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Dreamcast question
« on: January 17, 2006, 10:25:52 am »
I built an arcade controler for my dreamcast this weekend to play some MVC2.  My DC came with the composite cable and I wanted the s-video cable.  Feeling cocky from just soldering up the controls I decided to use the pinout on gamesx to add a s-video cable to my DC.  I soldered the two grounds in the cable together and then soldered them to pin 16, ground, then I soldered L and C to their respective pins, 11 and 12 I beleive.  When I turned on the DC, black screen and no sound, rechecked my solder joints and my caps I put in line, I had the caps backwards so reveresed them, I used 10v caps by the way, 220uf and 1uf.  Still nothing so I unsoldered the 3 wires and tried the original cable, nothing there either.  Now I am confused, I might have broken the cable when I took it apart, but I don't think I cross soldered any wires.  Could I have damaged the DC by having the caps hooked up backwards?

Thank you,

John

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Re: Dreamcast question
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2006, 10:39:33 am »
Quote from: juan_caliente on January 17, 2006, 10:25:52 am
I built an arcade controler for my dreamcast this weekend to play some MVC2.  My DC came with the composite cable and I wanted the s-video cable.  Feeling cock from just soldering up the controls I decided to use the pinout on gamesx to add a s-video cable to my DC.  I soldered the two grounds in the cable together and then soldered them to pin 16, ground, then I soldered L and C to their respective pins, 11 and 12 I beleive.  When I turned on the DC, black screen and no sound, rechecked my solder joints and my caps I put in line, I had the caps backwards so reveresed them, I used 10v caps by the way, 220uf and 1uf.  Still nothing so I unsoldered the 3 wires and tried the original cable, nothing there either.  Now I am confused, I might have broken the cable when I took it apart, but I don't think I cross soldered any wires.  Could I have damaged the DC by having the caps hooked up backwards?

Thank you,

John


Heh

Maybe this belongs in Everything Else. ;D


Checking the cable itself should be pretty easy. Just use a multimeter to check continuity.

Then if that checks out ok... Well then any advice I give would be out of my bumm, so I will refrain. :)

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