This continues the Phantom Universal adventures from earlier in the year. The chip was developed by Bad_Ad84 and Zer0-2k11 and lets CD-R backups boot, but it doesn’t remove the Saturn’s region lock. For this installation I used Kynar wire, with 26 to 30 AWG working well for my wiring, including the 5V connection.

Most of this footage is quite, let’s say… aged. By June 2020 there were already newer ways to load games from SD cards, including Rhea / Phoebe, with the Satiator on the way and Fenrir then available for 20-pin drives. Those are disc-free options; the Phantom still uses the Saturn’s CD drive.

I’ve also ordered a bunch of capacitors to recap a VA15 This is COOL Saturn. Strangely, they’re all through-hole caps, and I was delighted to see only one SH-2 package! Both SH-2 CPUs are still there, integrated into the single 315-6018 package rather than the two separate packages on earlier revisions. Anyway, as always enjoy the video and I’ll catch you in the next one! :)

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