Sound Card Mod.

[ReTrO]

I'm currently looking at my Hercules Game Theatre XP breakout box with it's case off. I'm going to change the digital coax input because the solder contact for the signal pin has broken, while testing a new digital coax cable.

I went off to Maplins to have a look at bits and found a decent phono socket, similar to the type you get on high quality stereo pre-amps and the like. It's much better than the bent bit of gold plated metal that is currently soldered to the PCB.

I'm now looking at replacing all the phono sockets on the breakout box, and maybe replacing the digital phonos with BNC's, to help the signal quality.

I'd post some pics only I don't have a camera or scanner etc.

:smashin:

[themadhippy]

I'm currently looking at my Hercules Game Theatre XP breakout box with it's case off. I'm going to change the digital coax input because the solder contact for the signal pin has broken
had the same proplem with the mic input,wasnt a dodgy solder conection but a crack in the pcb track,if it wasnt for the curved front id have put in an xlr conector
took me a few minutes to figure out how to get the dam box open thought,stupid nut on the joystick port :blush:

[ReTrO]

Originally posted by themadhippy
took me a few minutes to figure out how to get the dam box open thought,stupid nut on the joystick port :blush:

Ditto that and the hidden third screw under a sticker on the bottom of the box!:mad:

[themadhippy]

dont inspire much confidence in hercules sound cards if 2 cards are suffering from simelar proplems does it,still it could be worse,it could be a soundblaster unit