My second project!!!

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:13 pm

because when something's crammed into a tiny gamegear it looks better and is more compact than if you cram it into something bigger and uglier

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:15 pm

OH

, but would it REALLY fit.

Post by **Triton** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:45 pm

cut off the grounding strips and such, and a snes mini mobo will fit in a gg! itwould be so cool too lol

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:30 pm

You would also need to cut down the battery compartment as well in order to really get the MB to fit. If I can get another GameGear console, I'll check it out and give you a good idea what you are up against.

I'll PM ben regarding the cart slot. Thanks!

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:19 pm

you could probly buy just the shell on ebay
they sell the shell for everything now adays

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:22 pm

I wired up everything and triple checked all my connections. I cleaned the game I have, and cleaned the cart slot as well. When I turn on the game, the radica screen comes up, but freezes afterwards on the radica screen. I take the game out, turn it on, the built in games starts up.

Do I have to disable the built in games in order to use the cart slot? If so, what am i jumpping/cutting to disable them? Is there a trace I can cut to stop power going to it, and which one is it?

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:16 pm

ground
try using your multimeter to trace it

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:18 pm

Ground it? Okay...sounds simple...but what specifically am I looking for? this is what's confusing me right now... =(

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:19 pm

cut the ground pin on the rom chip

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:42 pm

Silly me... =P

Okay, I've been hacking away at this thing and it's still turning on the rom chip instead of the cart...do you know which other pin i can try?

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:38 pm

Wait, so how did you solder in the cart, pics of the soldering, including under side could help.

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:28 pm

Here are the pics of the cart slot wired up:::

This one is of it half-way complete on the board.

Half-way complete on the cart slot

100% Complete on the board

100% complete on the slot.

Took about 2.5hrs to complete this sucker...I wish it was working though and I wish ben would read this topic too so he can point out what is wrong and which one should be cut

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:50 pm

were do you get your wire it looks like its a lot better than IDE wire

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:04 pm

You are going to smack yourself once you find out....ready???

From the Hip Gear!!! I cut the wire from the cord and boom...MORE wire!!! =) And yes, this wire holds up, IMO, a LOT better than ribbon cable. Ribbon cable is too flimsey for me...but the HipGear one...its a lot easier to control especially when soldering.

atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:11 pm

Controller wire is great, and you can get a lot of it (3X Psone controllers, 2X NES controllers for me) from one project. This portable looks good, and I can't wait to see it done. How close are you on the SNES?