taylorcomm Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 My joystick port 1 is missing two pins, this causes my joystick not to move in the xy directions. I dont really know if they are missing or just bent inside. Does anyone know how to fix this? Has anyone ever fixed broken/missing pins? Its my only 5200 and it is the most important port so I dont want to break it. I tried to pull off the black port plastic casing that surrounds the port 1 pins but cant get it off. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph3 Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 If you can actually see the bent pins, you can get a small pair of needle-nose pliers and try to straighten them out, If the pins are missing(broken), you need to replace the whole connector on the board. If you have a 4 port syatem, just replace it with the 4th players port(assuming you don't use all 4 ports). That is what I would do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 My joystick port 1 is missing two pins ... Any ideas? I can see if my local electronics store has a replacement male socket. Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorcomm Posted January 12, 2004 Author Share Posted January 12, 2004 Well the pins were definitely broken off. I ended up taking the one from port 4 off and switching it with port 1 and it works like a charm. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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