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RGB_Gamer
Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 879
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Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:10 am Post subject: 32mb Super Magic Drive |
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Here is a Super Magic Drive 32mb. It does exist, and I have tested it out fine with Mortal Kombat 3
Here is the on screen menu :
Here is a picture of the bottom of the unit:
Picture of the Motherboard:
I converted BIN files to SMD with a tool called SMD BIN WIN 2.0b-rc2 (Windows program that converts BIN to SMD, SMD to BIN). For games over 8mb, I used Segatool to split into 8mb chunks. |
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madman
Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 598
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:41 am Post subject: |
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Nobody doubted that it existed, we've talked about it before and I've had one for a couple of years. |
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RGB_Gamer
Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 879
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:42 am Post subject: |
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madman wrote: | Nobody doubted that it existed, we've talked about it before and I've had one for a couple of years. |
A lot of people haven't seen it in action on the net, so now's their chance |
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madman
Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 598
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Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:50 am Post subject: |
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I'm sure they were all excited to see the screen say "32M" instead of something else. |
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schmake
Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 29
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:50 am Post subject: |
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I don't know if I was more excited to see where the NiCad battery had started to leak onto the PCB, or if it was shoddy soldering job of the 2 x 4mbit NEC SOJ packages (one looks scorched). I'd be verifying to ensure that all of the 32mbit works fine. |
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RGB_Gamer
Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 879
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:33 am Post subject: |
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schmake wrote: | I don't know if I was more excited to see where the NiCad battery had started to leak onto the PCB, or if it was shoddy soldering job of the 2 x 4mbit NEC SOJ packages (one looks scorched). I'd be verifying to ensure that all of the 32mbit works fine. |
On your unit?
Well, mine works just fine. |
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Ruger
Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 88
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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I personally would not worry about the RAM (as long as it works), but I would replace the battery.... I have seen too many SMDs being eaten alive.... |
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RGB_Gamer
Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 879
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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Ruger wrote: | I personally would not worry about the RAM (as long as it works), but I would replace the battery.... I have seen too many SMDs being eaten alive.... |
What kind of battery should I use? |
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Ruger
Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 88
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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I use similar 3.6V barrel type batteries, but NiMH instead of NiCd. |
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MottZilla
Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 765
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Is that battery soldered in there or is it held in a holder? I seem to remember a similar looking NiCd battery in CPS2 B boards but they had silver leads on both ends soldered to the board so it was easy to just clip them since I had a dead board that I had Razoola help me Phoenix. Ofcourse I had no reason to replace it, I'm guessing the SMD has the battery for some good reason like retaining SRAM while off? Which seems strange since it has a separate power supply. |
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Ruger
Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 88
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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The battery is soldered to the PCB. It's nice to have in case there is a power issue... (retaining SRAM) |
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kyuusaku
Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 941 Location: .ma.us
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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It doesn't have a separate power supply, neither does the Magicom. |
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Ruger
Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 88
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Ahhh... forgot. I knew I had a PSU for it, but it goes to the external floppy drive... |
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MrGamez
Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 6
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:25 am Post subject: |
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wow, I didn't know there actually existed a 32 mb super magic drive. I thought only magic drive plus could be 32 mb. So are there other 32 mb sega genesis copiers ? |
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