digitaljez posted on Dec 10 2005 at 03:14 AM said:I had to raise my pad as it was being prevented by the casing from registering left. As the thumbpad was pushed to the left it was coming into contact with the case, preventing further movement, before the switch was being activated. If I tried this fix on mine I would be back where I started.
Actually, I do have problems with thew down direction too (sometimes it doesn't register so I have to press down a few times), I assumed it was a bug in the ebook reader, it's the gp2x program I use in which the down direction gets used the most. When you say 'the screws', you mean the case screws holding the unit closed right? won't messing with those void your guarantee?nubie posted on Dec 11 2005 at 02:58 PM said:digitaljez posted on Dec 10 2005 at 03:14 AM said:I had to raise my pad as it was being prevented by the casing from registering left. As the thumbpad was pushed to the left it was coming into contact with the case, preventing further movement, before the switch was being activated. If I tried this fix on mine I would be back where I started.
If you have that, it is just an issue of the circuit board shifting, loosen all the screws, then tighten in a star pattern, a few turns at a time per screw, works every time for me.
I tighten down, check by moving the stick while looking to see if it contacts the faceplate, then tightening all the way if it is in place.
Interestingly enough, I find that too far Right makes right and Up right crappy, and there is the screen thing with the dark spot that changes when I move the stick.
Too far Left makes the stick contact the faceplate.
Like I said, tightening down the screws slowly in different patterns while shifting the circuit board will eventually get it to where it is perfect, I haven't had any problems with down, like DaveC reports, but I would be sure to make the stick centered in the face hole Up/Down, as well as Left/Right.
codesmith posted on Dec 11 2005 at 03:22 PM said:Actually, I do have problems with thew down direction too (sometimes it doesn't register so I have to press down a few times), I assumed it was a bug in the ebook reader, it's the gp2x program I use in which the down direction gets used the most. When you say 'the screws', you mean the case screws holding the unit closed right? won't messing with those void your guarantee?
Thraka posted on Dec 11 2005 at 11:43 PM said:I donno I just hate the stick much more than i hated the Gp32's stick.
Will it ever be possible to do a pad on it? When I use the firmwares butten tester I find it's so easy to hit a cornor when you're trying to go up or side. And so easy to hit up\side when you go for a cornor.
If I cannot get some sort of fix for it, I'll gladly sell it to a dev for 75% stock price, and be done
Turambar posted on Dec 11 2005 at 10:52 PM said:My effort...
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I used a scalpel. Craft/stanley knife is probably the best way to go.
Now all it needs is some rubberiser...
Julius posted on Dec 12 2005 at 07:41 PM said:I don't get it... even after close inspection of my stick I can see no way this is going to improve the stick problem, as the plastic-shaft of the stick does not touch anything, and the metal stick is the limiting factor for height...
Or am I just to stupid to see the obvious?
digitaljez posted on Dec 10 2005 at 06:14 AM said:I had to raise my pad as it was being prevented by the casing from registering left. As the thumbpad was pushed to the left it was coming into contact with the case, preventing further movement, before the switch was being activated. If I tried this fix on mine I would be back where I started.
I never seemed to have any problems with the joystick having a dead zone before because my stick was reletively low, but recently it got so low that it hit the edges and didnt move far enough to register.Quiest posted on Dec 12 2005 at 04:15 PM said:That fix totally messed up my stick <_< Thanks Craig...
Now the stick is too far in, and NO direction is registered.
Now I`ll have to search a way to repair it or make a replacement stick...