Hi,

Here is a picture of the Dreamcast motherboard. I was wondering if the areas on the outside (highlighted one side) could be trimmed off? Or do the metal connections on the outside important for the Dreamcast to function?

Picture: http://i48.tinypic.com/4hcdpk.jpg

I'm 99.9% sure you can cut it off

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Alright, thanks. That should save me a bit more space

I wouldn't be so sure, the DC has more than two layers, so there might very well be traces in there.

Don't think there's anything there. Pretty sure it's a grounding layer on the entire outside strip.

bacteria said that some boards have 2 and some boards have more than 2 layers :S

Yours has 2 layers, There are 4 revisions of the dreamcast ( i think)

rev 0,1 have 2 layers, but have the extra gd rom controller board.

rev 2 & 3 don't have the controller board, but have 4 layers.

I think you should be safe cutting that off since its just grounding.

Good luck!

-exp0wnster