RGH CR3 Lite Rol problem

[jimlfixit]

Hey guys, I cant seem to work out why the ring of light pad on the cr3 doesnt illuminate the rf board led. Are there any jumpers that need soldering, or is it just the 1 wire from the cr3 pad to led?

Thanks in advance

I have straightened the wire on the led (pic not attached) but still nowt, I tried with various leds on the board

 

[Duhasst0]

You may have it on the wrong part of the led. There is a pic.around here somewhere that has the polarity of the leds so that you can work on it.

 

[jimlfixit]

I have tried both sides, still no go lol

edit: just incase anyone asks, the leds work just fine, it just dosnt flash with the debug light.

 

[2615863]

Seems right to me, unless they changed it from the diy to the coolrunner 3

 

[jimlfixit]

In the thread with the CR3 settings by Ubergeek, he references the diy thread, which the only thing i neede was the solder point of the LED. He also stated that a diode is no longer required as its built in to the board. So just a single wire from the rol pad to the led should work, yes? There has got be something i missed, not sure what tho. Anyway im off to bed.

 

[gamehawk55]

Check the sticker on the RF board for the version number. If it's a 1410 then it will not work. As far as I know there hasn't been a workaround found for the 1410 RF boards yet. I had this problem with one of my last ones that I was doing with a Rev B. I was trying to wire up the debug LED and nothing would work then I realised it was a 1410 RF board. Had a spare 1409 board laying around, switched it for the 1410 and voila everything worked perfectly.

 

[jimlfixit]

Yep I have a 1410 RF board, Doh! Thanks for your help mate, much appreciated.

 

[Dicko316]

Try using one of the TP points on the rear of the RF module. Not sure if it will help though, for the above reason. I have used TP8 for Player 4 LED on phats, but not really done the LED mod on many slims as of yet.

 

[gamehawk55]

Yep I have a 1410 RF board, Doh! Thanks for your help mate, much appreciated.

No Problem. But if you do figure out a way to make it work with the 1410 boards you should start a new tutorial thread on how you did it. Cuz as I said before I don't think anybody has found a workaround for these boards yet.

 

[really_wacky]

Yea i also had this problem yesterday with a 1410 RF board i just pasted a 0603 Red SMD led next to the center soldered the - to the RF board and the + to the coolrunner.

It works like a charm

 

[WNYConsoles]

Only one of the two ROL/RF boards are compatible with this mod, otherwise you need to add your own LED.

OLD in picture below would be compatible, NEW is not. However the boards are mix and match for all manufacture dates.

 

[RROD!]

Yea i also had this problem yesterday with a 1410 RF board i just pasted a 0603 Red SMD led next to the center soldered the - to the RF board and the + to the coolrunner.

It works like a charm

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You do know you don't need the wire to the ground ? You could just scratch back a bit of the green pcb masking and solder the neg side of the led to the pcb

 

[really_wacky]

You do know you don't need the wire to the ground ? You could just scratch back a bit of the green pcb masking and solder the neg side of the led to the pcb

I know But i would rather add a wire then scratch the pcb it seems less harmfull. Now the RF board is unharmed and i can still see the Debug LED when i close the console. (The tape isnt covering the LED like it was on the picture)

 

[metalbew]

why wont it work for me, i have a phat console