Dreamcast Controller Help

Discussion in 'Repair, Restoration, Conservation and Preservation' started by Beaps, Apr 18, 2015.

  1. Beaps

    Beaps Active Member

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    Hi All

    OK so I was happily playing on DC using the GDRom Emu for half hour or so and then Controller Port 1 stopped working when switch it back on. I tried the twisting of the fuses/resisters on the controller board, same thing still not working. I also have a spare Jap machine (not compatible with the GDEmu) so I took the resisters off that and fitted them in, still no port 1. I then fitted the old resisters in the Jap machine to test and that worked (so resisters wasn't bad in the first place)


    I am thing that there is something gone on the motherboard to do with controller inputs.


    Any ideas guys as really wanna try out that GDEmu but I cant.


    Thanks

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    MonkeyBoyJoey 70's Robot Anime GEPPY-X (PS1) Fanatic

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    Does it work without GDEmu? If not, something is broken.

    Have you cleaned the port? I've heard of people having issues due to dirty ports. Cleaning the ports fixed it.
     
  3. Beaps

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    I stuck the GDrom back in same thing, let me clean the port and report back
     
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    Check to see if the metal on the outside of the controller connector has a dull finish. I believe that it acts as a ground and when that has a dull finish it doesn't make proper contact. That's how I fixed my gamecube controller.
     
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