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JODY:

Depending on what kind of switch it is on the board you may be able to unsolder and replace it.  May be better off trying to get a used on on Ebay or somewhere to use for spare parts.


RayB:

Based on what he said, and what I know of home console controls... there's NO switch. The buttons have little rubber things underneath, and the bottom of the rubber thing has a conductive layer on it. Pressing the button pushes the rubber down and the conductive layer touches the metal contact points on the circuit board, causing the circuit to close.

What happens is with lots of use the rubber wears out, gets squishy or tears apart. There's no easy way to fix this without getting replacement parts (and only Hori would have these parts).

~Ray B.


Gunstar Hero:

Sometimes it's just a little dust or crud. try cleaning it out. If the rubber/contact is worn out, try switching it for a less used buttons one. That's now I fixed my Turboexpress when the CP wore out.

JB:

Yah. I'd bet on dirt. Grab a QTip, grab some rubbing alcohol, and scrub that contact. Hit the rubber contact too.


If that doesn't work, and the rubber dome is still good, there's a trick that served the Atari 5200 community well for many years with it's iffy circuits that rapidly get bad enough to interfere with the controller logic.

Get some superglue and aluminum foil, tear a piece of foil off that's about hte same size as the carbon dot, and glue it to the dot. Once it dries, put things back together. The foil is more conductive than the carbon dot, and makes for a much more sensitive button.
On the downside, you'll likely lose the PS2's pressure-sensitivity on that button.

chamajid:

Thanks all the help!!

The problem was that the rubber tip was dirty and so was having a good contact with the coductive layer. Cleaned it and is working properly. Had some black powder coming out of the rubber tip.  ::)

Grateful,
Chamajid

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