Last night and again this morning, i was attempting to find a location for my joystick and fan (seperate, of course) in order to preserve the compactness of the unit. I found a place for my fan; however, the joystick was a hard thing to place because of its bulk. I found a place, but it requires modification of both the PSone and N64 Mobos. I don't have any other choice here if i want to keep this thing as compact as i've planned.
I took some pictures of my mobo. All i really need to know is if i "filed" down the mobo in these places with say a rotary tool really carefully, would it kill my unit? I understand that some of these areas lie close to traces, but know i will take this into account. Thanks.
The places i wish to eliminate are the areas inside the red lines.
Kurt_ wrote:Why not try this:
1) Slap your friend across the face for buying an ipod. They're made to fail after a year or two, regardless of how well you care for them.
2) Slap him again.
3) Go buy him a Creative Zen or something.
So all that crap at the top of the PSone Mobo where the transformer use to be can be removed?
Kurt_ wrote:Why not try this:
1) Slap your friend across the face for buying an ipod. They're made to fail after a year or two, regardless of how well you care for them.
2) Slap him again.
3) Go buy him a Creative Zen or something.
Yes, I chopped off the top of my PSone LCD with no ill effects.
I'm pretty sure there aren't any traces underneath the ground strip on the N64 mobo, but if you cut any sizable chunk out, you always run the risk of ruining the mobo. However, I'm planning to do this with my future n64 portable so let me know how it works
I would be wary of that place on the left of the PSone screen board. Looking at mine reveals an IC very close to that spot. If you can get around it, try not to do anything there.
If you could steer me toward a specific third party controller, that'd be awsome. I know about the boomerang but i really can't find that controller anywhere. I'd like a joystick thats similar to the original (or better yet, a joystick housing that i can reattach the old one too; i am nostalgic about the original joystick ).
Kurt_ wrote:Why not try this:
1) Slap your friend across the face for buying an ipod. They're made to fail after a year or two, regardless of how well you care for them.
2) Slap him again.
3) Go buy him a Creative Zen or something.
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