MOD - Homemade converters

[soop]

Ok, thanks guys - so ground it.  I'll be using a white PCE.  I can't find my dremel at the moment though

*edit* just FMI, the same converter would work on a TG16 right?  if you're just swapping pins around, I don't see why it wouldn't.

[thesteve]

yes the converter works both ways, as long as the pin is grounded

[KnightWarrior]

How does the converter work anyways..

Do you put it on the card contacts??

Any Vids on youtube about it??

[thesteve]

chops yes

[KnightWarrior]

Cool thanks..

[soop]

Ok, been working away at my own converter.  I've already made some stupid mistakes;
Firstly, I didn't remeove the pins from the bottom first.  Additionally I didn't have needlenose pliers, which is pretty much essential for this job.  Second thing I did was to cut the extra 2 pins off, so I've glued them back on, but I'm considering starting again with a better understanding.


Here's the data-pin jumpering (currently unfinished) using the spare ribbon cable from the PCI thing.  I may have cut the ground trace, but I can fix that.  I used a craft knife - will that do the trick for trace cutting?



Here's my pigs ear of a butchered PCI slot.  Some pins I could't extract after they broke in half at the back, so I just bent them to the back.



And here's the other end with the 2 "extra" pins glued back on

[Jugbug]

A craft knife should be fine for cutting the traces, but make sure you're cutting deep enough, maybe make two separate cuts to be sure if you don't have a multimeter/continuity tester to check.

If you're planning on rewiring the data lines entirely on the one pcb like I did with mine, the ribbon cable wire might be too thick with the wires all crisscrossing each other.  I used individual strands of 30 awg wire on mine.

My PCI slot looked similar to yours.  Just the nature of hacking/grinding/melting away at plastic at a weird angle I guess.  I tried to clean mine up a bit after with a file.

[KnightWarrior]

How does Chops converter work anyway??

[roflmao]

How does Chops converter work anyway??

Just read the first few pages of this thread.  If that's too much work, you can jump to this point. 

[KnightWarrior]

Thanks....

[juanito]

Thought I'd add the PCE adaptor I made to the gallery.  Looks like it's similar to the idea Chop5 had in the first picture of his first post.

I made it out of an original 32bit PCI extension cable (not PCI-E), something like this:

I removed all but one ribbon cable, cut the bottom PCB to the size of a hucard, removed the pins from one side of the PCI slot and widened the slot a bit with a dremel so a hucard could fit in.  Then I cut the traces on the top PCB for the 8 data lines to rewire.  The bottom PCB needed a little plastic or tape since it was too thin to make contact in the cartridge slot without it.  It's been working great for my use in a Duo.  I don't have a TurboExpress to try it with, but it holds the hucard and plugs into the system snug enough that neither would fall out, although the ribbon cable may be a bit long.

Hope this helps anyone looking to make an adaptor.  I think it cost me about $6~7.

thanks a ton for the information, im going to attempt to make one of your adapters after seeing that the only adaptors made sell for $200+ which is ridic (i wish krizz the maker of the everdrives would make a nice converter pcb, and it would be a reasonable price too, problem is getting slot connectors)

i ordered the adapter from ebay for like $4.57
http://www.ebay.com/itm/32-Bits-Flexible-PCI-Riser-Slot-Extender-Cable-Adapter-Extension-Converter-Cable-/300639632092?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45ff84badc

im going to be using it on a laseractive pac-n10 system so i have additional problems with it being a mostly enclosed slot
i dont think the ribbon cable is sturdy enough to push the connector all the way in

ive got some funny ideas that will make this work with it, ill post a pic after im done

all this just to use a pce arcade duo card

[thesteve]

region mod it

[fraggore]

would be easyer

[wildfruit]

its not homemade but works fine
bit cheaper than a kisado and fits quite snug

[wyndcrosser]

its not homemade but works fine
bit cheaper than a kisado and fits quite snug

If you read this, when did you get that adapter?