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Sega — Mega Drive II

Sega Mega Drive II Triple Bypass + 7805 (1st Unit)

August 26, 20221 thread~1 min readSuccessful repair
Voltage-regulator swapAV output mod

Triple Bypass V2 Plus mod by Zaxour (self-assembled) installed on a Sega Mega Drive II (first unit), along with a 7805 voltage regulator replacement. The Triple Bypass mod cleans up the RGB and audio output paths.

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Triple Bypass V2 Plus mod board

Triple Bypass V2 Plus by Zaxour for Sega Mega Drive II video and audio output cleanup. Board assembled by me.

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August 26, 2022· Thread 1· 3 tweets

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Manual assembly of #SegaGenesis triple bypass v2. 1 - Flux paste and all resistors placed. 2 - Resistors in place after hot air reflow. 3 - All done, capacitors with hot air, ICs with iron. Cleaned with isopropyl. #consolemodding #RETROGAMING #sega

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A short video of the assembly process during the phase in which I was soldering the placed capacitors into place.

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Now for the party piece, triple bypass on the Mega Drive 2 VA1. Thank you to @Tian_Feng44 for publish the PCB designs and BOM. Shoutout to @RetroRGB @Cruzlink2 @Artemio @Mobiusstriptech @FBXGargoyle @Ace9921Tweets for their roles too. #RETROGAMING #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis

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