DreamTrooper .My next portable started. FINISHED :) Youtube

tom61 · Post by **tom61** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:21 pm

Recheck your solder connections, some cold solder joints can be dislodged by heat expansion. Also, see if anything is getting hotter than it should right before it shuts off.

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:58 pm

Well it was the 7808 getting to hot.

Weird because even when the screen shut off the 7808 was still ouputting the proper voltage.

Put a fan on it and the screen stayed on, so I added an aluminum heatsink from a Retro Duo and I spent today putting in the fan on the back where it will suck the hot air out.

I should be done with it tomorrow and posts finished pics

kasar · Post by **kasar** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:31 pm

awesome job there hailrazer
cant wait to see it finished.

sadly ,I discovered too late how much wonderfull the DC is

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now I understand why nintendo ported skies of arcadia to the gamecube ^^

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:21 pm

I assume you got my Dreamcast and it works?

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:36 pm

vskid wrote:I assume you got my Dreamcast and it works?

Oh yes I did and yes it does. Thanks

Now I have an extra because the other one was working fine I just had wired it wrong.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:24 pm

hailrazer wrote:Well it was the 7808 getting to hot.

Weird because even when the screen shut off the 7808 was still ouputting the proper voltage.

Put a fan on it and the screen stayed on, so I added an aluminum heatsink from a Retro Duo and I spent today putting in the fan on the back where it will suck the hot air out.

I should be done with it tomorrow and posts finished pics

In my GCp I wired two 7808s in parallel and I think it helped to solve the same problem
I did also add a larger heatsink though so maybe having two did nothing

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:16 pm

Well I just have to wire the batteries and Pcb and I'm done.

Here's a look at the insides before I add the batteries.

The PicoPsu is underneath the Dreamcast Motherboard:

I will post finished pics tomorrow afternoon, I'm tired and going to sleep.

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:03 pm

Holy crap! Finished already?

Nice work. That looks great.

-=FamilyGuy=- · Post by **-=FamilyGuy=-** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:44 pm

Great works ! You totally beat me to it (kind of pwnt to be honest), even if I haven't worked on mine for almost a year.

I can't wait to see it done !

FG

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:57 pm

How do I make a youtube video of it. I have a 1.3Meg camera in my laptop but when I try to make a 320x240 video it ends up being around 1gig

Is there a easier way to make a small video ?

Mario · Post by **Mario** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:20 pm

hailrazer wrote:How do I make a youtube video of it. I have a 1.3Meg camera in my laptop but when I try to make a 320x240 video it ends up being around 1gig

Is there a easier way to make a small video ?

Put it into Windows Movie Maker, then save it. WMM saves it as a WMV file, which has a very small file size.

hailrazer · Post by **hailrazer** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:44 pm

Finished

Here's the finished pics

I added a fan in the back as you can see and put slots in it like the original Dreamcast has.

I put the orange Led shining down on the Dreamcast Logo. You like ?

Well that was sure fun.

I have to finish the cover for the back but I'm glad the rest is done so I think I will put it off for a few days.

Bigmac · Post by **Bigmac** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:49 pm

It's gorgeous! Perfection!

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:02 pm

wow. just... that looks AMAZING.

I'd like a better look at that joystick. from the picture, it looks like a ball with a groove in it. is that really what it is?

kasar · Post by **kasar** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:40 pm

awesome.

great job man