Blues76 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Hi, I'm not sure what this is. I have a box with all my mods and I just broke this (pinch it with my finger). I haven't had a chance to do anything with my mods but I was putting my retrobox link in it and I screwed this up! Question: 1) What is it? I think this goes in the expansion port, right? 2) Where can I buy it? See pictures Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Looks like an XE Cart / ECI port. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues76 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 minute ago, David_P said: Looks like an XE Cart / ECI port. Maybe is the brand new one that @santosp sent to me and I managed to brake it in less than two days. I will message him and maybe I can buy a new one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 For what you need it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivop Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) Can't you carefully bend the pins back in their original position? Or did one break off? Edit: 1st picture, looks they are still there. And like ZuluGula said, do you need a replacement of the ECI/CART port for an XE machine right now? Edited November 21, 2020 by ivop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues76 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, ivop said: Can't you carefully bend the pins back in their original position? Or did one break off? Edit: 1st picture, looks they are still there. And like ZuluGula said, do you need a replacement of the ECI/CART port for an XE machine right now? I guess I could move the pins but I'm not sure how fragile some of them may be because they are bend it more than I would had like. I will try. I don't need one right now. However, I would like to have one. Are there alternative to the one that I have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivop Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Blues76 said: Are there alternative to the one that I have? You can always buy a 2x7 angled header and a separate 2x15 angled header. Edit: it won't have the heightening feet, if that's the correct word, but you can always compensate for it by other means. Edited November 21, 2020 by ivop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues76 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, ivop said: You can always buy a 2x7 angled header and a separate 2x15 angled header. That seems like one option. Thank you for giving me additional options. I still would like to get this one if I can or something like this. I at least know for sure what it was. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I would say that it takes some high soldering skills to replace it on XE motherboard. I haven't seen them going bad unless you abuse the cartridge port. I would live them for someone who really needs it. Yours can be fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues76 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, ZuluGula said: I would say that it takes some high soldering skills to replace it on XE motherboard. I haven't seen them going bad unless you abuse the cartridge port. I would live them for someone who really needs it. Yours can be fixed. Who really needs this? I don't understand. If they are not available or only available in small numbers, then I understand. But I'm not sure what you are trying to get with this. That I should not have two or three? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZuluGula Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Builders of external devices with ECI pass thru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Those pins will be fine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Nothing broken here. This is the standard condition of anything which spent a lot of time in a box of bits. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivop Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, mimo said: Those pins will be fine Yes. They are all there and are not that out of place. It could be way worse I recommend heating them a little with a hairdryer. That way, they are less prone to snapping. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues76 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 19 minutes ago, flashjazzcat said: Nothing broken here. This is the standard condition of anything which spent a lot of time in a box of bits. Well, I'm the one to blame here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues76 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 20 minutes ago, ivop said: Yes. They are all there and are not that out of place. It could be way worse I recommend heating them a little with a hairdryer. That way, they are less prone to snapping. Thanks @ivop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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