USB Saturn Pad problem

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:53 pm

Apparently, the rubber grommet for the d-pad controls on my USB Saturn pad has broken. The rubber around the "Left" contact point has decided to tear and let the contact rattle around inside the pad.

If anyone has a genuine Saturn pad and could post pictures of the internals I would be greatly appreciative. I'm wondering if I can either A.) Buy a genuine Saturn pad and swap the grommet B.) Buy a genuine Saturn pad and swap the PCB or, as a last resort C.) Glue the contact points onto the d-pad actuator itself and remove the rest of the grommet completely.

I wouldn't be concerned, but damn, it's a USB Saturn pad, and it ain't like they're growing on trees.

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:29 pm

Damocles wrote:Apparently, the rubber grommet for the d-pad controls on my USB Saturn pad has broken. The rubber around the "Left" contact point has decided to tear and let the contact rattle around inside the pad.

Same thing happened to one of my Ascii FT pads back in the day. The Saturn style wide travel d-pad really puts some force on the rubber underneath.

-Super Famicom pad ftw-

If anyone has a genuine Saturn pad and could post pictures of the internals I would be greatly appreciative.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:37 pm

Just as I figured...it's exactly the same. Thanks ox!

It's actually rather disconcerting since I've only had the pad for two years and it's already going bad... Time to find a few spares...

General Martok · Post by **General Martok** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:44 pm

There is that one shop which sells new saturn pads for 5$ ...they never seem to run out . Let me look up the url , it's on the SRK forums somewhere.

General Martok · Post by **General Martok** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:48 pm

http://bestsku.com/productsDetail.asp?PID=1475

unfortunatly they only ship to the USA