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Here's my trip report after a successful installation of the board introduced in this thread. Many thanks to mobiusstriptech for the pre-assembled board and instructions. I also ended up getting the 8-pin mini din board from Oshpark that was recommended. The game shots below are from my Framemeister connected to our 65 inch 4K LG OLED which is absolute garbage at upscaling retro games from 1080p sources like the Framemeister. Even YouTube videos of retro games look crappy. So, the rounded corners on those sprites should look much sharper on another, less over-engineered display. The board was much smaller than I expected. The red wire is tapping the audio. Per the instructions, there's a 10uf 16v electrolytic capacitor wired in between this point and the audio jack I installed. The blue wire is tapping 5 volts (thanks for the info on that, too!). I mistakenly placed the hole for the 8-pin connector a little too close to a reinforcement column inside the CV, so I did have to dremel that extra bit of plastic down inside the case in order to screw in a lug nut that locks the connector into place. While the case was open, I took the opportunity to clean the plastic up and blow some Deoxit into the power switch. I have an Atarimax flash cartridge, a Nintendo Famicom Network controller modded with a CV connector and a Super Game Module so this is really the last piece of the puzzle -- well, I guess I still need Donkey Kong Arcade. Some game screens: The mod was fairly easy compared to other RGB mods I've done -- I didn't have to desolder anything thank god. I bought the 8-pin mini din connector, the capacitor and audio jack separately on Mouser. Here's my shopping list: 8-pin mini din Capacitor for audio connection Audio connector Here's a picture of the back. Honestly, the hardest part of the mod was dialing in the colors via three pots on the drop-in board. I don't have and don't know how to use an oscilloscope. :/ Actually, the hardest part is opening the damn case without removing the front-plate and then closing it all back up without breaking anything. I'm excited to try it out on my 14 inch PVM. I'll post more screenshots once I haul that beast down out of the closet and set it up. Unfortunately, I don't have room in the house for a permanent retro-gaming set-up. Thanks again for all the info and help here in this thread.

This is good advice. Thanks for your input. I'm going to avoid the 5v mod for now. If I start to see corrupted graphics, I'll keep this in mind. @mobiusstriptech, I ordered a kit from you late one night last week and appreciate the insanely fast response. I'll take some pictures during my mod to post here.

Thanks for this info! Is the 5v ram mod something you'd recommend while I have the thing open? I looked into it and even though I have a decent desoldering station and a fair amount of desoldering experience, I would hate to lift a trace while doing some preventative maintenance. What do you think?

When wiring up a female RGB connector, do any of you guys know where is the best place on the CV mainboard I can pull 5 volts from?