To mod or not to mod?

[Cyber Akuma]

I know that few Model 1 Saturns have a 21 Pin setup and that you are more then likely to get a 20 pin model if you order. But is it guaranteed that all model 2 Saturns (or all the ones with a round power/reset button) are 21 pin and can be modded?

 

[SegaSaturnDDR]

Yes.

 

[mal]

And no.

Apparently there are some round button Saturns that have a different CD board in them and have no chip to solder the signal wire to.

I haven't seen one though, so I can't confirm this.

 

[Ratamahatta]

Someone says its the sanyo board.

FAKK2 has been telling me that he has successfully modded a model 1 saturn with a lik sang modchip. sounds interesting.

 

[mal]

Yeah, a Sanyo board rings a bell.

Has FAKK2 managed to fit a 21 pin mod into a 20 pin Saturn?

Or has he modded an Oval button 21 pin Saturn?

 

[Ratamahatta]

From what hes told me he has modded a 20 pin model 1 sat I believe with the regular mod chip, he told me that he did the installation backwards and it worked like a charm. He told me all this yesterday.

 

[Cyber Akuma]

Just curious, WHY excatly does nobody make 20 pin chips anymore? 21 and 20 are both in pretty decent demand arent they? Also I heard that depending on your saturn, you need to weld an additional 1 (for power) wire to up to 3 on pins of its chips. Is any of that true? I am probably gonna buy a second saturn making sure its a model 2 so I can mod it, though not anytime soon since its pretty easy to do a swap trick on a Model 1. Can the swap trick damage it? Some said yes some said no.

 

[Ratamahatta]

The only way you candamage your saturn by doing the mod trick is if you do it wrong. Possibilities include burning out the motor or damading the laser unit.

 

[dave]

seriously you have too eithier be blind or be some kind of unbelievable moron not too be able too solder 2 wires 1 of which is too a large power supply the other of which is a smaller pin but it has alot of room between the legs

 

[UnSANE4389]

Cyber, i find myself asking that same question over and over. Why no 20 pin mod board!? I know i'd be interested in learning more about modding a 20 pin Sat with a 21 pin mod board. you know, that would be a nice addition to the miscellaneous page. (hint hint)

 

[SegaSaturnDDR]

well, there are more 21 pin systems out there, cause all round button systems are 21 pin, and some model 1's (i guess 25%) are 21 pin as well.

 

[Twillinx]

No, I own 2 Sega Saturns both are the model 2 version (round button) european realeses. And one of them is 20 pin. So if you're gonna buy a used Saturn just ask the person to open and check it out, just in case.

 

[JDAdams]

Since I cant be bothered opening my Saturn up again right now (I've just finished installing a blue LED), is the 20/21 pin thing related to whether there's an extra control board between the CD unit and the mainboard?

I have two round-button UK Saturns, and one has the board, with a Sanyo CD unit, while the other has no board and a JVC CD unit.