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Arcade & Retro Repairs & Mods, all new recipe, with no added MSG...
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50/60hz mod complete!
https://instagram.com/p/1WJ5migBMe/
Wires need to be shortened a bit but it works and I'm happy!
region mod is next. 0 -
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Atavan-Halen wrote: »Finally getting the hang of it, slowly but surely getting there!
A tip would be to use tinner wire
also when soldering to traces- strip the wire (1cm~ish) best to prep both sides of the wire now, have it cut to the length you will need to attach it to whatever you want.
- use a flux on it and 'tin' it by applying solder to it
- trim the now tinned end of the wire down to the length that works best for what you want to solder it to
- have the trace prepped for soldering, a fiberglass pen in your friend - then tin it using flux to aid the solder to attach to the prepped trace
- lay the tinned tip of the wire over the trace, running in the same direction of the trace and apply a little heat from the soldering iron. A little heat is important, no need to over heat the solder/trace you might just lift/break the trace
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Region mod done!
Took a few tries to get the connection to the trace right but seems to be ok now. Not 100% sure it's a good connection but I don't want to risk breaking the trace if I keep at it. Just need to mount the switches and all set!0 -
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And one last pic for completion sake!
I won't be using a mega cd with this console so mounted the switches to that side as there's a nice space to do it.
Big thanks to all you guys who helped me out! And more mods to come hopefully!
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Had bugger all to post in aaages
(New job and college projects mean feck all time)
Anyway got a few retro pi's cheap
I also have some knackered consoles
putting them together gives me...
Bionic NES!
The NES was knackered and I'd stripped it for parts ages ago, so it was just a case.I went in with the idea of minimum soldering , so made use of USB/ HDMI m-f cables and a fair bit of dremelling and hotgluing.The Ninty logo was taken from a ripped NES cart sleeve,which also also created some panels to hide dremeling marks) and thats an old USB led and a square of yellow masking tape acting as the new power light (which saved me a lot of unneeded soldering)
Ok so firstly yeah ..dirty dirty emulation.And its a 1st gen Pi so it cant handle Ps1 era onwards emulation.
But! Output to composite or HDMI! up to 4 USB controllers (have a NES adaptor and also a few repro NES usb pads on the way)Netplay! Powered off a usb adaptor so it'll even work powered by the TV's USB port.
It's running retropi as an OS so on loading you get a really slick menu with emulators listed (NES/SNES/MEG/SMS/C64 ..plus Doom , Quake etc)
I've a few other totally dead consoles so I'll probably do something similar for a meg1 and possibly something else.0 -
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Done a cps2 conversion on a board(already converted to SF2AE) with corrupt audio, assuming the corrupt audio was a rom issue (to mars matrix) but the audio was still corrupt, I found the solution this evening though. Here it is for anyone who may run into the same issues, funny thing is the G Pal that's in there was done by someone with some crazy solder skills, I wonder why they didn't know about the jumper wire needed when they did the original conversion.B-board qsound routing error
93646B-3
93646B-4
These earlier boards have what is suspected to be a PCB layout error affecting games that use the G PAL. Instead of routing the high address line of the qsound samples to to pin9 of PAL3, it instead routes a low address line. This results in garbled sounds.
To fix this, lift pin9 of PAL3 out of socket and solder a jumper wire from it to pin C13 on connector CN3.
excuse the one handed gameplay, its just to show all audio is now working
Next up a cps1 daimakaimura conversion, I just need to figure which board the fault on my current cps1 boardset lies before I start.0 -
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Replaced the battery on the CPS2 board I got from Kerbdog.
Went with a decent battery holder instead of a soldered battery, I know some folks have fears about the battery falling out but with the top cap on there is no way that battery is coming out accidentally.
Original battery had a '93 date code so due a refresh Unless of course the board is phoenixed already ? Anyway to tell without dumping the roms ?
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Can you just buy acetone in hardware stores in Ireland? Or is it restricted in the amount you can buy?
It's basically just nail polish remover, but I need about a gallon of it. Don't fancy buying up 20 or 30 small bottles in Boots
I use it to treat ABS plastic and am now doing a lot more, so stealing some from the GF's makeup bag is no longer an option 0 -
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The Last Bandit wrote: »
Cheers, that looks like my best bet. Cheap as well
Only discovered acetone vapour treatment on ABS plastics recently, works great if you do it right.
Edit:
Image on the right is a pretty high res 3D print, left is after an acetone vapour bath. Not suitable for every print, but works well on some.
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Cheers, that looks like my best bet. Cheap as well
Only discovered acetone vapour treatment on ABS plastics recently, works great if you do it right.
Edit:
Image on the right is a pretty high res 3D print, left is after an acetone vapour bath. Not suitable for every print, but works well on some.
It makes the owl look very Dark Vaderesque! 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKHJqMS_5ZQ![[Deleted User]](/applications/dashboard/design/images/defaulticon.png)
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