My completed DC portable (sega Nightmare)

sonic4freedom · Post by **sonic4freedom** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:04 pm

Bacteria Link got vanquished. Moving pics here.

Front

Side

Back (Motherboard piece was covered later)

(With VMU)

It's my first portable (gone now. Taken apart). It's a Dreamcast. It's gone. Took 3 days to build, battery lasted 2 hours. I plan (in the works) on another DC portable.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:09 pm

bi tchin'

congrats on making one of the few DCps and welcome to the boards

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:09 pm

I rather like it. After a while do you plan on pretty-ing it up a bit( epoxy, paint)?

sonic4freedom · Post by **sonic4freedom** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:12 pm

well i will paint it, and cover up the "sticking out" motherboard piece, by the way it does take in a VMU on the top, will upload a pic in a minute.
and thanks for the comments!!!

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:03 pm

well you've got the fundamentals of it down. now you just need to de-uglify it.

Sun-Wukong · Post by **Sun-Wukong** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:37 pm

It's ugly as sin, but I love it. Why? It's a Dreamcast!

Congratulations on your first portable.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:32 am

On my forum!

techknott · Post by **techknott** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:05 am

Congrats, great work.

SonyPortableizer · Post by **SonyPortableizer** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:55 pm

Nice job!
20% of all dreamcastps

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:04 pm

bacteria wrote:On my forum!

bacteria has forum?!? *joins*

Nice work, reminds me of my younger portablizing days!

SS

sonic4freedom · Post by **sonic4freedom** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:59 pm

yeah...bacteria has a site so please join

by the way thanks for the comments!!!, also the battery came in, do you guys want a video?

Sun-Wukong · Post by **Sun-Wukong** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:11 pm

Hell yeah we do!

Thanks.

sonic4freedom · Post by **sonic4freedom** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:54 pm

ran into a problem

i have the screen and the 12v slot from the system wired together and then ran to the battery, now the screen won't send a clear image (not enough power)...should separate the wires and run them seperatly? help?

Basement_Modder · Post by **Basement_Modder** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:37 pm

Pretty cool!

sonic4freedom · Post by **sonic4freedom** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:46 am

okay gang, here is the scoop. the screen is officially blown. i was testing the screen highest voltage (which is 16.5v). i tried to up it one (17.3v) and the screen shut off. the fuse didn't blow, but the screen wont turn back on(even on the normal 12v). so iam making a new (and MUCH thinner and smaller) DC portable. now that i know what (and what not) to do with a screen, i will start over. the one i have now will not be used ( i plan on taking out and replacing the screen), so it's sitting on my workbench.
gotta go