What am I doing wrong??? =/

[Mtrapp]

So I recently re-soldered the wires for my gamecube stick in SuperPad 64 controller mod. Again, it didn't work. I followed the original wiring of the controller and a suggestion on here that the X-axis has to be on top for it to work...


This is viewing it upside down - looking at it normally, the X axis is on top, and the Y axis is on the right. Is this how it should be set up? (on the original GC c stick, the y is on left, and x on bottom)


This is a close up of the 5 wires coming out of the controller (also upside down view). Sorry it's kinda dark.

Looking at it normally, from the left, the wires are in this order:
VG1 (black), VD1 (red), VC1 (red), VY1 (yellow/black), VX1 (green)

I soldered it like shown in the picture (x on top, y on right), and the connections all looked pretty good. If you can't see in the picture, I have 2 connections on the corner of the Y axis closest to X for the initial ground connection, and a separate wire from there as well leading to the X corner. The VX1 green is in the middle X, and the VY1 yellow/black is in the middle Y. The VD1 red wire is connected to the last Y slot, and the VC1 orther red wire is in the other X slot.

Plugged it into my N64 and it shut off right away again and went back into its sleep/scared of foreign devices mode.
Again, this is the SuperPad64 by Performance (blue).

Any suggestions?

[hailrazer]

You need to cut the traces on the Gamecube pcb. With that analog the top left and bottom right are connected and the left bottom pin and the bottom right pin are connected. So you are shorting the bottom red wire to ground.

Take a dremel and cut through all the traces on the left pins and the bottom pins. Or use a utility knife CAREFULLY. Just cut the traces right next to the pins....straight line . 2 cuts and you are done.

Then wire them up like they were in the N64 pad.

On the left :
Top Pin = VD1
Middle Pin = VX1
Bottom Pin = Connected to Bottom Left pin

On the Bottom :
Left pin = Connected to Left Side Bottom Pin AND VG1
Middle Pin = VY1
Right Pin = VC1

[Mtrapp]

So, the red wires are wired correctly, but I have the X and Y middle wires both on wrong side? I didn't know the the x and y axes had to be flipped.. that's just the way it is? And from what I understand, I have my main ground wire on the wrong side. It should be going to the other pin first, opposite the way I have it?

I won't be able to work on this til I'm home again next weekend, but I'll give it a shot then. And I'm sure I'll need to use a knife since I don't have access to a dremel, but I can probably handle cutting with a knife. How exactly do I know where to cut - is there only 1 trace going along the outside of all 6 pins? And do I cut all the way up on the left side, cutting that whole extra tab off where the c-stick was connected to the GC main controller board?

Sorry for all the questions... not very experienced with this stuff. But I really appreciate the help, hail.

[hailrazer]

So, the red wires are wired correctly, but I have the X and Y middle wires both on wrong side? I didn't know the the x and y axes had to be flipped.. that's just the way it is? And from what I understand, I have my main ground wire on the wrong side. It should be going to the other pin first, opposite the way I have it?

I won't be able to work on this til I'm home again next weekend, but I'll give it a shot then. And I'm sure I'll need to use a knife since I don't have access to a dremel, but I can probably handle cutting with a knife. How exactly do I know where to cut - is there only 1 trace going along the outside of all 6 pins? And do I cut all the way up on the left side, cutting that whole extra tab off where the c-stick was connected to the GC main controller board?

Sorry for all the questions... not very experienced with this stuff. But I really appreciate the help, hail.

No need to cut off the 4 pin tab.

Just make a cut to the right side of the three left pins, the length of the pins and right next to them.

Then make a cut above the bottom pins right next to them the length of the pins. Cut down till you hit pcb.

[Michaelthurston]

Well I followed what you said, hail, but for some reason, when I test it, my stick will lazily move to the upper right side of the screen, and I have no Idea why.

I'm using a 3rd party GC C-stick, if that might have anything to do with it.

[Mtrapp]

So, do I need to wire it the same way it was on the 64 superpad, or how you said in your post?

The way I did it (pic above) is with the bottom being the x axis and left is y axis. Are you sure they have to be the other way around? And do I have the red wires connected to the right pins?