Is there a way to take the rumble out've a Cube controller?

Taiketo · Post by **Taiketo** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:26 am

I have a Madcatz Microcon controller that I never use, so I want to do something with it. My current plan is to just simply put it in a smaller case, since I've never actually done any modding, plus the Cube controllers are very bulky.

Since I'm trying for small as possible, would it be easy to remove the rumble completely, without causing errors?

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:00 am

Yep. Just grab and yank.

SS

Rellizate · Post by **Rellizate** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:13 am

Whoa, SS that could sound very dirty...

Just pull the motor off the board.

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:41 am

Altough it might be safer to snip the wires first. (I think it has wires, right?)

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:06 am

jeroen wrote:Altough it might be safer to snip the wires first. (I think it has wires, right?)

The motors plug in to the board on Xbox controllers, so if its the same you just unplug them. If not, you can desolder the wires that go to the board.

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:19 am

I don't like them in ps1 and 2 games so i just rip them right out, theres not really a need to be careful.

Klefmung · Post by **Klefmung** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:07 pm

wouldn't that screw with the weight balance though?

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:32 pm

Klefmung wrote:wouldn't that screw with the weight balance though?

It's a controller, not a sword.

Zzebotes13 · Post by **Zzebotes13** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:08 pm

i have the same controller, just cur the black and red wires that are connected to the motor. simple

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:47 pm

Rellizate wrote:Whoa, SS that could sound very dirty...

Just pull the motor off the board.

Perv. You thought of it.

SS

Rellizate · Post by **Rellizate** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:13 am

Come on, I know you ment it that way...

EnterTheHatrix · Post by **EnterTheHatrix** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:35 am

Well one of the bulk problems isn't just the large rumble motor. The holster it's in is multi functioning.. It also supports the shoulder button switches.

You're going to have to dremel the bulk of the plastic holster off if you want to resize..

Of course, you could get the pinout for the controller IC and build your own board... a crapload of work, but you could probably make it really small, and include an LED in place of the rumble motor.. Shine instead of rumble.