ChrisBushman

Hey, are there any of the following still available? Odyssey 2/G7000 RGB mod board - $60 SD-80LS - DIN 8 - panel mount, for O2 RGB - $10 O2 RGB Euro SCART cable - $35 If so, I would be interested in buying one of each. I'm not exactly sure how ordering works in this forum, however. Thanks for your consideration.

So I now have a functional cart of Traysia. I did get components that were too large for the cart, cleaned the board without removing chips, and removed a minimal amount of corrosion from one of the ICs to just make contact with fresh solder. I also had to bridge a cap with a pin from one of the ICs due to the solder pad being completely corroded away. The goal was to see if the cart and components still work. Mission accomplished. I will be getting more appropriate components and give the board a more detailed cleaning at a later date. I did also neutralize any remaining acid or other chemicals on the cart as well as use a single pass of corrosion cleaner. Results are attached.

Understood. I appreciate the help. Yah, I was a little uncertain if these were actually caps. I will update this topic when my parts come in. I think this cart should clean up real nice.

Hey folks, I recently came into possession of a copy Trayisa that had its CR2032 battery explode inside of the cartridge. After cleaning the board up, I noticed a number of spots where corrosion occurred that ate away at one of the components (labeled as C3). My assumption was that this was a ceramic capacitor of some kind as opposed to a resistor (only because of the naming convention used for the components on the PCB). There are colored stripes on the component, similar to a resistor (Red, Red, Orange, White or Gray if I'm reading the component correctly). My question is "What is this component?". I would like to repair the board. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. PCB Info: SEGA 1990 171-5955A

I got my email a couple of days ago. I have since replied and am very excited to be able to play some SGM Colecovision games! My twin brother has ordered one as well, so I look forward to talking SGM CV game playthrough stuff with him. Nothing beats some old-fashioned family-working-together video game stuff!

Just finished installing Game Gear mod on my VA1 GG. Everything is running great now (I was even able to put a PAL mod switch on the system as well to play my PAL master system games ). I have to say you designed this mod very nicely from terminal placement to fitting around the game gear board. Freaking smart! I love this screen. Everything is great. Thank you so much for your help and hard work. Cheers.

Just to follow up in case some Internet lurker finds this post. I have since wired in a switch to interrupt GND and pin 118, thus allowing me to put a 5V + 10Kohm resistor on the switch and run carts as a PAL standard (aka, no weird cliches when playing PAL Master System carts on the Master Gear converter). I am a happy Game Gear player once again

@7800fan: Ahh, ic. It all makes sense now. Yah, the repair guide was giving the wrong range of pins on that side of the chip (109 - 114 instead of 144). Yay misprints! Thank you for your help. Now on to soldering!

I have started doing some modding on my Game Gear about 2 months ago and its been pretty fun and exciting (successful LED backlight mod and battery replacement for the Powerback so far. WOOT!). I started looking into a 50hz/60hz mod for the GG VA1 board to play my PAL master system games on by following various posts switching the NTSC pin from the Sega 315-5535 to a 5V source. After going through the Service Manuals (http://gamesx.com/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=schematics:service_manual_-_game_gear_va1.pdf) and other posts, I am having a very silly issue: Where is Pin 118 on the Sega 315-5535 IC? I see some possible spots on the other side of the chip, but I don't want to start chopping leads before knowing exactly which pin I'm sending a 5V signal to. I'm modifying a USA VA1 837-9024 Game Gear board. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. I've tried some other communities to find this information and I've found the AtariAge community to be very helpful in the past. Take care guys !

Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been keeping an eye on the Super Game Module stuff for a while. I'm glad to see you're back around Mr. Eduardo. I look forward to when I can order my own. God speed sir.