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Re: IR tower problems
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 14 Feb 2001 14:29:32 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net#ihatespam#>
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Greg Ericksen wrote:
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> WHile i was plugging in the cable for the IR tower, i heard a snap and
> noticed that some pins on the plug got shoved halfway into the computer. How
> should i fix this.
If you open up the computer, you should be able to push them back into place
from the back of the connector. However, once they get displaced like that,
it'll happen more and more often. In the end, you'll have to push the tower
cable into the back of the machine with the lid off and then push the errant
pins back out from the inside every time you plug something in.
If you only *ever* use the Lego tower in that socket - and never use the
tower anywhere else then plug it in an *leave it* ! If you need to plug
and unplug frequently then you'll need to replace the connector on the
back of the PC.
I guess you could try pushing the pins out and stuffing a wad of epoxy
in behind each one to try to hold it...but I doubt that would be terribly
reliable.
Don't blame Lego though - your computer manufacturer used a cheap and
nasty connector on the PC.
> Also If i were to get a USB adapter for the plug, and
> plugged it into the computer, would the computer recognize it.
I doubt it. The new RIS 2.0 set is reputed to have a USB tower - so
perhaps once that gets to be commonplace, you'll be able to drive your
tower that way with the 2.0 software. I kinda doubt it though.
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| (...) One technique that is forgotten in the days iof surface mount is to use a sacrificial connector. Back in the olden days, when we updated a BIOS by changing the actual chip (no FLASH then) we would often put the chip in a second socket, or put (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| WHile i was plugging in the cable for the IR tower, i heard a snap and noticed that some pins on the plug got shoved halfway into the computer. How should i fix this. Also If i were to get a USB adapter for the plug, and plugged it into the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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