Nintendo DS (original) Motherboard Revisions

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I have read a few posts that mention revisions to original DS motherboards but they are only related to the third and last version... CPU-20

So I was wondering if anyone may know what the revisions were for on the second version?... CPU-10


C-NTR-CPU-01_1.jpgC-NTR-CPU-10_1.jpgC-NTR-CPU-20_1.jpg

C-NTR-CPU-01_2.jpgC-NTR-CPU-10_2.jpgC-NTR-CPU-20_2.jpg
 

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All you can see are the finely tuned traces and the unmounted pads.
It doesn't look like anything has changed, but all of the change could be under the DS cartridge slot.
 

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All you can see are the finely tuned traces and the unmounted pads.
It doesn't look like anything has changed, but all of the change could be under the DS cartridge slot.

I was assuming that the changes must have been done with a reason in mind,


C-NTR-CPU-01_2_Z1.jpg
C-NTR-CPU-10_2_Z1.jpg


CL61 and R71 labels were added above,


C-NTR-CPU-01_2_Z2.jpg
C-NTR-CPU-10_2_Z2.jpg


C43 and C44 labels were added here.

I've only got one board with a faulty cartridge slot at the minute and that's a CPU-20 so I can't compare under the slots yet,
 

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