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Hello,
I recently pulled my fz10 out of my closet to play need for speed and gex, and the games load up fine but i can not use the controller at all.

I have several controllers 2 different panasonics 1 logitech 1 goldstar 1 sidekick, none of them work. Is there a capacitor in the 3do connected to the port that could have gone bad?

Should I try and re soldier the 9 pin to the board or get a port from a dead fz10 from my childhood? It does look like it has a sturdy connection and i can find no burns on the board.

I was even thinking of trashing a sega genesis extension cable and soldiering it to the board, I am at a loss. I miss my 3do, emus don't do it justice, all i can do is watch.

Wow first your laser goes and now your controller port! Sorry to hear it, hopefully someone here knows what to do.

Do you have any test/measurement equipment? DMM or oscilloscope?

The first thing to try would be to reflow the solder at the pins of the DB-9 port on the board.

I have a multimeter.
The dead 3do from my childhood used to at least turn on now it doesn't do that. I don't think its the laser as it still moves when placed in my newer 3do, its the turntable that doesn't move.

Thanks for the suggestion about re flowing the soldier I will try that today. I was up all night tracing the board looking for burns and oxidation, so far I have found none. I made the mistake of touching a pin on the port while it was on and the 3do reset.

Thanks again.

Fixed. I did some tracing and i found some corrosion on the board that separated 2 of the connections. i soldiered 2 wires. woot it works.

Thanks for the tips
patience and persistence pays off.


now to figure out an rgb mod for an fz10. Does the a/v expansion on the back of the fz10 have any video out capabilities?

bulletbob wrote:Fixed. I did some tracing and i found some corrosion on the board that separated 2 of the connections. i soldiered 2 wires. woot it works.

Thanks for the tips
patience and persistence pays off.

I'm glad you got it working.


now to figure out an rgb mod for an fz10. Does the a/v expansion on the back of the fz10 have any video out capabilities?[/quote]


To get RGB you are going to need to tap into the DAC from within the console.

good for you man.