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The "A" pad is no longer recognizing

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:24 pm
by lord_of_misrule
Hey all, I was wondering if I could pick yer brains:

So I built my 1st mintypi last year and it was a success! Had absolutely no issues...until now. For some reason, the A pad stopped registering. I tried hooking up a controller, but you need the A pad to get to the Configure Inputs menu. I took it apart, cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol, still nothing.

Has anyone ever encountered this? Oh, it's the new AIO version 1.0

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks,

-misrule

Re: The "A" pad is no longer recognizing

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:48 am
by infinitLoop
lord_of_misrule wrote:
Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:24 pm
Hey all, I was wondering if I could pick yer brains:

So I built my 1st mintypi last year and it was a success! Had absolutely no issues...until now. For some reason, the A pad stopped registering. I tried hooking up a controller, but you need the A pad to get to the Configure Inputs menu. I took it apart, cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol, still nothing.

Has anyone ever encountered this? Oh, it's the new AIO version 1.0

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks,

-misrule

sounds like the solder connection on the a pad is bad. the A button is pin 12 according to the config, so I'd just add a little solder there.

also, if you use a usb keyboard instead of a controller, it should work without having to configure it first, since the buttons are mapped as a virtual keyboard. the left ctrl button is A and the left alt button is B. start is Enter and the arrow keys should work.

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Re: The "A" pad is no longer recognizing

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:01 am
by lord_of_misrule
Thank you! That totally did the trick!

Re: The "A" pad is no longer recognizing

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:28 am
by riomdr
infinitLoop wrote:
Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:48 am
lord_of_misrule wrote:
Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:24 pm
Hey all, I was wondering if I could pick yer brains:

So I built my 1st mintypi last year and it was a success! Had absolutely no issues...until now. For some reason, the A pad stopped registering. I tried hooking up a controller, but you need the A pad to get to the Configure Inputs menu. I took it apart, cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol, still nothing.

Has anyone ever encountered this? Oh, it's the new AIO version 1.0

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks,

-misrule

sounds like the solder connection on the a pad is bad. the A button is pin 12 according to the config, so I'd just add a little solder there.

also, if you use a usb keyboard instead of a controller, it should work without having to configure it first, since the buttons are mapped as a virtual keyboard. the left ctrl button is A and the left alt button is B. start is Enter and the arrow keys should work.

.
Thanks for the help infiniteloop. Will update you on the woodforest bank login output soon.