Wico joysticks

[tonyvdb]

So Ive got two Wico joysticks and I just got my A4000 up and running again. Both joysticks seem to be out of centre. When playing a game they both push the player to the right and no matter how hard I pull the joysticks to the left nothing changes or it will only stop the motion. Is there a trim adjustment somewhere that Im missing?

[tonyvdb]

Ya, thats my concern that the port is faulty as they both exhibit the same behavior.
I wonder if its repairable.

[tonyvdb]

The mouse works fine in port 1 so tonight Im going to try a joystick in that port on a 2 player game I know uses both ports to see what happens.

[tonyvdb]

Im very sure the Wico's are fine as they have been kept in a storage location in my desk and they were working the last time I used them a couple years ago.
Is the CIA chip something that can be replaced or reseated?

[tonyvdb]

Battery was replaced a few years ago and there is no leakage or damage from the old one.
I guess one thing I can do when I get home is see if the problem happens if I have nothing connected to the port2, it should do nothing if I have it disconnected?

[tonyvdb]

Keyboard unplug has made no difference. I'm going to strip things down again and see if the ribbon cables going to the two ports are maybe loose or not seated correctly.

[tonyvdb]

Well, after stripping down the Amiga to just the basics again looks like something is amiss with the Joysick/mouse ports as it still acts strange with both ports doing the same thing with both Wico joysticks. Im also getting strange cutting out of the video out to the monitor as it seems the Indivision is not seating properly but after removing and reseating the problem is still there.

Frustrating as I know I dont want to spend loads of money to fix this.

[tonyvdb]

I did remove the Indivision after I noticed that the video was intermittent. Put it back in and problem is still there after I snap the mediator board back in so I'm thinking that applying pressure to the board is causing issues.

[tonyvdb]

How does one unplug the mouse and plug the joystic into port 1 for a two player game then? Ive always been under the impression that the amiga was not bothered by "hot swapping the mouse/joysticks?

[tonyvdb]

Most game will boot themselves, so you don't need the mouse to start them. Right?

not if your using games installed on the hard drive.
@ddniUK thats an option. Wonder if they are available still?

[tonyvdb]

Hi, thanks for the advice.
No, when I removed either of the two joysticks the problem is not there. The motherboard has never been recapped but visually it looks clean.

Neither the mouse or the joysticks have any metal parts on or around the plug ends. I don't see how any static can build up in the plastic ends.

[tonyvdb]

Graphic glitches are there with or without them plugged in. I'm sure the two are unrelated. These Amiga motherboards ar old and I'm sure that all my pulling things out and messing around is not helping.
On a side note, the power supply is a newer Enermax 400watt ATX that I re-wired to work with the A4000 so I'm highly doubting that I have issues with the 5v supply.