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USB Happ TB and Back Spin. Difficult to repair?

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AMDman13:

About 2 months ago I started to have horrible backspin problems with my Happ USB TB. It's been working fine for over two years but now it's decide to screw with me. I been doing some research here on the board and have found a few people mention replacing the USB green optic boards with the new red arcade boards. How difficult are we talking here? Besides purchasing an Opti-pack? Is the red board an exact replacement or am I going to have to do some serious modification? Thanks in advance!

AndyWarne:

The USB version of the Happ trackball does not use the same optical boards as the non-USB.

You would either need to get replacement USB boards, or, if using the non-USB boards you would need to hook up to an interface, eg Opti-PAC, U-HID Nano etc.

Andy

AMDman13:

Thanks Andy! I got no problem with buying a Opti Pac if it's going to upgrade and fix this trac ball. How difficult is it to remove the USB boards and connect the non USB boards?



AndyWarne:

Physically replacing the boards is easy but the connections are different. We might be able to put together some kind of kit for this because we have some Happ boards and the correct connectors. The U-HID Nano is the most cost-effective option unless you are planning to connect other optical devices in the future.
If you can drop me an email I'll work out a price for a kit of parts.
You might like to check out the Happ replacement parts cost though as this would of course be the quickest method of getting it working, although there have been some reports of issues even with new USB Happ boards.


TOK:

This is something that goes bad on the boards causing it? I haven't read much, but was always under the impression that it was a problem with those boards right from the start, not something that went bad.

You sure some settings in MAME didn't get changed?

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