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A3000 joy down not working only on games
« on: October 21, 2006, 03:49:21 AM »
My A300 works very well other than this one small problem:

Playing F/A-18 Interceptor and another game.

It is as though someone in holding down the down arrow or joy down. If F/A-18, the jet ius always trying to pull up and eventually crashes.

I Aliens, the character always moves downward and in another, the action is similar.

I have OS3.1. Could it be that any of my chips may be bad? There ios no hardware damage from a battery leak and the battery is fine.

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Re: A3000 joy down not working only on games
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2006, 05:22:48 AM »
Oh, I have a spare A3000 - any chips I could swap out?
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Re: A3000 joy down not working only on games
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2006, 01:15:59 PM »
lol - I have tried other joy sticks... and egt this... it happenes without a joystick or keyboard even hocked up ;)
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Re: A3000 joy down not working only on games
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2006, 05:25:15 PM »
I will try replacing paula and the CIAs...

And yes, I did try on another A3000. Definately an issue here somewhere.

Awesome guys. Gives me somehting to check before the webcast ;)
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Re: A3000 joy down not working only on games
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2006, 06:50:25 PM »
I replaced both CIAs and even put them in the right direction ;)

Replace Paula.

I replaced and tested each separately. There is no difference noticed.

Other ideas my find friends?

NOTE: The chips I replaced were from another machine where this problem did nto occur. This machine had 2.04.
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Re: A3000 joy down not working only on games
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2006, 10:53:42 PM »
This is great info. I replaced the Denise right away as it was a simple task and the least timely.

I downloaded the application and found that there is certianly a problem getting inputs fromthe joystick port.

I am unfamiliar with U401, its location or if it can be removed witha vicegrip or not ;)

Which other parts could I swap out to diagnose? Or, will I know require a special vendor to do this?

Thanks for your help thus far
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