If the cable is bad, you can take a standard 2 hole power cable (like off a boombox, the 99cent store has them) and snip the fitting in half. Fits the yoyo perfectly.
> You might check here: > > http://store.yahoo.com/smartdiskstore/lapbatcharan.html > > Gary > > Paul Nicholson wrote: > > > > > On Dec 11, 2003, at 7:05 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: > > > >> Well folks, > >> We found the torx we needed, the proper pdf to take the WallStreet > >> apart > >> and put it back together (and I thought the 8500 was hard) and the > >> sound > >> card arrived. > >> We're all set and the darn thing still won't stay connected unless > >> we use > >> a stack of index cards to support the plug from the yo-yo. > >> > >> So it must be the yo-yo, eh? > > > > > > Maybe not. The power supply connection comes loose from the circuit > > board on Wallstreets and may need to be resoldered. It happened to me. > > Just resolder the connector. > > > > If the YoYo plug is intermittant, you can probably make it act up by > > wiggling the cable where it connects to the plug ot the YoYo. If it's > > the WallStreet connection then wiggling the plug relative to the > > Wallstreet should show it. Try not to wiggle one while you are > > wiggling the other. > > > >> Anyone have any thoughts besides a new yo-yo? And are there any > >> alternatives, since I hear horror stories about them? > >> > > If your YoYo's bad just start hacking at it to find the problem. If > > you have a bad DC cable connection at the YoYo end, split open the > > YoYo, strip the wire and re-solder it. Slap on a bit of silicone > > rubber for a strain relief. Glue the YoYo back together with super > > glue. It's not pristine, but you've got a power supply out of what > > would have been landfill food. > > > > If it's the plug on the end of the DC cable, shave the plastic molding > > down with a knife and resolder the wires. Slap it back together with > > heatshrink tubing and silicone rubber. > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
