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Amstrad Sega Mega PC 386SX CPU Replacement

The time has come. We wish you a safe journey AMD 386SX CPU. You have served us well. Armed with a heat gun and flux, work begins to create a 50MHz Amstrad Mega PC motherboard.

EDIT: Everything is on fire! … Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive 2 DC-In Power Socket Repair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Tx26wi1Zg

Sega Mega Drive 2 DC-in Power Socket Repair (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Tx26wi1Zg)

Got a bad feeling about your DC-in power socket on your Mega Drive 2? Why not crack it open and have a … Continue reading

Arcade Power Sticks for the Sega Mega Drive

A rather slow weekend. It was spent mainly looking through what I have and trying to determine what I will part with. I cleaned out a Sega Mega Drive Arcade Power Stick to sell. Cleaned up pretty well!

I then … Continue reading

Learning to Desolder Microchips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMkzERI0ET8

Desoldering Part 1: Desoldering a RAM Chip… Chip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMkzERI0ET8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDkUNltDN8I

Desoldering Part 2: Practice Makes Perfect…? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDkUNltDN8I)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVPNk2SLS9A

Faulty Sega Saturn from Japan (CD Deck Issues)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49G-pKXLBy8

Faulty Sega Saturn from Japan with CD Deck Issues (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49G-pKXLBy8)

You might remember the above video from a while back if you are a regular. The disc spins backward and the … Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive Frenzy

I do not think I could take apart another Mega Drive… at least not for a few days. I’ve gone ahead and taken some great quality pictures of the innards of five of my functioning Mega Drive Model 1s and … Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Hard Drive Interface IDE / ESDI / XTA

Above are some photos of Sega TeraDrive hard drive. Sadly it looks like a simple interface is not possible natively by the looks. See the TeraDrive HD pinout spreadsheet on the File Server for the differences in pins. There’s half … Continue reading

286 / 386 / 486 – Overclocking and Upgrades

Wow! My mind been racing at 1000 miles an hour. I can barely keep up with the ideas for future mods jump in. Let’s start with what I’ve been scribbling down on the paper next to my computer. I have … Continue reading