Is my Cobalt Flux fixable?

**Patashu** · 07-3-2012, 08:10 PM

In stepmania 5's test input, the start and back buttons on the control box register, but none of the nine panels do.

The connectors between the serial cable and the pad are rusty, and after a lot of effort I managed to unscrew one but not the other so I can only wriggle it a bit (and the one I couldn't unscrew is starting to break, the plastic flexes instead of holds firm...). WD40's been sprayed on all the metal bits. Wriggling and adjusting doesn't seem to help yet.

Is there anything I should/shouldn't be doing at this point? Is the problem more likely to be in the cable or in the pad?

Choofers · 07-3-2012, 09:50 PM

Does it work for sm 3.9?

**Patashu** · 07-4-2012, 05:25 AM

My dad came home and had a look at it with me. Turns out the ground wire wasn't connected to the bottom part of the pad, so none of the pads could complete the circuit. It was actually a pretty easy fix, which is good since if it was broken somewhere else it'd be a lot harder to fix

Choofers · 07-4-2012, 10:16 AM

saved by the dad

07-3-2012, 08:10 PM	#1
Patashu FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: we traced the call...it's coming from inside the house Age: 33 Posts: 8,609	Is my Cobalt Flux fixable? In stepmania 5's test input, the start and back buttons on the control box register, but none of the nine panels do. The connectors between the serial cable and the pad are rusty, and after a lot of effort I managed to unscrew one but not the other so I can only wriggle it a bit (and the one I couldn't unscrew is starting to break, the plastic flexes instead of holds firm...). WD40's been sprayed on all the metal bits. Wriggling and adjusting doesn't seem to help yet. Is there anything I should/shouldn't be doing at this point? Is the problem more likely to be in the cable or in the pad? __________________ Patashu makes Chiptunes in Famitracker: http://soundcloud.com/patashu/8bit-progressive-metal-fading-world http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Mechadragon/smallpackbanner.png Best non-AAAs: ERx8 v2 (14-1-0-4), Hajnal (3-0-0-0), RunnyMorning (8-0-0-4), Xeno-Flow (1-0-0-3), Blue Rose (35-2-0-20), Ketsarku (14-0-0-0), Silence (1-0-0-0), Lolo (14-1-0-1) http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee301/xiaoven/solorulzsig.png Last edited by Patashu; 07-3-2012 at 08:12 PM..

07-3-2012, 09:50 PM	#2
Choofers FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 33 Posts: 6,205	Re: Is my Cobalt Flux fixable? Does it work for sm 3.9? __________________

07-4-2012, 05:25 AM	#3
Patashu FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: we traced the call...it's coming from inside the house Age: 33 Posts: 8,609	Re: Is my Cobalt Flux fixable? My dad came home and had a look at it with me. Turns out the ground wire wasn't connected to the bottom part of the pad, so none of the pads could complete the circuit. It was actually a pretty easy fix, which is good since if it was broken somewhere else it'd be a lot harder to fix __________________ Patashu makes Chiptunes in Famitracker: http://soundcloud.com/patashu/8bit-progressive-metal-fading-world http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Mechadragon/smallpackbanner.png Best non-AAAs: ERx8 v2 (14-1-0-4), Hajnal (3-0-0-0), RunnyMorning (8-0-0-4), Xeno-Flow (1-0-0-3), Blue Rose (35-2-0-20), Ketsarku (14-0-0-0), Silence (1-0-0-0), Lolo (14-1-0-1) http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee301/xiaoven/solorulzsig.png

07-4-2012, 10:16 AM	#4
Choofers FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 33 Posts: 6,205	Re: Is my Cobalt Flux fixable? saved by the dad __________________

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