Power Questions about FC Twin (56ker's beware!)

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:10 pm

Lol they mention Ben on that website. That made me smile - I think they know their customers a little too well.

grahf · Post by **grahf** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:41 am

Usually takes me a week to get them. REALLY great buy.

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:28 am

Fifteen dollars, though? I suppose it comes down to just how much the extra battery life is worth to you. The setup sure does look easy. They even say on the site it's made for switching with the 78XX series.

Maybe I'll get one when I finally get around to finishing a PSOne portable - y'know, something that's a real battery drainer.

Billybb347 · Post by **Billybb347** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:23 pm

Dang, those things are huge like an Xbox.

Billybb347 · Post by **Billybb347** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:41 pm

I think I fried the motherboard!

I inserted the battery backwards and now it won't turn on at all.
Has this happened to anyone else? Can I fix it by replacing the 7805 chip?

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:18 am

ouch. well I kinda depends maybe there was a fuse or bridge rectifier. Did it pop smoke. Just try replacing the 7805 for a start.

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:35 am

jeroen wrote:ouch. well I kinda depends maybe there was a fuse or bridge rectifier. Did it pop smoke. Just try replacing the 7805 for a start.

i did the same thing, mine didnt pop but i noticed a small black mark after the 7805 so i doubted replacing the 7805 would do it.

Billybb347 · Post by **Billybb347** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:39 am

Thanks for the advice.
Mine didn't pop or have marks on it afterwards so I think replaceing the 7805 will do it.

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:41 am

mine was for the nes portion. it never seemed to work right from the start now that i think about it but the snes worked great.

Billybb347 · Post by **Billybb347** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:45 am

if you took off the NES board portion could it still be used? If so what would you need to make it?

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:29 pm

well the snes worked fine even after i fried the nes part. im pretty sure you could follow the guide lines in the other threads for removing the noac board and it should work just fine.

Billybb347 · Post by **Billybb347** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:07 pm

I'm sorry I wasn't clear, I was in a rush, the bell had just rung and my teacher was yelling at me.

When you said :

ATOMICMAN wrote:mine was for the nes portion. it never seemed to work right from the start now that i think about it but the snes worked great.

You reminded me of this:
http://benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=16960
If one took the NES portion off, and it everything still worked, would one be able to use the NES board in another project?
(and how would one do it?)