What the heck is this on the modchip
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Solder the blue wire (red in your pic) to the point marked 'B' on the mod board.
Attach the red wire (green in your pic) in some manner to the 5v section of the power supply.
You shouldn't need to change the 0014/0019 setting; I never have. ???
BTW, isn't one thread about installing your mod enough?
Attach the red wire (green in your pic) in some manner to the 5v section of the power supply.
You shouldn't need to change the 0014/0019 setting; I never have. ???
BTW, isn't one thread about installing your mod enough?
well I thought of the other question later and it wasn't really the same -- sorry.
what are you talking about "the point marked 'B' on the mod board". I don't have "A" and "B" on my chip -- the wires are already attached though.
I thought the blue wire goes on that chip on the system board???
This is getting kinda confusing
Thanks though mal
what are you talking about "the point marked 'B' on the mod board". I don't have "A" and "B" on my chip -- the wires are already attached though.
I thought the blue wire goes on that chip on the system board???
This is getting kinda confusing
Thanks though mal
If you look at the underside of the mod where the blue wire is attached, you should see a small capital 'A' and 'B' on the circuit board.
The blue wire will already be attached to the 'A' point.
All you should need to do is to either solder the other end of the blue wire to the 'B' point on the mod board, or use a big blob of solder to link the 'A' and 'B' points.
I outlined all of this in the sticky thread at the top of the Saturn forum, but it is a very long read so I'll let you off this time. :
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The blue wire will already be attached to the 'A' point.
All you should need to do is to either solder the other end of the blue wire to the 'B' point on the mod board, or use a big blob of solder to link the 'A' and 'B' points.
I outlined all of this in the sticky thread at the top of the Saturn forum, but it is a very long read so I'll let you off this time. :
Well we tried it the "old-fashioned" way of putting the blue wire to the board, but now the drive won't spin at all when we turn the unit on.
We tried taking the chip out and putting the ribbon back in place but the drive still won't spin. The power light goes on, but that's it.
We didn't have a TV handy (we did it at work) so I don't know what's on the screen. We also didn't have the top of the case on, but I was holding the closed-door-detection-thing down.
Any suggestions?
I do have the model with the round buttons.
Thanks!
We tried taking the chip out and putting the ribbon back in place but the drive still won't spin. The power light goes on, but that's it.
We didn't have a TV handy (we did it at work) so I don't know what's on the screen. We also didn't have the top of the case on, but I was holding the closed-door-detection-thing down.
Any suggestions?
I do have the model with the round buttons.
Thanks!
Originally posted by mal@Jan. 08 2003, 4:05 pm
Main board? What were you soldering to that for? Maybe yo mean the CD board.
It would be fairly easy to damage the Saturn if you were to use too much solder and create a short somewhere, or leave the iron on a component too long and overheat it.
yeah i meant CD board.
Well the guy that worked on it (Ken) said a little solder might have gotten to the pin beside the "target pin" but he tried to clean most of it up.
Also, how long is "too long" for heat?
Any suggestions on what to do next?
Ok, I tried it out on my TV
It takes a second and then it shows the Saturn logo.
No animation -- just the logo.
Then it takes another second and then goes to the CD screen and says "Recognizing Disc Format" or something like that.
Then it just sits there.
No disk drive activity at all.
This is without the chip and the ribbon put back in place.
I'm pretty sure the ribbon is in all the way, unless you have to push farther than I think.
It takes a second and then it shows the Saturn logo.
No animation -- just the logo.
Then it takes another second and then goes to the CD screen and says "Recognizing Disc Format" or something like that.
Then it just sits there.
No disk drive activity at all.
This is without the chip and the ribbon put back in place.
I'm pretty sure the ribbon is in all the way, unless you have to push farther than I think.
I'm guessing from what you wrote in your other thread that this is a 64 pin Saturn that you are modding. Where did you get the mod from?
Does the ribbon cable still have the 180 degree twist in it?
It may help to try re inserting the ribbon cable at both ends as I've had a good mod installation appear to be bad because the ribbon cable wasn't quite lined up properly with the socket. I do realise that you're testing it without the mod, but the same theory applies.
Does the ribbon cable still have the 180 degree twist in it?
It may help to try re inserting the ribbon cable at both ends as I've had a good mod installation appear to be bad because the ribbon cable wasn't quite lined up properly with the socket. I do realise that you're testing it without the mod, but the same theory applies.
Well I got that well and truly wrong.
It was when you mentioned soldering to pin 8 that I assumed you meant a 64 pin Saturn. 32 pin Saturns don't have the twist in the ribbon cable, only 64 pin Saturns do.
Try reseating the ribbon cable and see if that helps.
Did you remove any other connectors when fitting the mod? It's easy to forget to reconnect them.
If neither of my suggestions do anything it could be that the excess solder has damaged the IC or has formed a short that's causing problems. Any chance of getting a picture of your CD board?
It was when you mentioned soldering to pin 8 that I assumed you meant a 64 pin Saturn. 32 pin Saturns don't have the twist in the ribbon cable, only 64 pin Saturns do.
Try reseating the ribbon cable and see if that helps.
Did you remove any other connectors when fitting the mod? It's easy to forget to reconnect them.
If neither of my suggestions do anything it could be that the excess solder has damaged the IC or has formed a short that's causing problems. Any chance of getting a picture of your CD board?
I guess it depends on what it is that's shorting as to whether it will cause any permanent problems. I couldn't say for sure.
Hopefully it will be only be temporary. I had a mod that had a couple of pins shorting that suffered no lasting ill effects after fixing the problem.
Hopefully it will be only be temporary. I had a mod that had a couple of pins shorting that suffered no lasting ill effects after fixing the problem.
not to mention little IC Legs of the chip touching each other with the tiniest hairline of a metal connecting some together.. Bend all the legs straight up with pliars and flicked off the connections from the legs and whipped off the legs... pushed back the metal hairlines to one of the legs and viOla... Music is now playing
Just keep trying to fool with it man.. You will get it... That is if you didn't overheat anything with solder.
