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[RiskyChris]

Sorry, I would have searched for a thread, but VGA is too short and I have no idea what else to include in the string.

GAF, I want to give my Dreamcast some love, and the easiest way to do that is hook it up to my second PC monitor, since I already spend all my day in my chair (I have the 360 here too, don't have to move an inch!).

Unfortunately, I've seen about 3 or 4 different schematics on the net to devise the modification, and it's hard to tell which one is the best. Does anyone have any experience with adding an internal VGA port?

<3 9/9/09 believe

 

[Dot50Cal]

Why do you need to mod it at all? Just get a VGA box from ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sega-Dreamcast-...ryZ41053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Or I can sell you mine since I dont need it anymore.

 

[angelfly]

simplest solution is just to get the official vga box.

 

[RiskyChris]

1) I'm not keen on spending $27 for something that amounts to pennies in discrete parts and labour.

2) I love hands on work, and I could use the precision soldering practice.

 

[Dot50Cal]

15$ shipped? :lol

 

[RiskyChris]

15$ shipped? :lol

Nope, though I appreciate the offer.

 

[angelfly]

1) I'm not keen on spending $27 for something that amounts to pennies in discrete parts and labour.

2) I love hands on work, and I could use the precision soldering practice.

Same here however with a lot of things I just end up buying since I can't read schematics for shit but can solder very well.

 

[Dot50Cal]

This site seems to know whats up, though I still think you'd be getting better quality if you used a vga box rather than hand soldering everything. Plus those solder points are tiny.

http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/dreamcast/dreamcast_en.php

 

[RiskyChris]

Same here however with a lot of things I just end up buying since I can't read schematics for shit but can solder very well.

Electronics is my focus of study, so schematics make my pants creamy. ^_^

This site seems to know whats up, though I still think you'd be getting better quality if you used a vga box rather than hand soldering everything. Plus those solder points are tiny.

http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/dreamcast/dreamcast_en.php

I also wonder what if the quality of picture would suffer with hand-soldered solutions. At worst I can default to the box, since the mod doesn't disturb the video out port.

 

[RiskyChris]

Apologies to kick this back to page 1, but no one has any advice? I'm heading to the movies now, but if all else fails I have 2 Dreamcasts, so if one doesn't work I've got a fresh system to work from.

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