I am here to seek some help on modding my Mayflash arcade stick. I bought this stick a year ago and enjoyed it until the buttons and joystick became unresponsive, so then proceeded in buying a Sanwa JLF stick and buttons. So far, I have been able to solder the buttons and they work successfully. Then when I tried to solder the JLF stick onto the PCB (see picture below; I desoldered it), the PCB starts to overheat and my computer does not recognize the Mayflash Arcade stick.
If you see in the picture (on the right), the white connectors (whatever they’re called) are gone. I was wondering if I am “screwed” or not when trying to solder the joystick to the PCB?
2009 Mayflash is not Common Ground.
Cannot do the Joystick like how you are doing.
Remove the JLF PCB and solder directly to Microswitches like how you did.
Or cut the Ground Trace of the JLF PCB and solder directly to Microwitches like how you did.
But if by now your PC does not recognize the Mayflash, I’m to say it is dead from overheat. :sad:
A lot of people do not realize the 2009 Mayflash is not Common Ground, and proceed to mod like you did.
I did cut the Ground Trace of the JLF PCB and solder directly to Microwitches. However, my PCB is not recognized and heats up when I solder the microswitches onto the PCB. But when I desolder it, it recognizes it and I can test the buttons.
