Modding a Duo to remove that "part"
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Yes you know what "part" I am talking about. That silly little "part" of the board that sticks out and ruins the Duos sleek rectangular goodness. Well it only takes 3 wires and a bit of soldering to remedy that tumor of a PCB.
Remove the power switch and the reset switch on the Duo. I opted to just cut them off with some snips but you can desolder if you really want to.
Here is the scored line where to cut the board. Ignore that solder blob. It was left over from testing. The best way to remove it is to dremel it off or use a xacto knife and score it many times and snap it off.
Connect the 17th pin from the left of the TCT chip to VCC (+5V). Its a really small legged chip so be carefull in your solder placement.
Flip it over and connect these two traces with wire.
Last wire. is on the back by the cut off area.
Done!
Remove the power switch and the reset switch on the Duo. I opted to just cut them off with some snips but you can desolder if you really want to.
Here is the scored line where to cut the board. Ignore that solder blob. It was left over from testing. The best way to remove it is to dremel it off or use a xacto knife and score it many times and snap it off.
Connect the 17th pin from the left of the TCT chip to VCC (+5V). Its a really small legged chip so be carefull in your solder placement.
Flip it over and connect these two traces with wire.
Last wire. is on the back by the cut off area.
Done!
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Re: Modding a Duo to remove that "part"
Moved to the SNES section of the Reference forum.
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Re: Modding a Duo to remove that "part"
You're my hero, Rekarp! That's a useful guide.
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Re: Modding a Duo to remove that "part"
THANK YOU. now i can see if i killed mine! lol
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Cool, that was the first thing I was going to remove if I mod mine. (If? who am I kidding. WHEN i mod mine ).
This saves me (and everyone else) the trouble of tracing the lines. Nice work.
This saves me (and everyone else) the trouble of tracing the lines. Nice work.
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quick question, how big is the mother board?
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ABCinc wrote:quick question, how big is the mother board?
bout the foot print of a SNES cart
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the whole SNES thing after you removed the part that was sticking out.
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Yah about the foot print of a SNES cart >_>ABCinc wrote:the whole SNES thing after you removed the part that was sticking out.
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Oh... Sorry im a blonde.Rekarp wrote:Yah about the foot print of a SNES cart >_>ABCinc wrote:the whole SNES thing after you removed the part that was sticking out.
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Re: Modding a Duo to remove that "part"
Is the Retro Duo a normal 2 layer board? Or is it one of those boards with six gazillon layers?
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normal 2 layer.XCVG wrote:Is the Retro Duo a normal 2 layer board? Or is it one of those boards with six gazillon layers?
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Well that's nice to know. I can chop one up and know why it doesn't work!Rekarp wrote:normal 2 layer.XCVG wrote:Is the Retro Duo a normal 2 layer board? Or is it one of those boards with six gazillon layers?