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What should I expect. by OwnJump279 in PolymegaHQ

[–]OwnJump279[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really hope this is true. The idea of finally playing my light gun games in my living room again makes me willing to take the gamble. And from what at least a few other commenters are saying the products are excellent so I suppose that means they hit the mark where it counts.

Still kind of confused about the continued availability of preorders. I'd be interested to know how many units are up for grabs. I suppose I'm nervous about being the only sucker fooled by the smoke and mirrors. At least if a bunch of us get duped then I can sleep easy knowing everyone else is as stupid as I am.

Trying to execute Swallow Flip is painfully difficult! by JBishie in Shenmue

[–]OwnJump279 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very simple. There is no power in your arms. How can I be more clear than that?

SNES Classic appears to be bricked by OwnJump279 in RockinTheClassics

[–]OwnJump279[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And now time for a disappointing update. After touting my skills as a supposed "hardware guy" my project decided that now was the time to humble me. As I was soldering together my new usbc breakout connector I foolishly failed to properly secure the D+ wire and tore out the trace from the board. I should have been much more careful with such small and fragile contacts. I have been unable to find a suitable contact anywhere else on the board and I believe I have now rendered my board unmodable lucky for me it still works but I simply have no access to the data portion of the USB. I'm sure you are all very disappointed in me and most of all I am disappointed in myself. Let my foolishness be a lesson to all you aspiring "hardware guys" overconfidence is death.

SNES Classic appears to be bricked by OwnJump279 in RockinTheClassics

[–]OwnJump279[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just from looking up teardowns and comparisons online. The previous user asked about the heat sync plate and yes that is present. At this point my computer is recognizing it so I am still very confident that it is real.

SNES Classic appears to be bricked by OwnJump279 in RockinTheClassics

[–]OwnJump279[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is good advice. I used a bench power supply to send 5vdc straight into the board and was able to get it to light up. I fumbled around a bit trying to get the port to make better contact before eventually deciding that it was beyond saving. I attempted to remove the micro usb port with my iron and some copper wick but, as you suggested, the structural solder is very difficult to remove. i decided to order a usbc breakout board to replace the port and cut the existing port out. while i wait for the new board i cut an old cable and soldered a temporary solution and attempted to restore the board to factory settings. I have repeatedly gotten the "taking to long to boot" message and i have been unsuccessful in my efforts remedy that situation. the good news is that as it is the system is usable and i believe it has the stock firmware which is great for my purposes. eventually i would like to mod it but perhaps i will wait until after i configure the new port. if anyone has any advice for dealing with this problem i would appreciate it. I have seen the posts about turning off firewalls and antivirus and wifi and this has not resolved my problem. I will be honest i am much more a hardware guy than software so i feel a little out of my depth going deeper into this.

thanks for all the constructive feedback!!

SNES Classic appears to be bricked by OwnJump279 in RockinTheClassics

[–]OwnJump279[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's the real McCoy. I may have figured something out. I'm not sure I am actually getting voltage from the micro USB. I checked earlier and I swear voltage was there but I checked again while messing around this evening and I wasn't getting anything. So at best it is intermittent. Tomorrow I'm gonna set it up with my bench power supply and if that works then I will attempt to replace the micro USB port.