Subarticle of DIYing a plug that fits the... | PlayStation development | Published 2022-02-27 19:34:14 UTC
Alright, so I did the first continuity check and only 4 out of the total 30 pins were bad (one data pin and 3 address pins), which is by no means perfect (the connector won't work properly when a single pin is bad), but it's way better than I was expecting. Upon looking inside my connector, yeah, these pins in particular definitely look sketchy (or are just straight out flat inside).
The good news is that upon inserting the connector into the console, none of the pins are being bent inside the motherboard's connector anymore, since I have pushed in the conflicting pins inside my connector a bit further.
And yes, the board still boots up fine. When I was probing the power lines just to make sure that I hadn't screwed anything up, I panicked for a bit when the 3.5 V rail appeared to be shorted to ground, it turns out I was just accidentally touching the PIO connector's (grounded!) shield with the positive probe! 😁
NOTE: If you couldn't already tell, this project is not for the faint-hearted! If you are insane enough to follow with my progress at home, you are at your own risk!
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MottZilla (Archived from PSXDEV.net) | Posted on 2022-02-27 23:59:16 UTC
Yeah, deforming pins/contacts in the console's connector is definitely not good.
Are you planning to just hookup a EPROM with a Action Replay or GameShark ROM? Or the NoCash BIOS?
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