Madcatz fightstick TE street IV, joystick not responding.

Tech Talk
1

Hello SKR members,

I need your help figuring out what possibly went wrong with my fightstick.

I was replacing the stock Sanwa actuator with an oversized. I removed the 5 pin connector from the joystick and all the connections on the buttons so I could remove the cover where the joystick is attached to. after I was done replacing the actuator, I connected everything back together. before screwing on the bolts on the cover, I made sure that all the buttons worked and joystick. Unfortunately, the joystick didn’t. I lifted the cover and made sure the 5 pin connector was attached correctly, which it was, but I still wasn’t getting a response from the joystick. Again I took off the cover, but this time flipped the 5 pin connector, but still no luck. The 5 pin connector on the PCB is firmly attached and hasn’t been removed.

I thought it might be the brook converter (Xbox 360 to Xbox 1) but I tested it with a different converter, but still no luck.

Could it be the PCB has gone bad?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

2

These early Mad Catz TE sticks (both PS3 and Xbox 360) have poorly made PCBs which all known to have issues.

I also take a multimeter to the USB cable and test to see if the USB cable have no breaks or shorts.

3

@Darksakul Thanks for your input. My friend has the same fightstick and I swapped over some of the parts, and I was able to determine that it is the PCB that has failed.

I’ll be ordering the Brook UFB real soon.