Recent content by LexRsnow

Alright, some more work has been done for the week, and surprisingly, the case work is almost done! So, lots more progress on the inside this time. (Actually, last time didn't have anything on the inside for that matter). Battery holders have been put in place, this time using a bit of a...

I'd like to think that most people would agree: old computers have a sort of characteristic charm to them. For me in particular, I like the overall simplicity of the design- -everything is box, but it's a fancy box. It's a box with other box-like components that stick out of it and wrap around...

This project needs to evolve You know, maybe I haven't referenced it enough- -or maybe I've said it too much- -but this project was fun. At least, at first. I remember jumping into this saying, "Hey! Let's just give this a try. Get your skills developed" and all that. I started designing the...

Sometimes, I only find out the answer after I've asked the question. The next morning after I posted the above question it suddenly occurred to me (don't know how it didn't before) that I didn't wiring 3v3 logic to the board ":rothink:," I thought, "I wonder if that's the issue." I couldn't see...

Good news!... and bad news. Let's start on a positive note: the Wii has been re-wired to the PMS and still boots! Bad news, however, is that RVLoader will not detect the microSD card. No biggie, I thought. I'll just do the troubleshooting myself. Here's how that went: *inhale* - Flipped...

Hey, thank you so much for the advice; after I got back to my work station I isolated the Wii from the PMS and, sure enough, a flat-out 0 ohms between ground and 3.3 volts. Not to mention that the regulator has started working consistently again (when disconnected from the Wii) Some other...

Well, bad news, then. I've been at it for about an hour and thirty and still... nothing. The 3v3 pad will fluctuate from .05 to .1 (I mean to say .051 instead of .51 in my original post), but it's not going higher than 0.128. 5v has started to have issues as well, fluctuating between 5 and 3.1...

Well, looks like I've bumped into my first real problem. After (partially) soldering VGA into the screen, I wanted to see if the screen would show video with only one color connected. I turned on the system, and while the fan worked, the screen didn't turn on. It wasn't much later that I found...

A bit of a small update, but a good sign of progress! Over this past week (after putting the project on hold for studying and schoolwork, among other limitations), I've been trying to get this project into a "working" state. I got my Plusivo about some weeks ago and my helping hands arrived...

Finally, it's time for an update- -albeit a minor one. In the 4 months that this worklog hasn't been updated, more chugging away at the case has been done, and now that chugging has turned into... whatever a better word might be. In fact, the case work is done™! Man, test print, after test...

Sometimes, wack battery life readings can stem from not having SCW and SDW twisted from the PMS. I'd try to twist them and then see if that fixes the issue. I'm definitely the more... "safe" kind of guy, so coming from me, I'd keep it at 2A, although the 4layer documents say it can handle up to...

Sounds like I got some good advice :D. Thanks guys!

Incoming question! It suddenly occurred to me that I was dedicating more time to my case design than practicing my soldering. With this in mind, I decided to practice on a dead wii and put those skills to the test by soldering the speaker to the RVL-AMP. Most joints looked fine and solid, using...

Well, how do I start this? For some reason, I thought that building a portable Wii was a nice, simple, relaxing DIY project. I thought that if something didn't look like it would work, I would just fix it in the test print; just sand it down. Besides, I had already put in maybe 20-30 hours on...