need a desoldering iron. they're about $10 at radioshack.

Rellizate · Post by **Rellizate** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:30 am

Or just get a solder sucker. They are easier to use, better quality. And you don't have to wait for them to heat up.

DrRobot · Post by **DrRobot** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:10 pm

Rellizate wrote:Or just get a solder sucker. They are easier to use, better quality. And you don't have to wait for them to heat up.

hmmm.
well i picked up a solder sucker and a Desoldering Bulb. and between the two. i seem to like the Desoldering Bulb. its small too. i think i'll go and buy a desolding iron to see how that turns out.