/vr/ - Retro Games

Start simple. Get some beginner's soldering kits to help learn the basics.

>>4674464
For the OG xbox, you can remove the clock capacitor.
That thing is a ticking timebomb.

PS1, you could get an 8-wire mod chip. Those are fairly simple.

Everything else is out of your league.

>>4674464
UltraHDMI, for starters.

Solder a usb adapter for your xbox and use a copy of Splinter Cell to softmod it and play emulators.

>>4674464
You could lift some traces and burn some parts on any one of those consoles.

>>4674464
destroy them and upload pics to /vr/ gore threads. pic related

>>4674464
Don't practice on consoles, the pads are too small. Start with something easier if you haven't soldered much before, like making video cables. Turn your composite A/V cable into RGB or S-Video by soldering new leads to the R/G/B/Luma/Chroma pins and solder the other end onto RCA connectors (or half of an S-video cable or whatever you want).

>>4674464
>I'm getting a soldering kit for the first time and want to practice with some of my spare retro consoles.
This is going to end well

Not really that related but does anyone know if there is a place I can get some Gameboy cartridge cases made of metal?

>>4674464
>I'm getting a soldering kit for the first time and want to practice with some of my spare retro consoles.

Really bad idea to practice on something with actual value. I recommend using something like an old DVD player that no one cares about anymore. Those are probably a good substitute for something fairly complex like a PS1.

Try desoldering a whole board to get the hang of desoldering then try soldering specific components back on to the board.

you can solder the pins on your n64 to play SNES games at 60 fps with no lag

>>4674464
Always remember to use flux. There is literally no such thing as too much flux. I can’t stress this enough, USE FLUX

>>4675027

This place never forgives, Jeez.

>>4675027
what is this? and who did this?

>>4675420
This is legitimately some of the best advice in the thread. I went flux-less for quite a while. It’s possible, but not worth it at all. Make your life easier, use flux.

>>4675027
Is there a reason why someone did this to the CPU DRAM on a PS1? I can't even think of any mods that involve fucking with the DRAM.

>>4675629
What's Flux do

>>4675629
That's even more retarded than going gluten free. I assume you did both?

I need to get a decent soder iron for doing mod chip installs. What's a good one to get? What's a good way to practice soldering? Should I just get a junk pcb and practice putting wire on traces?

>>4675907
Just buy the cheapest iron you can find that has decent reviews. Variable temperature is nice but not essential. And yeah go nuts on an old broken dvd player or something. Watch some youtube videos for common console mods and practice the shit they do.

I was fortunate enough to have a grandfather who taught me how to solder. I remember breaking a cd-player I owned and asking him to repair it. He showed me how to do it and did some soldering together. It was pretty cool.

>>4675852
makes the solder go and stay where it's supposed to.
good video to demonstrate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfIwHuGzUEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uiroWBkdFY
it's literally witchcraft devilry.

>>4675907
one with temperature-regulation, 35-50W, preferably not the cheapest chinkshit
>Should I just get a junk pcb and practice putting wire on traces?
not on traces, on chips and vias.

>>4676058
Link me a soder iron senpai

>>4674646
You don’t even need that archaic method to do that anymore, just get a USB to IDE adapter (like $10), download that Linux OS (I can’t remember the exact name) that’s used to read the hard disk once it’s unlocked by playing an MP3, hotswap it to the PC while the OS is booted, they have it in a QEMU form now. Then install using the automated menu inside the OS. It’s that easy.

>>4676058
>not on traces, on chips and vias
I had to strip and solder to a trace to region mod my Mega Drive model 2. Serves me right for not buying an original model.

can you add RGB to a us n64? i remember adding it to my jp one years ago

if your xbox is version 1.1-1.4 you could try write enabling the tsop.
its a tricky solder if you don't have steady hands and a magnifier, but the results are worth it.
far superior to a softmod

I also added a toslink diode to mine for digitalsound, because fuck buying that adapter

>>4677405
yes

>>4677025
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/catalogsearch/result/?cat=&q=Sold-ST

>>4674464
Try changing the LEDs. It should give you something simple to start with.

>>4675420
Part two of the best advice ITT:

Use an appropriately sized iron tip for every project. This is an absolute necessity, and I can personally guarantee you that >>4675027 used a tip that was WAY too big for the task at hand. Another miscellaneous tidbit to remember is that surface mounted chips are BEGGING to be slathered in flux, otherwise you’ll just bridge all the legs together.

>>4675027
>actually burned away a pin
wew