Sega Saturn & Dreamcast DIY Replacement Power Supply Conversion.
A detailed tutorial video on how to replace the PSU in your console when it fails, or if you want to power a 100V Japanese console with 240v. We use an external 12V DC supply into a Pico ATX PSU and modify it for this custom purpose. This conversion is suitable for all models both Saturn and Dreamcast with just small tweaks to the mod.
Conversion kits will be available for purchase if there is enough interest. Please comment.
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Thank you. This exactly what I was looking for.
is this safe with usb gdrom ?
any news on the kit
do you sell kits ? and does this work for a pal dreamcast
You created a question when you picked up the 12 volt power pack. If 12 volt is the maximum with the currents you had available could you have used voltage regulators and resistors to get the same effect? The Sega power supply I have had caps and diodes up s**t creek, so wondered if another way would be possible?
If you do end up selling these as a kit please let me know. I've got a PAL Model 1 SEGA Saturn that has a Model 2 style PSU and would like to do the same as you have done in this video.
As for an idea for next project. Upgrade the Sound with a S/PDIF for fiber optical sound. That is a project I am working on but I have nothing to refer to as in video instructions. I want to do this project to a Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast.
Fantastic idea mate. Keep the modding videos coming. Really enjoying the channel. BTW can you please link to or tell me where you got the female connector and metal pins, having trouble finding them, cause I want to give this project a go. Cheers.
Awesome video as usual. It's stuff like this that really inspires me to delve deeper into electronics and console mods. Keep em comin!
thanks love your vids
How many watts is the psu that you used?
Glad to see you doing what you do best Global.
I haven't seen this before on Youtube on a Sega Saturn & Dreamcast DIY Replacement Power Supply. But I'm gald that you did.
Very informative and excellent work I must say. Well done kind sir.
Anthony…
Great video mate, really like this style of tutorial. I would totally be interested in one of these if you do agree to sell them !
Being a complete noob in terms of electronics if you did do a mod to sell could it be made to straight plug & play? E.G; a Japanese Saturn running off a U.K. Power supply.
Great idea!!! What I would be tempted to do is remove the ATX connector from the PCB, then mount a couple of grounding loops (like a washer with a solder tab extending off it) onto a couple of the ground points where the ATX connector was – then you can put screws through them to mount it to the shielding below (obviously leaving the clear plastic there to isolate also). That way it should be more secure in the case. Brilliant idea though! I suspect we are going see more of these mini ATX PSUs and DC to DC convertors used in old retro systems in future.
There's an alternative to this. Generic DVD player power supplies are readily available on eBay and Ali express, and these typically have 3.3/5/12V built in also, they're also arguably a better fit for consoles and work direct from the mains. For the 9V, you could just use a cheap variable buck converter, these are more efficient. Lots of different ways of doing this I guess – I would have thought that replacing the 200V capacitor with a 400V one on the original Japanese supply should allow it to work at 240V anyway.
mate your a genius!! , thank you so much