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| I am writing to see if anybody has any idea on how to fix a badly functioning output on my RCX 1.0 . The problem that I have encountered is that output C does not respond to any forward commands. However, it does respond to backwards commands. I (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) My Scout had one motor port which was rather flaky. It would periodically stop working, but jiggling the wire would often fix it. Lego was willing to fix it but I was too lazy to send it in. So I opened my scout up and saw that the connection (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I'm sorry to have to say this, but it looks like you've blown one of the MX10400 motor controllers within the RCX itself. These chips were made by a company called Melexis. I can't remember the web address (probably something stupidly simple like (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Thankyou very much for your help. I have no idea what caused my rcx to malfunction. I received my rcx in '98 and have used it very infrequently. Previously I had only used output A and B. Recently I got a new motor and started using Ouput C for the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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