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GDEMU on dreamcast v0 with 5v to 3.3v stepdown?

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:09 pm
by skrapps
Hi everyone, I'm new to modding the dreamcast, i have modded other consoles before. i have decent soldering skills, but not really savy when it comes to understanding the electrical side of things. I have a v0 dreamcast, which upon reading about it, learned that the voltage is too high and could potentially ruin the gdemu. i did some digging, and saw the work around with replacing the 7 transistors on the motherboard, which i can do, no problem. However, i thought about it, and maybe it might be easier, if possible, to just solder in a 5v to 3.3v step down converter? is this possible? would anyone know if so? and where to solder it in? Image

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Re: GDEMU on dreamcast v0 with 5v to 3.3v stepdown?

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:18 am
by megavolt85
no that won't help.
either replacing five resistor assemblies, or replacing bootrom and flashrom