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Console Modding------ ( Here you can talk about your favorite Consoles ) => XBOX 360 => Topic started by: Epic Lavalamp on August 31, 2011, 06:51:08 PM
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So here's the deal... I decided to install a pulse VU 2 chip into a clear xbox 360 controller so I could have the blue led's inside fade or what have you to my liking. The only problem is that the switch to controll the modes seems to be malfuntioning. I gained some experience with the Pulse Vu 2X when I installed it successfully into my 360, but this is the first time I used a vu 2. (mainly b/c 2X's are impossible to find anywhere now'a'days...)
But basically,
I made my own switch w/ 10k resistor for the SW pad (Here is a schematic from sickmods: http://diy.sickmods.net/images/pulsevu-SW-button.png (http://diy.sickmods.net/images/pulsevu-SW-button.png)
Installed a toggle switch in place of a 0-3v standby source for the PO pad
Hooked the + pad of the vu 2 to the battery lead
Hooked the - pad of the vu 2 to the battery lead
Did not touch the AL or AR pads
Hooked the + leads from the LED's to the battery lead
And finally hooked all of the LED grounds to the VU pad
And after all of this I get some strange results... Instead of the lights flashing in binary to indicate that you are switching modes, the controller simply goes into one of said modes.
For instance, If I hold the SW button down long enough the controller will simply light up in the dim mode, or in the fading mode, depending on which way the PO toggle button is flipped. And, as you will see in the video, If I hold the button down for a particularly long time, the lights will turn on to full brightness when I release the button...
I'm pretty sure I have installed everything correctly, but I could have made a mistake somewhere down the line. I have contacted sickmods.net, but they have still not replied back. If anyone here knows what the problem could be, I would be very grateful.
As promised, here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B09ORd-f1hE
(I just uploaded it, so if it's bad quality it's youtube's fault)
PLEASE HALP
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If you go to the sickmods website and look at the news it says there have been problems with some pulseVU 2s which souds similar to your problems. Maybe its your board. Maybe not I don't know much about sickmods products.
http://www.sickmods.net/ - scroll down a bit and it says "PulseVU 2 recall"
edit: direct link to article
http://www.sickmods.net/news/04.15.09-PulseVU_2_Recall/
[mod] please keep it in one post don't double post.
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Wow, I bet that's what it is... Well, I wonder if the will fix it for me even if I bought it from somewhere else... fml
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dont know. maybe one of the more PulseVU 2 experienced guys can confirm if you have it wired up correctly or not, then go from there if it's not wired up correctly make the appropriate changes and if it still doesn't work try to get into contact with sickmods that's my suggestion
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Well, I contacted them through their site twice now with no luck. I think the only thing I can really do is wait for a reply saying that they will replace it. And would you happen to know anyone with any pulse vu knowledge I could message on this site?
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nope sorry!