Sega dream cast

[Prince ofhell]

anyone have a dream cast hdd mod my drive is bad can't replace it where I live

 

[koffieleut]

Why not going for a gdemu? Hdd drive is like 36 solderpoints and a gdemu is just a drive swap.

 

[Alexander1970]

Why not going for a gdemu? Hdd drive is like 36 solderpoints and a gdemu is just a drive swap.

Hello.

Yes,a very good Alternative.

Spoiler: More Information if you like:

You can get Clones on Amazon or Aliexpress starting by 35 Euros.
the maximal SD Card Size is reported from Users on the Internet up to 200GB and more (but as on 3DS,Card size bigger than 64 GB maybe slows down the Menu/Access).

It is recommended to fit it an 3D printed Part (for the Airflow).



Also a little Power Modification:



Explained in Detail here:

https://retrogamesultra.com/2019/02/17/sega-dreamcast-gdemu-installation-and-setup/

With the GD-ROM gone, the 12V rail that powered it is no longer having that draw on it, so can output up to 14V, causing your Dreamcast to get very, very hot, and may shorten the lifespan of components. The 3D printed tray I’m fitting will help airflow, but if you’re not fitting one, some people recommend you put in some paper to help the fan draw air correctly over the PSU, as can be seen in this crude example. To rectify this effectively, a simple mod adding some resistors will bring the voltage back down. This information originally came from this post, and at 01:40 in the second video down the page, you can see where it needs to go. Further discussions with two awesome people, one an electronics expert, have made me alter the modification slightly. He advised that a 300ohm 1/4W resistor isn’t really going to cut the mustard as it will itself get too hot. If you’re going to go for a single resistor, 1W is better. Further to that, 330ohm is better than 300ohm as it will lower the amperage output, and that’s what’s going to make more difference to the heat generation. Even better than that is three 1Kohm 1/4W resistors in parallel (creating a resistance of 333.33ohm), as the load is shared between the three.

Thank you.

 

[Prince ofhell]

Why not going for a gdemu? Hdd drive is like 36 solderpoints and a gdemu is just a drive swap.

Becouse I live in Syria can't get the gdemu it cost so much

 

[Foxi4]

Is the board faulty, or just the drive? You might be able to get away with just swapping the drive, they cost pennies, and you can probably up cycle one out of an old PC.

 

[Prince ofhell]

The cd drive is not working becouse the liens is damaged the bord works fine there is a problem with the spin motor

 

[Alexander1970]

Becouse I live in Syria can't get the gdemu it cost so much

Hello.

You have a great Number of Video Gaming Devices according to your Signature.Really Great.

For a GDEmu (35-40 Euro) is unfortunately really no Money left ?
That is a really too bad....

It would complete your great Collection.

 

[Prince ofhell]

40 £ man my salary is 200 $ a month and I have 3 kids and my mam

Be the way I have a ba in accounting lol

Before the war every thing was so cheep

 

[Alexander1970]

40 £ man my salary is 200 $ a month and I have 3 kids and my mam

Be the way I have a ba in accounting lol

Before the war every thing was so cheep

Hello.

Of Course,that is not much.
All the more impressive is your Collection.

It is a little difficult for the Dreamcast:

- a "new" GD Rom costs about 20-25 Euros
- a Laser only about 15 Euros
- a GDemu as we say 40 Euros
- a used Dreamcast...oh dear...priceless
- a IDE Mod - I do not think that is also affordable too IF someone solds it.

There are many Choices,but none of them is unfortunately really cheap.

This Thread is unfortunately GERMAN but in this Thread there are Types of PC Drives mentioned,
which you can use as @Foxi4 suggested to maybe replace/repair your Dreamcast GD-Rom.

https://www.segacity.de/viewtopic.php?t=6178

Thank you and
Good Luck.

 

[Prince ofhell]

I can solder I have made a mod to my GameCube I solder'd the sd card to the port 2 and it's working great

 

[Alexander1970]

I can solder I have made a mod to my GameCube I solder'd the sd card to the port 2 and it's working great

Hello.

That is great.
Do you have a Manual for the HDD Modification ?

 

[Prince ofhell]

This is the ad card on my gamecube

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Hello.

That is great.
Do you have a Manual for the HDD Modification ?

That's what's I am trying to get the pin out solder point to hdd

 

[Alexander1970]

I hope this is what you need.

https://circuit-board.de/forum/index.php/Thread/14246-IDE-Festplatten-an-Sega-Dreamcast-anschließen/
(German Site,the PIN Out is english).

 

[Barawer]

Does the disc spin at all? it might be worth trying to pot tweak it before spending a lot of money

 

[koffieleut]

https://www.dreamcast-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1982&start=0

This one is for replacing the lens. (Pictures don't work though)

http://web.archive.org/web/20070127184121/http://www.syncscroller.net/dc/dc-ide.html
This one contains an pre build from ide to DC mod


https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Lizu54URYmE
This link contains a gdrom replacement for an hdd, in the text you can find a pinout for the hdd solderpoints.

Good luck