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Yes, the power supply has a rectifier and filter and all that stuff (I suppose... I really need to take some photos of the thing instead of trying to describe it). As a matter of fact, it sends power to the main board of the TV and also, through a separate ribbon cable, to a small board which is ...

hailrazer wrote:

Dvandersys wrote:And incidentaly, can I feed 5 volts to the 3.3v portion of my N64 without killing it?

No

Ah, bummer. Working with three different voltages... Unless the 5 volt portion of the tv can live off 3.3... Blah, this was supposed to be fun, it's turning out to be a lot like work!

Thanks

I'm using a 15 inch Coby LCD tv for a laptop-style game console/portable TV thing. The TV has the typical PSU board which turns 110vAC to 12vDC and 5vDC. I plan on using a rechargeable NiCad battery to power the thing when it isn't using a wall outlet. (I also intend to use the TVs PSU to power the ...

Instead of a black brick wall adapter, it uses an internal transformer which is labeled Input 120V AC, Output 12V AC, and in fact the circuit board is labeled AC where the wires from the transformer are soldered on. Do I need to find where the AC is rectified to DC and feed DC power in after the ...

I scored an old set of powered computer speakers for an N64 project, but I'm not sure if the setup is suitable. It seems the amp was designed to live on 12 volts AC. Can I just give it DC, or do I need to look for a different amp?

Didn't think it would be a problem, and yeah, I wanted to start with something easy. I've never modded a game console before. Thanks!

David

I have a project in mind for when I get home from Iraq, and I was wondering if you guys would mind helping me out with a question I had. I want to build a self-contained desktop game console... thing inside of a nice oak case. I want to stuff the guts from an NES, SNES, and possibly a N64, along ...