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Sega Mastersystem 2 50/60Hz Mod

  • 14-03-2012 1:21pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭


    After buying some games for my Mastersystem lately, testing them out reminded me of how crap 50Hz gameplay is. The actual gaming screen is tiny, & everything is slowed down significantly. Time to break out the iron

    The stock console. It has to be stripped down to the motherboard.

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    Pin 57 lifted of the chip labelled 315-5246. The lenght of the pin is huge, meaning you have to bend it right up to seperate it from the motherboard. If doing this again, I think I'd rather snip the leg with a micro snips, because if the pin breaks the console is a paperweight.

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    Once lifted, solder a wire to the pin. As usual, this will be then soldered to the middle pin of an SPDT switch. The other two pins on the switch will be 5v & ground. Exactly like most 50/60Hz mods.

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    The 5v point on the motherboard. You can see that its raised slightly, because I've added solder to it to make soldering a wire on easier.

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    5v & Ground now ready. Ground point is the leg of a cap.

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    Points soldered onto the switch

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    Time to test

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    A direct comparison between 50/60Hz

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    As you can see, the lower image has far more gameplay screen available to it. What you can't see, is the difference in speed. 50Hz sounds like slow motion once you've seen & heard 60Hz.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,589 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Nice work :)

    Quite possibly the longest pins on any chip ever?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Rock. paper or scissors? Damnit Alex, make up your mind!

    Great mod, but what a game :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Nice work :)

    Quite possibly the longest pins on any chip ever?

    Definitely the longest IC pins I've ever seen. Think it'd be better to snip rather than lift for future reference.
    Rock. paper or scissors? Damnit Alex, make up your mind!

    Great mod, but what a game :)

    Lol, only in the 80's could a game of Jenga be considered an end of level boss battle. Great game :cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Good youtube vid showing the difference



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