- Feb 2, 2012
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Greetings,
The sega genesis is assembled in layers. Below is a representation.
[Upper shell with cartridge hole and power / reset switches]
[Metal sheath covering mainboard and cartridge slot]
[Motherboard with screws holding it down through cartridge slot]
[Plastic standoff sitting directly beneath Hitachi 68000 CPU]
[Metal base plate]
[Plastic base]
When I reassembled my sega genesis I put the plastic standoff beneath the metal base plate. Connecting over fifty solder points from the cpu and various chips effectively shorting them out.
The console adapter now buzzes and the system sparks when the adapter plug is put in.
I recognize I've fudged up. I'm sixteen, just getting into soldering. (Didn't do anything except dissasmble and reassemble. Been building computers since I was 10, looking to get into soldering for modding video and stuff.)
I've learned an excellent lesson, it was only a fifteen dollar console anyway. I've got a new one coming in the mail.
My question: the adapter. Is it possible to screw that up? I can save myself weeks of waiting and nine dollars if I just reuse the adapter. Unfortunately I have no way of testing it as I have no sega.
TL;DR
Is an adapter that was used on a fried device, that was not fried as a result of the adapter but rather user incompetency, is it safe to use on another device?
As in, did the frying on the sega genesis fry the adapter?
Thanks!
The sega genesis is assembled in layers. Below is a representation.
[Upper shell with cartridge hole and power / reset switches]
[Metal sheath covering mainboard and cartridge slot]
[Motherboard with screws holding it down through cartridge slot]
[Plastic standoff sitting directly beneath Hitachi 68000 CPU]
[Metal base plate]
[Plastic base]
When I reassembled my sega genesis I put the plastic standoff beneath the metal base plate. Connecting over fifty solder points from the cpu and various chips effectively shorting them out.
The console adapter now buzzes and the system sparks when the adapter plug is put in.
I recognize I've fudged up. I'm sixteen, just getting into soldering. (Didn't do anything except dissasmble and reassemble. Been building computers since I was 10, looking to get into soldering for modding video and stuff.)
I've learned an excellent lesson, it was only a fifteen dollar console anyway. I've got a new one coming in the mail.
My question: the adapter. Is it possible to screw that up? I can save myself weeks of waiting and nine dollars if I just reuse the adapter. Unfortunately I have no way of testing it as I have no sega.
TL;DR
Is an adapter that was used on a fried device, that was not fried as a result of the adapter but rather user incompetency, is it safe to use on another device?
As in, did the frying on the sega genesis fry the adapter?
Thanks!
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