Need help with Ignition pad

Reprieve · Basic Member Joined: 29 Jun 2003

Hey all
I bought a DDRNation v2.0 Ignition Pad from www.ddrnation.com/products.htm.

Within a month, it has become totally useless. The arrow sensors just randomly get stuck down during every single song, making it totally unplayable. I've tried taking the foam inserts out, and playing without them - it doesn't help at all.

This is driving me CRAZY. If you know what I can do to fix this, I would be INCREDIBLY grateful if you'd help me out.

Thanx

Oh, P.S.: I e-mailed them about a week ago. The bastards haven't responded, and I don't really expect them to. grrr

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Neil_J · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 6:15 am Post subject:

if i were you check the warranty/gurantee and see if you can send it back. There is nothing much else to do but sell it and get a new [BETTER] one to play wtih.
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Skunkwerx · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Uhh, did you mod it and take care of it properely?

Reprieve · Basic Member Joined: 29 Jun 2003

Yeah, I took all the necessary precautions to make sure that no harm came to it.....i.e., extreme temperatures, lots of abuse, etc. It never got beat up or mistreated.

However, I did not mod it at all. The pad worked so nicely at first that I didn't think it would require it. Perhaps I was wrong, but I am pretty confident that nothing I did to the pad is the cause of its poopy performance.
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Skunkwerx · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

You should've modded it.

Reprieve · Basic Member Joined: 29 Jun 2003

yeah, well, 20-20 hindsight, right?

however, since I made the questionable decision of NOT modding it...any ideas on how to fix it?
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Skunkwerx · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Mod it right now.

Reprieve · Basic Member Joined: 29 Jun 2003

ok........modding it is not going to fix it

unless by modding it you mean cutting it apart and fixing the circuitry and/or wiring that's screwed up

it needs major surgery, and I was wondering if anybody had successfully achieved this on a soft/ignition/DX pad, or if anyone had any advice to offer before I cut open a $40 pad
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Skunkwerx · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

It seems that your problem is sticky arrows. As you can see here, modding fixes that. If you haven't even tried modding, don't say it won't fix it. If you bought your pads off eBay, or DDRNation, modding is the only way to go. What floor are you playing on? Playing with no insert on a carpet floor won't fix anything. Try doing:

TommyGun's mod:
http://www.extremespin.com/tommy/ddr/

Taric25's mod:
http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20550

Need_a_hug_744's mod:
http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20550

Or, if you don't want to do those (they all work), just do a simple chairmat or plywood mod.

Skunkwerx · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

It seems that your problem is sticky arrows. As you can see here, modding fixes that. If you haven't even tried modding, don't say it won't fix it. If you bought your pads off eBay, or DDRNation, modding is the only way to go. What floor are you playing on? Playing with no insert on a carpet floor won't fix anything. Try doing:

TommyGun's mod:
http://www.extremespin.com/tommy/ddr/

Taric25's mod:
http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20550

Need_a_hug_744's mod:
http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20550

Or, if you don't want to do those (they all work), just do a simple chairmat or plywood mod.

Reprieve · Basic Member Joined: 29 Jun 2003

alright man

i'm going to give....something a try
not sure just yet exactly HOW I'm going to mod it, but I'm going to try something

thanx for helping a n00b out
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Skunkwerx · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Your welcome, good luck with the mods.

Skunkwerx · Trick Member Joined: 14 Jun 2003

Your welcome, good luck with the mods.

Neil_J · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 10:49 am Post subject:

simple, START OVER
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Neil_J · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 10:49 am Post subject:

simple, START OVER
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