Wiring Frying

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:33 pm

Hi Everybody
Sorry about being new but you gota start somewere.
Im making a psone portable (obviously), and Im almost done.
I just have one qusetion
On the PsOne motherboard, there is this small little silver square thing right to the diagonal left of the big fuse near the power plug. It keeps frying on me

. When I replaced it (it was really hard to solder) it still fried. I'm think that there might be something wrong with the wires to the battery but I don't know. One other thing. It fries, as soon as the batteries are all connected, not when I turn it on. Any help would be awesome Thanx

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:12 pm

Sorry about the double post, but I have another question.
I found that my psone was in fact dead, the power wires were touching and shorted out.
Since I now need a new psone, I was thinking about getting a PSX, due to them being cheaper. I was wondering how much worse they are than the Psone. Does anyone know how much bigger the mobo of the PSX is. Also are there any other dissadvantages. Also does PSX acept the analog dualshock i think they're called) controllers?

Niku-Sama · Post by **Niku-Sama** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:23 pm

i think die to the size of a PSX that i should be a little easier how ever, if memory serves me right i think they use more power than a PSOne

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:06 pm

Thanx Niku Sama.
What do you mean by easier? Easier to portablize? Does anyone know if they accept dualshock controllers?
One more thing. Why doesn't anyone use the official sony battery pack? I know its kind of big but you can't beat 2-3hrs of play time for $16 (dealyard.com)

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:06 pm

Hey it's probably not dead! There are fuses on the PSOne mobo that, if shorted, will make the PSone work again. If you think this might help I can point out some of the fuses to try.

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:08 pm

Your right G-Force.
I should try the fuses. Im pretty sure its dead though, because, the little silver thing was really smoking. I'll try a few of the fuses though.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:02 pm

Yeah, usually if the system is smoking that would mean it's dead

Give it a good burial.

But if by "shiny silver thing" you were talking about the 5V regulator, you could replace it with one from Radio Shack.

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:19 pm

That would be good. How would I know if it was a 5v regulator?

bschank · Post by **bschank** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:49 pm

Mr. Cool wrote:Thanx Niku Sama.
What do you mean by easier? Easier to portablize? Does anyone know if they accept dualshock controllers?
One more thing. Why doesn't anyone use the official sony battery pack? I know its kind of big but you can't beat 2-3hrs of play time for $16 (dealyard.com)

Thats a pretty good idea about the sony battery , wonder what they look like inside if you got rid of all of the extra plastic.

goodie · Post by **goodie** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:48 pm

Mr. Cool wrote:That would be good. How would I know if it was a 5v regulator?

It should have the number 7805 somewhere on it.

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:04 pm

Im getting the battery tonight, so it should arrive in a few days. All tell you what it looks like inside. Its probably pretty full cause unless its like a really high capacity battery, it will have to be big.
I checked for the 7805, and it said 12 on it, so I guess its dead. Oh well, I guess Ill just have to get a new one.
Just so you know, Im using the battery pack, because I dont really care a bout space, and im sick of killing playstations.

Niku-Sama · Post by **Niku-Sama** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:26 am

Mr. Cool wrote:Thanx Niku Sama.
What do you mean by easier? Easier to portablize? Does anyone know if they accept dualshock controllers?
One more thing. Why doesn't anyone use the official sony battery pack? I know its kind of big but you can't beat 2-3hrs of play time for $16 (dealyard.com)

i meant easier to work on (because theyre bigger)

atleast playstations are at an all time low right now

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:12 pm

Unfortunatly I cant use the PSX because the PSone battery wouldnt work with it and Ive already ordered that.