rewiring cartridge slot and controller

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dudex77
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rewiring cartridge slot and controller

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does anyone have a good guide on the internet saying how to rewire a cartridge slot or to move buttons on a controller? please dont just tell me to get bens book you cant get it in spain
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Post by shmagoogin77 »

try searching desoldering on the internet that will help a lot
dudex77
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Post by dudex77 »

just realised the stupidity of the first part of my question but how could i like move buttons on a genesis controller?
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Post by dman762000 »

Well if its a genisis you should look in the genesis section but I just used a sheepshoofe blade and scored the PCB in the controller where i wanted to cut it (remember do both sides) then broke it at the score then I scraped some of the green stuff off the traces and soldered some wires onto the traces and made the connections to where they were supposed to be.
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Post by CronoTriggerfan »

Cart slot is common sense, but as for the controller, you could either cut the controller PCB, sand down the green layer above the traces, and resolder the controller appropriately, or for an easy fix, just solder tact switches in the place of the pads. :wink:

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