I just opened up a model 1 saturn I had sitting in a mailbox for several months and found, to my suprise, a 20 pin modchip inside. It also came with a "magic strong card" some form of hong-kong swap disk.
Anyway it had a wire hanging lose connected to pin 13 of the long chip on the right at a via next to the word "white" and it was very poorly soldered (big solder ball, possible dry joint).
I am not sure where this point goes to but I suspect it may be a power wire since it is not connected to any of the vias on the border which I suspect are connected to a ground plane. Anyway, I would like to confirm that is a 5v+ wire and whether I need an extra ground wire besides the one that is likely in the ribbon connector.
Here is a description of the chip:
Has 2 20 pin connectors on left with 7003 written next to it and "GARY" on the bottom. On the top is written "OUT IN SS CD RR".
There are 2 chips next to it with the model name/number scratched off, a 18 pin chip and a 24 pin chip. Next to that is 2 ports for 21 pin support.
Thanks
Anyway it had a wire hanging lose connected to pin 13 of the long chip on the right at a via next to the word "white" and it was very poorly soldered (big solder ball, possible dry joint).
I am not sure where this point goes to but I suspect it may be a power wire since it is not connected to any of the vias on the border which I suspect are connected to a ground plane. Anyway, I would like to confirm that is a 5v+ wire and whether I need an extra ground wire besides the one that is likely in the ribbon connector.
Here is a description of the chip:
Has 2 20 pin connectors on left with 7003 written next to it and "GARY" on the bottom. On the top is written "OUT IN SS CD RR".
There are 2 chips next to it with the model name/number scratched off, a 18 pin chip and a 24 pin chip. Next to that is 2 ports for 21 pin support.
Thanks