Recent content by guile

Anyone have any experience with fixing aging controller button contacts on the board? I think the graphite on mine is badly wearing down. Would conductive paint or pen work or is there some way to replace or restore the graphite? Where would I apply the paint? I tried drawing on it with a pencil...

Yeah they're the official ones and the contacts are black and powdery. Is there any way to safely clean them or restore them? I think it's actually the contacts that are the problem and not the membrane, the old membrane is still decent. I've seen that some people use foil, conductive paint...

I've heard of using a small piece of plastic on the membrane of a 360 controller to fix the poor dpad on it. Recently, my gamecube controller buttons (a,b,x,y) have become far less responsive. I tried swapping in a newer membrane which helped somewhat but not enough. There was some rusty residue...

I thought about that but every single 3rd party controller I've ever used has been vastly inferior to 1st party. Even a membrane from a used 1st party would be better than the awful knockoff stuff you see in most 3rd party controllers. That's a good question too, anyone have experience with an...

After about 5-6 years of playing on my trusty gcn controller, I think the main conductive membrane for the x, y, a, b buttons is getting worn. I could pretty easily use the membrane from another controller but I was wondering if anyone knows of a supplier for the part or some way to repair it...

Hey, I'm trying to wire some pins to the main controller chip very much like the youtube video Ashen posted. Someone mentioned using IDE cable for this kind of work but does anyone have a link to the kind of wire that they use? The pins on the main chip look really tiny and I dont want a...

You are my hero sir.....this forum is hallowed ground. Thanks thanks thanks...going to give it a shot.

With your pinout guide as reference, once I figure out which pin is what, can I connect it to any ground and any 3.3v pin on the chip (since the chip has multiple pins for each)? Anyone with an opened up controller and a multimeter care to save me 20 bucks on a multimeter and tell me which pin...

Re: Gamecube Controller Analog Stick Potentiometer and Adapt So I can use any kind of really thin insulated wire? How about something like this: http://www.amazon.com/NTE-Stranded-Hook-Up-Wire-Black/dp/B003N3BOVA/ref=pd_bxgy_e_text_b Anyone have a link to a good kind of wire for this type of...

I'm not sure where I would connect them to the chip. The lifted pads are on the group of 3 vertical pads which I'm guessing are the y-axis of the pot. I've looked at your excellent pinout guide but all I can see on the chip's pins are the analog x-axis and y-axis data lines. How would I wire...

Re: Gamecube Controller Analog Stick Potentiometer and Adapt What is ide wire? I looked it up but all I found was those hard drive ribbon cables. Do you have a link to the proper kind of wire? Also, the traces are so tiny and close together in that part of the board that I don't even know...

I was an impatient fool and botched a desoldering job on a GCN controller. I lifted 2 pads, very small ones which are difficult to repair. How can I repair the pads so I can solder the component back in? So far from my googling I've come up with: 1. Scratch the traces on the board to reveal...

If you have old official 1st party GCN controllers you don't want, let me know. Old means orange, teal, black, and the various purple ones, not the newer platinum and white ones. The condition of the sticks isn't a huge deal (prefer c-stick to be in relatively good condition) but all of the...

Re: Gamecube Controller Analog Stick Potentiometer and Adapt I saw someone mention using conductive copper foil tape to make a new pad, would that work? The pads for the pots on the controller are really tiny, as are the traces. That's making me wary of scraping the traces and potentially...

Re: Gamecube Controller Analog Stick Potentiometer and Adapt I've been doing some research on lifted and destroyed soldering pads. Seen it mentioned that one can cut a little piece of copper foil and glue it down or stick it to the board or use a small piece of copper wire like a bridge in the...