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Hunk_4TH:
Hmm when I tried that, the PC would shut off after a few seconds :/

pbj:
You can pull 5VDC and ground off the circuit near the axis inputs.  It's also on the cable running from your PC to your mouse. 

Good lord, man, this is very simple and extremely well documented.

severdhed:
Could it be that there is something wrong with the trackball that is shorting somewhere and causing it to shut down...maybe that is why it was so cheap?

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Hunk_4TH:

--- Quote from: pbj on November 29, 2013, 10:10:31 am ---You can pull 5VDC and ground off the circuit near the axis inputs.  It's also on the cable running from your PC to your mouse. 

Good lord, man, this is very simple and extremely well documented.

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I know. Are you saying I could also splice in the 5V/GND wires to the cable itself? Or is it best to just solder it to the circuit?


--- Quote from: severdhed on November 29, 2013, 11:32:40 am ---Could it be that there is something wrong with the trackball that is shorting somewhere and causing it to shut down...maybe that is why it was so cheap?

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It could be why. He had a few more too. I might stop by there this weekend and get the others if he still has them. I just figured he didn't know what he had as it in a box full of various stuff,

pbj:
Your computer is shutting down as a defense mechanism because you are shorting out the 5V with ground.

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