The Many Modders of EP 2!
Gotta start over from where we left off...This thread is for the use of recording the successes and failures of anyone who performs any type of modification to anything gaming related.
For those of you who did not tune in last time, I had performed a simple fan mod on the 360 I bought from Sprung.
Since this thread was lost and the pics with it, I will only briefly explain:
I made a cut out on the broad side of the 360, Just above the largest heat sink, inserted a brushless computer fan, and connected it to 12v. Then I connected the default fans to 12v as well, instead of the original 5v. This managed to give the thing a few more months of life, and then I kinda broke it...
I will Title this: DMG-01 & MGB-001 mod
This weekend though, as a new mod, I chose to perform what is called the ProSound mod on an old DMG-01. (The DMG-01 happens to be what most people call the original FAT Gameboy.)
Again, I stripped some computer parts from an old junker I have lying around, as I did with the 360 fan. This time, I pulled out A pretty blue LED, an orange one and an ordinary 1/8" female sound jack. By melting the connections with my crappy soldering iron, I managed to loose the joints and spare each piece for use in the GB.
Essentially, the Prosound mod reroutes the audio data from the amp making it less staticy. This is of great use for those who will be composing music with an LSDJ, which I hope to do in the future, given I find either an LSDJ cart, or am able to make my own programmable cart, and flash the LSDJ ROM to it.
Many people choose to add the 1/8" jack on the bottom/left panel of the GB, and others prefer to replace the default jack instead. I did both.
First I decided to see what I thought about the jack being ion the bottom/left side and then tried it in place of the default headphone jack. After thinking it over, I would never again use the old crappy jack Nintendo supplied in 1989, so I tore it out and placed my new one in its place.
The next step was connecting it to the audio source. Next to the sound volume control is a series of five pins. The first top two have no use to me, but the last three listed from bottom to top, are Ground, Left and Right. These correspond to the audio jack, and with about 5 inches of wire to each, they were soldered on. I had disabled the old audio output, including the old speaker which can be considered dead weight.
The new jack fit very tightly, but with a little filing, I was able to fit it perfectly. The last step was to close the shell, and try it out. But like I said before, it will only be higher quality mono sound, unless otherwise programmed. In spite of the fact, it sounded better than before! When I find an LSDJ or programmable cart, I can send sound to either left or right and lay down some heavy beats, while pulling some new shapes if you know what I mean.
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Even after my success, I didn't feel like my night was over. Following the closure of my DMG shell, I pulled it open another time, this time removing the main board. The front side of the main board holds many things, such as the screen, misc resistor, capacitors and such. I was more interested in the power monitoring LED.
It was rather easy to melt the joints and remove the old red LED, but getting the new one in wasn't so. After struggling a bit, I was finally able to place the proper leads of my new one in and close it up one final time!
I immediately powered it up, and behold! The old obsolete plastic brick was given new life, with a bright blue LED! (pic soon)
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Afterward, I opened my black Gameboy pocket I weaseled out of my girlfriend and replaced its LED with the orange one I mentioned above. (pic soon)
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To anyone who managed to pay enough attention and finish reading that massive wall of text, Kudos! But also please feel free to post anything you have done, that falls into the filed of modification. Shit, I dont care, post a picture of your Golbat sticker on your GCN. Whatever.
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Originally Posted by jazzmarazz
