Having a very odd problem with controller input

extremesonic · Post by **extremesonic** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:49 am

Yeah I had the exact same problem, except sort of a different ending. Some connection on the controller touched another lead making my controller permanently like that(B is all buttons). But I had like 5 controllers for this project so it was no big to replace it.

woah crazy time error!!

grahf · Post by **grahf** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:09 pm

Im 95% complete my portable, but ive hit a bump. Im getting very odd controller input. No buttons work, EXCEPT for B. But, B isnt B. When i press it, games react like im pressing all the buttons at once. Ive wired the controller plug back to the board to test (used a few different controllers), and the problem is definitly on the motherboard itself.

Anyone have any clue what could cause this? Im stumped, and about to give up on this motherboard..

Post by **Skyone** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:38 pm

Can you take pictures? Is it a custom controller? Or have you not even opened it? For some reason it seems as if you are feeding ground through the B button instead of a signal.

grahf · Post by **grahf** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:21 pm

No, its all factory parts. I actually rewired the original controller port back to the board and plugged in standard controllers to test. Same problem. I think something had to have gone wrong on the board

grahf · Post by **grahf** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:17 am

Wow, is there a dunce icon anywhere?

It was all a cold solder joint. If you look at my pic, i soldered the wires from the top (since i had the motherboard mounted already). Everything looked perfect from the top, but underneith it didnt penetrate. Ive been soldering for over a decade; i cant beleive i spent 3 hours trying to figure this out last night

Thanks for the reply though, and let this be a lesson to anyone else who has the same problem.

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:30 pm

Is that a new SNESp in a snes2go case I see? Coolness.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:33 pm

joedog86 wrote:Is that a new SNESp in a snes2go case I see? Coolness.

if it is how'd you get the case, did you sask the guy for his design and get someone to liquid inject it or whatever?

and once again if it is, why the copulate do you have to go and make me jealous with it

grahf · Post by **grahf** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:20 am

Yes, it is a supernes2go case. Brian was nice enought to have one made for me. He is willing to have more made for those that want them, but it is VERY expensive due to being made by a prototyping company. I wanted the smallest possible snes portable, so for me it was worth it.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:32 pm

grahf wrote:Yes, it is a supernes2go case. Brian was nice enought to have one made for me. He is willing to have more made for those that want them, but it is VERY expensive due to being made by a prototyping company. I wanted the smallest possible snes portable, so for me it was worth it.

how much was it?

grahf · Post by **grahf** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:03 pm

Im sure you dont want to know

But, i suggest you email Brian. You can find the address on his site.

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:03 pm

Hey, there's nothing wrong with sinking some money into a hobby if it makes you happy... Right?

grahf · Post by **grahf** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:43 am

Yeah thats right. It may have cost me a lot, but I now have one of the most badass portables (in my opinion) ever. My only regret is that i couldnt squeeze a battery inside.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:26 pm

o yeah,

i remember that being the pretty much one and only downside of that badass case, have you thought about "ultra thin" li-polys from battery space yet though?