midwest_cdn Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 Yeah where u plug the ac adaptor part.It is very loose and you have to hold it in? I tried cutting the battery wires and hooking it to the adaptor.Well needless to say it quit working and the wire came out of the solder.No the unit didnt get fried or any thing.I was wanting just to hook the ac adaptor directly to the board( i dont care if it is portable, it just going to sit on my desk in my office.) what u think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 Why don't you just re-solder the connections of the power adapter socket ? It's easier than removing it completely and affixing the wires to the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwest_cdn Posted May 18, 2003 Author Share Posted May 18, 2003 i thought of that already, so i removed the board and looked from the other side, and it not the solder it appears to be inside of the box. the pin seems loose allong with the whole power box but the solder is fine on the other side.If you wish i can take a pic of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 Nice avitar by the way.... Back on topic, I would imagine you can just buy another socket from Radio Shack or something and solder that to the board, they cost peanuts. Although the pins might not align properly with the board, so you may have to drill a hole in the case and use a chassis mount one, and just run wires to the board. I had to do a similar thing with a Lynx 1 as well, but I was lucky, it was just a dry joint where a previous owner had been playing inside with the soldering iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwest_cdn Posted May 18, 2003 Author Share Posted May 18, 2003 Well i have no 24 hour radio shack and i am jonesing for my fix of california games.I just broke the power box off the board exposing the connection on the board.I figure i am going to solder( if my iron still work) one to the back and one to the front so there are no shorts what so ever.Yeah like it eh, what can I say i am jag fan also ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBizDude Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Why not just solder directly to the battery terminals? If you're going to do it hack, make it really hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwest_cdn Posted May 21, 2003 Author Share Posted May 21, 2003 I already tried that, and wasnt sucessful, melted the solder off the batterry wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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