SJ3 Problems: Please tell me it's not broken (post solder)
Moderator:Moderators
I don't know what you mean by this.Kurt_ wrote:Uhhh...I would scratch that cart slot off your list. Notice what happened when that was done?
Are you saying that I probably fried the cart slot I removed from the game genie as well? If you think so i'll take your word for it, but that's just plastic and metal connections, I assume the board fried because a chip or something on it got too hot, i don't see tabs of metal losing their ability to transfer electricity though.
I could be wrong though. So far i've been pretty wrong with this project in general. Unfortnetly, as I said before, I've pretty much scrapped it. If I can find a yobo for cheap I might try agian with it (becasue I don't have to worry about soldering or desoldering the darn connector) but those ussually go for at least $30, and I don't have that much to invest anymore. I figure I should cut my losses and just ebay the intec control pad +screen I got.
- Kurt_
- Portablizer
- Posts:5748
- Joined:Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:32 am
- Steam ID:kurbert
- Location:Ontario, Canada
- Contact:
I was talking to THON. He said guns could be used to remove cart slots.
Don't give up. Mooch money off of other people!
Ask all your friends for $2 weekly, and you'll have enough for a yobo real fast! Unless you only have one friend, in which case it would take 15 weeks, which is 4 months.
As for your NOAC, I have the same one, and I looked at it last night. On the bottom of the board there is a glop-top chip 1-2mm away from the cartridge pins. I would be wary soldering near these with a 15W iron. I'm actually thinking I'll do everything else then pull them off. What I'm really thinking is some careful dremel work. I have a good 2-3mm of clearance between the cartridge slot and the board I can stick a cutting bit through.
Don't give up. Mooch money off of other people!
Ask all your friends for $2 weekly, and you'll have enough for a yobo real fast! Unless you only have one friend, in which case it would take 15 weeks, which is 4 months.
As for your NOAC, I have the same one, and I looked at it last night. On the bottom of the board there is a glop-top chip 1-2mm away from the cartridge pins. I would be wary soldering near these with a 15W iron. I'm actually thinking I'll do everything else then pull them off. What I'm really thinking is some careful dremel work. I have a good 2-3mm of clearance between the cartridge slot and the board I can stick a cutting bit through.
Last edited by Kurt_ on Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Hey, sup?
ARRG. My SJ3 is THINKING about working now or something.
Okay, so my screen showed up, so decided to try to test it a little more - So I hooked itup again,m and got the rubber button nub. I hooked it up - grey screen - pressed RESET, and it reset. THis seemed promising, I didn't know if the reset was built in to the chip, or if it was a power thing - but that's not important. When it reset, it had ARTIFACTS, like when a game doesent load quite right, and then froze up.
I don't know what this means. Does the chip sort-of work? I'm totally confused. I finished wiring the connector (I did kind of a sloppy job though) to see what would happen if I sent some actual Data, but I couldn't get any results. (Partially because it doesent take power very well anymore - I have to hold the plug in "just so" to get it to get any power at all.)
If I can't break even by selling my intec (i got a good deal) maybe i'll see if i can get a yobo for cheap on ioffer. (they sell for only 12.00, but then charge another 15 for shipping.)
Okay, so my screen showed up, so decided to try to test it a little more - So I hooked itup again,m and got the rubber button nub. I hooked it up - grey screen - pressed RESET, and it reset. THis seemed promising, I didn't know if the reset was built in to the chip, or if it was a power thing - but that's not important. When it reset, it had ARTIFACTS, like when a game doesent load quite right, and then froze up.
I don't know what this means. Does the chip sort-of work? I'm totally confused. I finished wiring the connector (I did kind of a sloppy job though) to see what would happen if I sent some actual Data, but I couldn't get any results. (Partially because it doesent take power very well anymore - I have to hold the plug in "just so" to get it to get any power at all.)
If I can't break even by selling my intec (i got a good deal) maybe i'll see if i can get a yobo for cheap on ioffer. (they sell for only 12.00, but then charge another 15 for shipping.)