Console specific "I finished today" thread

[goombakid]

Probably the same as mmmonkey's schematic then, I take it. I may just do it that way.

Where are the connections going on the modem?

 

[Xian Xi]

Probably the same as mmmonkey's schematic then, I take it. I may just do it that way.

Where are the connections going on the modem?

Internally they go to the points you need so you are sacrificing the modem for the mod if you choose to do it that way.

 

[wyndcrosser]

which doesn't work anyway, unless you do the cable/dsl to land line hack, which is a little extreme lol. If you still have a land line that allows dialing out, there's only a few games that still work... QA3, etc.

 

[goombakid]

I might just remove that modem anyway and place the VGA connector there...maybe on a Goodwill find.

 

[goombakid]

I'll keep this thread alive.

In the process of doing an internal VGA mod for my Dreamcast. I was about to wrap it up today, but when I use it on my monitor, it works for a short 10 seconds. Power cycling doesn't bring it back. Removing the plug, draining the power by clicking the power button a few times, and replugging it back in gets it to work, but again, only for 10 second.

The only thing I know that MIGHT be causing the problem is the VSync off the board. While soldering the wire to the point, I accidentally pulled the point off, too! I managed to find a small point just below the VSync spot that I soldered it to. Think that might be the cause?

 

[goombakid]

Figured out the shutdown thing. Seems that I didn't have the ribbon cable for the controller board plugged in all the way. Fixed and got it working!

I effed up the cut for the VGA socket, thus the ghetto look.

I also underestimated how much wire to cut, hence the patch up. Thanks to Shadows for the VGA board! Made it easier to get the circuit done.

YAY!

 

[shadows]

Sweet.

 

[goombakid]

FWIW, you don't really need to add a phono jack on the DC for sound. Using the stock A/V cable will still give you sound just fine in VGA mode.

 

[wyndcrosser]

I see your tools are radioshack specials.. solder... helping hands, etc.

 

[goombakid]

Yup. Well, the helping hands are from Fry's Electronics, but I'm sure they're from the same manufacturer as the Rat Shack one. I even have a shitty RS soldering iron that I'm gonna just toss since I may be getting the same soldering station that broken has.

Well, I have 2 RS irons, but I'm keeping one of them since it was the first iron I ever got and it got me through all my electronics classes and console mods...but this isn't about equipment. It's about the mods. Show them off if you got them!

 

[Yodd]

I recently bought a Sparkfun 937b. It's a hakko 936 clone and even uses the hakko tips. It's badass. $40 from Microcenter.


It heats up crazy fast, holds the temp well and well built.

 

[goombakid]

That's the one. I saw the thread at PCEngineFX. Insane price on it, too!

 

[Yodd]

Back again.

Received a Super CDRom2 unit yesterday for my PCEngine and of course it needed some RGB lovin'

Replaced the stock 5 pin din with an 8 pin din and added an RGB amp.

Works great.

 

[Kid Panda]

Back again.

Received a Super CDRom2 unit yesterday for my PCEngine and of course it needed some RGB lovin'

Replaced the stock 5 pin din with an 8 pin din and added an RGB amp.

Works great.

sexy

 

[wyndcrosser]

nice work on that guy, beautiful broken.

Wynd

 

[goombakid]

Back again.

Received a Super CDRom2 unit yesterday for my PCEngine and of course it needed some RGB lovin'

That's just the standard RGB amp for a PCE, right? I'm still thinking about doing my PCE Duo.

 

[Yodd]

That's just the standard RGB amp for a PCE, right? I'm still thinking about doing my PCE Duo.

Yep. The SC1815 based amp. Pretty cheap and easy to assemble.

 

[HeavyMachineGoob]

Does this count as "console specific"?

http://imageshack.us/a/img23/1471/dsc05753a.jpg = larger version of above image

 

[EVIL NICK]

This is a nice thread, I hope to contribute to it in the future, but I have been slacking for the last couple of years.

 

[jesesfbi]

I'll contribute what I have. I'll post pics later
I socketed my Aes bios chip
Modded my atari 2600 that had rf issues to composite so no.more problems.
Sega saturn with a region switch
A snes controller for my aes
Fixed a couple game gears.
I seem to mod more Xbox controllers and repairs on them and also repairs on Nintendo Ds.
My next project is putting a cxa1645 in my gen1 genesis, front lit screen on a neo geo pocket, and possibly fixing a Nintendo virtual boy screen.

 

[wyndcrosser]

you did some nice work there heavy with the jamma/mvs switches and leds, but we need to get you a proper box. But definitely "A" for effort.

 

[HeavyMachineGoob]

The box works fine. It's just the right size for a supergun with an external JAMMA cable.

 

[Yodd]

Received a PC Engine Duo-R a couple days ago and I just finished RGB modding it.

My amp (floppy for size comparison):

Installed:

To complete the mod I removed the stock 5 pin Din and replaced it with a 8 pin din and build a RGB Scart cable for it.

 

[goombakid]

Ahh, forgot about this thread. Thanks, Broken. Since I got my soldering station, I've been getting more mods done.

Not really a mod, but just a grim reminder of gaming past.

RF Boxes removed from various consoles.

 

[Lemony Vengeance]

Received a PC Engine Duo-R a couple days ago and I just finished RGB modding it.

My amp (floppy for size comparison):

Installed:

To complete the mod I removed the stock 5 pin Din and replaced it with a 8 pin din and build a RGB Scart cable for it.

That's CLEAN! Nice, man!