06.08.2016, 08:54
Just wanted to share one of my current projects. Hope you all enjoy. I will answer any questions.
First step was to cut out one side of the gdrom housing. This provided the space needed to fit a 2.5" harddrive. Once cut, I soldered my ide cable to the gdrom board instead of the dreamcast motherboard. I actually found this easier.
I did my normal mod stuff, dual bios, vga, vga switch,reset stitch, sd card. If you notice my placement of switches and sd, I prefer that spot so they can be easily accessed, but concealed by the modem. After doing my led mods, I decided to use my 320gb western digital so I could house my complete rom set. I installed a budget 12 volt pico psu($20 amazon), lined up the appropriate power rails, and soldered traditional connectors for easy disassembly if I ever need back into the case. After some wire management(very messy lol), I installed a vga to hdmi adapter, and used a short extension, which I trimmed to fit the original AC port for a clean looking face.
Put her back together, tight fit, but together. My Dream Dreamcast!
I am halfway done with another project. I have successfully connected a 1.8" zif harddrive to a DC. I have measured, and am confident that I can install it in a dreamcast using the stock power supply; there is plenty of space behind the controller ports with proper positioning. Worst case scenario, a zif drive could rest in the modem housing. When I take my vacation soon, I will do a tutorial on how to do a solderless sd card mod, an accidental discovery when looking for alternate soldering points. Thanks for all you Sega fans, keep Dreaming!!!!
First step was to cut out one side of the gdrom housing. This provided the space needed to fit a 2.5" harddrive. Once cut, I soldered my ide cable to the gdrom board instead of the dreamcast motherboard. I actually found this easier.
I did my normal mod stuff, dual bios, vga, vga switch,reset stitch, sd card. If you notice my placement of switches and sd, I prefer that spot so they can be easily accessed, but concealed by the modem. After doing my led mods, I decided to use my 320gb western digital so I could house my complete rom set. I installed a budget 12 volt pico psu($20 amazon), lined up the appropriate power rails, and soldered traditional connectors for easy disassembly if I ever need back into the case. After some wire management(very messy lol), I installed a vga to hdmi adapter, and used a short extension, which I trimmed to fit the original AC port for a clean looking face.
Put her back together, tight fit, but together. My Dream Dreamcast!
I am halfway done with another project. I have successfully connected a 1.8" zif harddrive to a DC. I have measured, and am confident that I can install it in a dreamcast using the stock power supply; there is plenty of space behind the controller ports with proper positioning. Worst case scenario, a zif drive could rest in the modem housing. When I take my vacation soon, I will do a tutorial on how to do a solderless sd card mod, an accidental discovery when looking for alternate soldering points. Thanks for all you Sega fans, keep Dreaming!!!!