saturnfan31
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Post by saturnfan31 on Nov 1, 2015 13:00:28 GMT
Hi,
What VA revision have i got with this serial no? AD51148011
Thanks
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Post by zyrobs on Nov 1, 2015 14:18:45 GMT
VA1.
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Post by saturnfan31 on Nov 1, 2015 15:58:46 GMT
Thanks Zyrobs. Would a PAL PSU work in a JPN SS HST-0004? I've got one coming in a couple of days.
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Post by zyrobs on Nov 1, 2015 16:49:12 GMT
If you remove the PSU from a VA1 PAL unit, it should fit in any hst-3210 model. But, not a hst-3200 model (which are all VA0).
HST-0004 were the short-box Japanese model 1 units, they can have either a hst-3200 or a hst-3210 console inside.
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Post by saturnfan31 on Nov 2, 2015 15:33:31 GMT
Thanks Zyrobs.
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Post by saturnfan31 on Nov 9, 2015 20:12:18 GMT
WAHOOO! it works!!, Flawless, first time boot. Batt was knackered. Holy SHIT! Darius Gaiden on 60hz!! amazing!!
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Post by dj898 on Nov 10, 2015 0:14:51 GMT
what's be the earliest board version? had what looked like the VA0 board
Full text below.
837-11076 IC BD SATURN MAIN VA0 CCI 171-6874C PC BD SATURN MAIN VA0 CCI
No Serial# though as the thing came with no label from Sega Japan.
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Post by zyrobs on Nov 10, 2015 1:06:22 GMT
what's be the earliest board version? had what looked like the VA0 board Full text below. 837-11076 IC BD SATURN MAIN VA0 CCI 171-6874C PC BD SATURN MAIN VA0 CCI No Serial# though as the thing came with no label from Sega Japan. 171-6833C is the earliest functional Saturn I know of, it's the Sophia development box. But I wonder what boards are inside the different development boxes (target box, sound box, etc, there were a few). Earliest retail board version is 171-6874D (the Japanese launch units). The unit you had, 171-6874C, was one revision earlier. From what I can tell from your pics, it mostly differed by using bigger caps, a bunch of electrolytic caps on that board was replaced with ceramic SMD ones. You can even see the remains of this change on the retail boards, they have a bunch of ceramic caps referred to as CExx instead of Cxx.
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Post by zyrobs on Nov 10, 2015 1:45:50 GMT
WAHOOO! it works!!, Flawless, first time boot. Batt was knackered. Holy SHIT! Darius Gaiden on 60hz!! amazing!!
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Post by dj898 on Apr 13, 2020 4:30:39 GMT
Here's the photo of 171-6874C VA0 board
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Post by cj on Apr 23, 2020 10:21:43 GMT
^ Nice removable bios n burn region free replacement:)
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Post by dj898 on Apr 24, 2020 2:14:31 GMT
early launching Saturn also had their BIOS chip on the IC socket.
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Post by zyrobs on May 13, 2020 2:01:21 GMT
Here's the photo of 171-6874C VA0 board I've seen the gallery you put up on your blog, and I must say I'm very thankful that you finally decided to make hi-res photos of that unit.
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Post by saturnino on May 28, 2022 0:17:12 GMT
Hi,
Could anybody tell me which motherboard revision for a model 1 HST-3210 with serial P5202008 ?
Thanks!
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Post by zyrobs on May 28, 2022 1:28:42 GMT
Hi, Could anybody tell me which motherboard revision for a model 1 HST-3210 with serial P5202008 ? Thanks! VA2 aka VA SG.
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