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Howard_Casto:
Do they really go bad that much? I tested mine when I got it... all the voltages seemed good.
I love this thread btw....I'd love to do a companion thread sometime that shows how to do soft mods for all the consoles that already support hard drives but I barely have time to chat in here anymore.
Titchgamer:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 18, 2020, 02:51:33 pm ---Do they really go bad that much? I tested mine when I got it... all the voltages seemed good.
I love this thread btw....I'd love to do a companion thread sometime that shows how to do soft mods for all the consoles that already support hard drives but I barely have time to chat in here anymore.
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I dont think the Saturn ones are to bad tbh but they do build up heat.
So the PICO PSU's are great for that, Also allowed me to convert mine to a UK plug as its a Japanese console :)
Now the Dreamcast PSU's on the other hand are junk IMO and defo want replacing with a PICO.
Again heat build up is significantly reduced to :)
opt2not:
No, the Dreamcast and Saturn PSU’s are solid. They might just need a recap but they should never be replaced with off the shelf PSU solutions. There have been extensive research (Down to wave length analysis) lately by guys like Voultar and DB_Electronics, who are well known EE’s In the modding hobby scene that have been putting out PSA’s recently to not replace the Sega PSU’s.
I have my my DC and Saturn on stock, recapped PSU’s, and I even use an additional DC PSU to power a Naomi arcade system, replacing the bigger bulky Sun PSU. It puts out the same voltages and can handle the load of the Naomi.
I’ll try to track down some of the articles and PSA posts about them, but the consensus is people should not be replacing these PSU’s. They’re built solid. Just needs some servicing by this time in their age.
Locke141:
--- Quote from: opt2not on July 18, 2020, 04:45:24 pm ---No, the Dreamcast and Saturn PSU’s are solid. They might just need a recap but they should never be replaced with off the shelf PSU solutions. There have been extensive research (Down to wave length analysis) lately by guys like Voultar and DB_Electronics, who are well known EE’s In the modding hobby scene that have been putting out PSA’s recently to not replace the Sega PSU’s.
I have my my DC and Saturn on stock, recapped PSU’s, and I even use an additional DC PSU to power a Naomi arcade system, replacing the bigger bulky Sun PSU. It puts out the same voltages and can handle the load of the Naomi.
I’ll try to track down some of the articles and PSA posts about them, but the consensus is people should not be replacing these PSU’s. They’re built solid. Just needs some servicing by this time in their age.
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Good to know. I have one Saturn (my childhood one) with a dead power supply. I now have two working ones with the original power supply’s. The DC I modded with SD has a replacement and seems to be great for that system.
opt2not:
--- Quote from: Locke141 on July 18, 2020, 04:57:43 pm ---The DC I modded with SD has a replacement and seems to be great for that system
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Yeah the brain dudes I mentioned also say that if you’re using an ODE and want to reduce the heat caused by lack of load on the 12v rail, to do the simple resistor mod on the original PSU. That way you keep the OG PSU but adjust it for the lack of Optical Drive.
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