Found that one of the Mic Amp Board (Board 02-09) does not amplify and sound. In this video, we look as to … Continue reading
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x0xb0x 1.0 Adafruit Edition – Assembly Complete
The chap (SuperNick) working on this one has completed assembly, however, there is no sound. See if you can spot the time where the … Continue reading
Preparing and Burning an EPROM for the Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Game Unit
In this video, I blank and burn an EPROM using a dump I took of the BIOS from the Sega … Continue reading
Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Game Unit in Standalone Mode
You don’t need no stinkin’ boombox to play Mega Drive games, just a hacked up 5V 1A+ power supply. In fact, you … Continue reading
Super Nintendo / SNES Cartridge Battery Holder Installation
Zip, zap and away! Just solder in a holder and… well mine didn’t have enough clearance, but maybe yours does! Good to … Continue reading
Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-02 Mainboard Test – Includes Both Game Units
Since the rev 2 mainboard (02-01 board) is the only mainboard that has flow on power to the Game Unit … Continue reading
Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 02-01 Rev 2 Mainboard Recap
Came across a few problems on this one, never fear there are always more parts on order. One day these units will … Continue reading
Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-01 Mainboard – More Caps
Discovered I was shipped a wrong value capacitor by Element 14. Same physical size, but not same electrical properties! Lucky I decided to … Continue reading
x0xb0x 1.0 Adafruit Edition – Progress Report
Some more testing, please note this is just a bunch of offcuts from the previous video, with some BONUS film at … Continue reading
Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 (Part 4: Troubleshooting Success)
What’s that? A transistor stopped my 8V electricity flow?… Continue reading