Zoyx Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 The alt fire on my 5200 doesn't work. I tried 3 different controllers... same thing. Primary fire works, alt fire (top button) doesn't work. Anything I can try to remedy this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 What games are you playing? Some games only use the bottom button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Beamrider... I can't fire missiles. HERO... I can't set off dynamite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Pin connector might be dirty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Failing that, either you have a bad solder joint on the controller connector or a bad 4052 on the motherboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Check for bad solder joints and you can switch the 4052 chip with one from another port to test if needed. Note: only practical if chips are socketed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Thanks Zylon and ApolloBoy, looks like a good place to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 No luck. I am going to re-refurb my controllers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 More swapping of 4502 chips and I have alt-fire (top button). Bad news, only one of my controllers works perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 More swapping of 4502 chips and I have alt-fire (top button). Bad news, only one of my controllers works perfectly. At least you lucked out and one of them worked properly. It makes troubleshooting very difficult without at least one working stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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