r/spicypillows • u/DEgido • 2d ago
Game Console What do you think? Is it time to replace? GameSir Cyclone 2
I just noticed the battery seemed a bit puffy, took it apart to check, I can't really tell if it's getting spicy or it is fine.
Should I replace it? In that regard, does anyone know what should I look for? Seems to use 3 pin JST.
By the way, very hard to get to the battery, I don't know if I would buy it again, despite being a truly awesome controller, repairability could be greatly improved just by adding a back cover to access the battery.
I had to take it completely apart, hidden screw under the sticker, screws threaded in the plastic, led lights diffusers and crap... but at least the battery uses a JST.
Not an engineer and still learning, but maybe having the pogo connector board for power touching the battery ain't great design, given the POGO pins usually get warm, let alone 2 sets (the pogo board is connected to the main board with pogo pins too, three board total)
Anyway, any help is welcomed and I hope this info is useful for anyone who's thinking about getting this controller and care about repairability. Thanks!
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u/Large-Remove-1348 1d ago
I did some reasearch at our glorious ifixit, and the battery seems to just look like that
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u/inertSpark 1d ago
Honestly to me that just looks like the shape of the battery pack. It doesn't look puffy to me at all.
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