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Title: Precaution: Could this screw up my laptop in anyway?
Post by: subzero23 on November 25, 2004, 04:22:00 am

Just a precaution but I want to make sure I'm safe here,

I'm an experienced solderer, and was thinking of making a playstation controller hack and wiring it to the buttons/joystick and then using a PS-to-USB converter from radio shack. Theoretically if my circuits/soldering is dead-on and everything is connected as it should, should I have any problems or anything to worry about? I've never had a bad experience but I've never had $1000 laptop to worry about either.

Title: Re: Precaution: Could this screw up my laptop in anyway?
Post by: paigeoliver on November 25, 2004, 04:24:57 am

If you accidently get +5 and ground shorted out, then you will be in trouble.

Try it in a playstation first, those are much cheaper, if it works there then you are fine.

Title: Re: Precaution: Could this screw up my laptop in anyway?
Post by: subzero23 on November 25, 2004, 04:48:45 am

Yeah assuming it works, which it probably will since I've tried on PS2 before and WILL test it on one, I should have nothing to worry about?

Title: Re: Precaution: Could this screw up my laptop in anyway?
Post by: Gunstar Hero on November 25, 2004, 06:35:40 am

Well, it is a hack... and anything can happen.

I guess you'll need to ask yourself... do I feel lucky?

Well... do ya?  :police:

Title: Re: Precaution: Could this screw up my laptop in anyway?
Post by: paigeoliver on November 25, 2004, 07:24:08 am

I once made the mistake of trying to "test" my 49-way with SJC setup on my laptop after I have the joystick wired, but just had the button wires coming off the harness. It worked, I left it hooked up as I hooked up the buttons one by one.

To make a long story short I burned the sucker up, as some voltage got grounded out by a loose wire.