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goukipoo
02-09-2008, 10:50 PM
So I decided to mod my 5 year old shitty xarcade joystick. I got a IL Eurostick and Happ Competition pushbuttons from Lizardlick. The buttons installed and worked perfectly. But I'm having trouble with the IL Eurostick. For one the microswitch connectors are a tad wider then the old stick. The buttons had the same exact shape, but the stick dosen't have the indention. So i had to pry open the connectors and crimp them onto the microswitches.

Now I took a picture of the connections before i did anything, to make sure that it was the same when I was done, and it is exactly the same, other then having to crimp the connectors. But...

I loaded up the Xarcade test program to make sure everything was fine. All 8 buttons work just like they should, but the joystick does not. If I press Down (2), that works fine. If I press Up (8), it registers after i let go, and stays that way. Left (4) registers as 2+8, and Right (6) registers 6+8.

Someone please help!

TingBoy
02-09-2008, 11:00 PM
Did you use the small "L" shaped prong for ground and the next prong closest to it for the direction wire? It sounds like you might've used the other prong (naturally closed).

Also, can we have a looksee at the pictures? Might help out a bit more.

goukipoo
02-09-2008, 11:29 PM
I was about to upload the pictures, when I compared them and noticed that I hooked the up direction to the 3rd connector. Hence my probelms, moved it down to the second and now it's fine. You shouldn't work on these things when your running very late for something. Thanks.

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