Dead drums

[DutchDonkey]

Hi,

Some time ago i bought a drumset for Guitar Hero, it's multi-platform for PS2/PS3 ( This 1: http://gamerfront.net/wp-content/upload ... -drums.jpg ). Using it myself for the PS2.
Worked fine untill the red drum got insensitive, fixed that tho. Bit later the whole drum did not respond anymore, leds on the console part didnt work anymore.
Checked batteries, still didn't work.
Checked if just the leds were not working, but drums didn't respond in guitar hero either.
Also took the whole thing apart to check if some cables got a bit loose, but everything seemed attached just fine.
So suppose a chip is dead, just dont know which!
Any help is welcome!

Grtz DutchDonkey

[DutchDonkey]

Nobody got a clue?

[SteveAdmin]

Hi DutchDonkey

If your whole drum kit is not responding then it would be one of 2 things - either the board inside the controller unit (the bit at the top of the drums with all the PS2 buttons on it) is dead / not communicating with the rest of the drum kit OR it could be the main circuit board inside the drums. I would guess, from what you have said about the leds not working any more, that the controller unit would be the place to start.

If you are luck enough to have a friend with a set of guitar hero drums then you can easily swap these controller boxes over i.e. put your controller box into his drums and see if that works and vice versa. To remove the controller box just undo the 3 screws in the top center of the back of your drumkit (the 3 directly beneath the controller box) and it wil come away - also check the cable and connections at this point)

Hope this helps please get back if you need more help.