Red Octane Afterburner

Brick Tamland(LoveRevenG) · Trick Member Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Location: NC

zomg, my A and B buttons on my afterburner no longer work.

they just dont even register.

and ive only had it for about 4 months.

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Nitrogen · Basic Member Joined: 15 Nov 2005

Well, my mind has been changed. After reading all 33 pages of this thread, I'm certainly not buying an Afterburner. The looks are deceiving apparently. The control box problems aren't really a bother to me, but the amount of breakages is just ridiculous for such an expensive piece of hardware. I should have known since my Ignition 3.0 died in under 60 days. RedOctane will not get any more of my money. I will save for a Cobalt Flux. I want something that lasts.

sequencial · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Location: Detroit, MI

i'm not sure what these people are talking about with the breakages; i have tested mine by dropping a 50 pound weight repeatdly on all sections of the pad from various heights - olny a few scratches were the result.

my control box was originaly defective, but i bought a new one which works perfectly.
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sephiroth1215 · Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:04 am Post subject:

I'M SOOOOOOOOO PISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got my pad in june so I had to switch the cbox with the new one and after that I didn't play Ultramix, I assumed everything will be fine. There was something wrong with the pad later on and I had to return it and I got a new on with a new cbox. So I just used the one I already had hooked up and the new one was left in its box. Now here I am playing UM3 and IT DIDN'T WORK!!!!!! I thought ok I have a backup so I used that one and I still have the same problem with it saying insert controller. WTF I have gone through 3 cboxes and I still can't use it on my xbox.

gerinis · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Location: New Jerseh

sephiroth1215 · Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:25 pm Post subject:

This is my 2nd AB and many keep having this problem. If this was so then it wouldn't work on PS2.

gerinis · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Location: New Jerseh

sequencial · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Location: Detroit, MI

well, my pad has stopped working again. it's a brand new C-Box, and there is no imput from pad buttons, but i still have the start/select ones on the C-Box itself. is there any way to figure out with is wrong with the pad? i have taken it apart as much as i can figure out how to and see no wiring other than the sensors. thanks for any ideas!
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Pezzle · Trick Member Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Location: Pennington, NJ

Yeah there's still something wrong as none of my Afterburner buttons are registering. So there's an underlying major problem here..

..which could be remedied by cobaltflux.

Edit: Creeped out. Switched back to control box that didn't work before on my newer playstation and it now works which makes no sense because i tried it several times before upstairs and it never worked.

AAHH WTF

ps2gamer4000 · Basic Member Joined: 05 Mar 2005

Just thought i'd post to add a little credibility to the afterburner. I've had mine about 4 months and have yet to have a problem. Its ultra sensitive and definitly nice to play on. Since my expectation were low im considerably pleased. However, when it does break (and it will probably) i'll probably buy a cobalt flux.

Captain_Jack89 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Location: The Pad

sequencial · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Location: Detroit, MI

i would, but my warrentee has since expired before i had any problems.
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sequencial · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Location: Detroit, MI

redoctance says to take the pad ot a TV repair shop. what the hell?
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Captain_Jack89 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Location: The Pad

Once again I am exhanging my broken Afterburner.....but redoctane has great customer service. I requested an exchange yesterday and I got a reply already that it was accepted.....this may break faster, but IMO it is now better than a CF.

Norkusa · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject:

Captain_Jack89 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Location: The Pad

kidding.....it sucks.

sequencial · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Location: Detroit, MI

Yay! I fixed my pad. Heres how:

TIlt the pad upright and use a knife to seperate the sides and top of the foam bottem off. Use the knife to push off the stapled plywood on the bottem. you will see all of the wires. Go to radio shack and buy a 9-Pin D-Sub connector (the one with the little things you clamp onto the wire and plug in to the connector). connect 9 wires to that, open up the joystick prefrences, and press buttons while connecting wires to other wires untill you get the right two together. (there is olny seven wires coming out of the pad, but 9 coming out of the D-Sub connector - dont worry about it.

now all i have to get fixed is my crappy C-Box.

question: has anybody figured out how to make hier own C-Box for USB yet? i dont want to destroy mine...
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Alexa · Basic Member Joined: 28 Sep 2005

I got two plastic hard DDR pads for Christmas. They say it can hold tons of weight like over 500 pounds. Once I got them we had a party a whole bunch of little kids played. The next day they were broken. Its all full of crap I hate those pads!

sotherbee · Basic Member Joined: 12 Mar 2003

so, I bought a RO metal pad last year around this time, it was a christmas gift. well anyways this week it stopped functioning, only the thing is it wont even register with my ps2 anymore, that is it acts like nothing is even plugged in at all, no buttons work or light up.

as you would expect, RO has been no help at all and I cant find anything online. does anyone know of a good site or faq for these pads?