Getting the best possible video quality out of the SNES 1CHIP
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2018
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In this installment, I go back to the SNES and show you how to install my video driver to achieve the best (current) video output possible. I also briefly discuss the ghosting fix that I came up with and show you how to implement it.
★Credits:★
Unmaker - Super Mario World "before & after" capacitor change
s0m - 7805 Comparison Picture
♫Music♫
Super Metroid OST Remix - djatomnium 
Игры
Even putting the spring into the slot, I was STILL not satisfied with the amount of force of the eject button popping back up, but I found a very simple solution to this issue which plagues us all.... simply install a motor to the eject button! The motor I use is from a 1986 Ford Thunderbird (with turbo) and of course must rest on a platform externally from the SNES and requires gas, but an engine from a 1992 Ferrari 250 GTO can be used as well . It must also be started and running BEFORE you eject that SNES cart! A shaft about 3 inches in diameter can be made to go through the side of your SNES and attach to the eject button. If you wired everything up correctly, when you press down on the EJECT button to remove that cartridge, it engages the clutch on the engine transmission. When you let go, it's the same as releasing the clutch pedal while driving, the engine revs in its first gear and the eject button pops back up with a force that's FINALLY good enough for us SNES gamers.
.... Meet me at the hotel, tonight..
You said “shaft” 🤣
ahaha I didn't know Game Sack makes funny comments on other channels :D
I smell gasoline, is that normal?
good old 16-bitoline
Thanks for putting in the time to finding a solution to the ghosting issues. You make the knowledge of electronics look like a skill every time you make a video.
I'm always ready to go right after I watch a Voultar vid 😍
Favorite line: "Keep pulling, Keep pulling, Keep pulling, we're almost there."
the metroid music 10/10
Drinking game: every time Voultar says “Sole-dur”, take a drink.
Voultar’s fortress of Soldur Dor
Clearly this is the most correct retro video game repair channel to watch.
Dear Voultar, I enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Loving the videos, my dude.
I love your attitude towards the soldering you do. Each time you solder something you say "perfect". Its not always the cleanest, its not always the straightest but it doesn't need to be.
Is the soldered item firmly attached? Yes.
Is it where it should be? Yes.
Is there continuity? Yes
Is it shorting with anything? No
Then it's as perfect as it needs to be. Its great for people like me who don't get things perfectly straight, solder points look untidy but it does the job.
Always is a pleasure to learn from you ! Thank you ! Have a great day !
i love the metroid music man ..... thats one of my favorite games and the old soundtrack for that game was amazing
Watching you work that shaft into that eject mechanism. God.
Good vid but more important great choice of music these are the best versions of super metroid songs I've heard
some of them sound like metroid prime, though I think prime borrowed alot of music from super
Awesome video as always dude!
Excellent, now I gotta get a chip and do it up! I haven't modded anything since my Dreamcast back in the day, I got the itch.
If the rev.1 snes can get a mod to upgrade the soft rgb we'll be in business
Deenergize system. At last I hear this words on youtube. Like&subscribe.
Brilliant relation to work. Thanx for video. Need more.
>new Voultar video
7:58
"and pre-wet that tip"
Dude, you have no idea.
15:16 "So we'll start with the shaft. And you want to carefully insert the shaft into the hole." "Work it in there nicely"
A lot of shaft action as well.
Thank you for this install Mr. Voultar, much appreciated. This video confirms my speculation that the FC twin has this same issue while using a HDMI upscaler. The composite to HDMI device rocks while using it with the Sega Saturn but the FC twin there's a noticeable vertical line much like what you described in this video. Needs a cap easy enough but would you happen to have a FC twin laying around for modding because I would much rather use the newer console vs my original top loader. The top loader needs a conversion card for the game genie (mail order) adaptor that I will never be able to afford. Just curious but excellent informative 1CHIP install SNES fans rejoice.
I always assumed the noise I was seeing on screen was generated by my shitty Magnavox tv.
Woah! One of those few videos here on YT where someone can actually solder things!
Holy Crap! Good job bro keep up the good work :)
Regarding replacing C11 with a 200-470nf cap, is there any benefit to the going one way or the other within that range? Is it possible you might still experience ghosting with 200nf and going to a higher value would work better for example?
Nice video. You make it look so easy that even I feel like I'd be comfortable doing this
Hey, thanks for the amazing video! I'm planning on doing this to my 1chip03 super famicom. For the 1chip03 will I still need to reenable c-sync? Also is the brightness mod still necessary? Thank you very much :)
Edit: Nevermind! Your blurb on the store page answered all my questions! :)
Love watching you wiggle your shaft to and fro.
I just realized that you sound very similar to Mr. Carlson's Lab at times. Now I can't stop picturing him working on a game console, and you messing with vacuum tube stuff. Both of you seem to take pride in your work too. That's becoming a rare attribute these days.
Does the ghosting fix and bypass apply to pal units also? Thanks
I have the SNS-CPU-RGB-02. It's a 3 chip board, but it uses the same S-RGB for its RBB encoder. Do you think I could use this mod (changing where I land my wires to fit my board) and get any benefits or do I need to look at a different board?
Hey Voultar, love your videos. I'm a hobbyist and been using a standard soldering iron for all my electronics projects, R/C, and modding PSX, XBOX, 360 back in the day. I'm looking now at getting a hot air re-work station. I've got a budget of about $200 for it. Any recommendations? In your videos, what solder and no clean flux do you use? i'm using 60/40 tin/lead rosin core, and i've got a coil of 91% Tin 9% Zinc. then i have lead free 97/3 which I always find hard to work with.
I believe on a couple of his videos he said he uses an 858D, which is also what I've been using. Doesn't seem like you can go wrong with that!
I needed this!
Hi! i want to use this in another project, to convert the SNES/SFC RGB-output into composite/svideo, as the SFC/SNES do as well. Any links or help i can get? (in this case, its to add svideo or composite output on a mister fpga :)
would this mod be of any use to those of use with the earlier boards, my snes was built in 93 and does not have a 1chip
Hey Voultar, have you ever explored audio mods on retro consoles like adding TOSLINK to an SNES or Saturn or a more modern amplifier boards such as the Mega AMP? Not sure if audio is your thing but I was curious if these types of mods were worth the effort.
Toslink is definitely worth doing, but the board also does spdif and is worth doing as well.
Voultar, I have 4 sness and all of them seem to not be a onechip... any way to fix the vertical band on those? it really bothers me. Your videos are great!
Hi Voultar, question. Is there a difference with the super nes 1 chip 01, vs 02, 03?
Could it be possible to get the sprite amounts of a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive on an SNES/NSFC without the slowdown, Voultar?
voltar will you do a intro to soldering. I REALLY want to work on some tech but never was taught how to
enjoyed the video and your channel thank you for sharing :)
I assume this will still work fine with an HD Retrovision component cable, correct?
Yes absolutely
Hey, I just installed your board exactly like you did in this video for a 1-Chip 03. When I put it on the screen, it acts like the Csync is all messed up (screen freaks out diagonally but displays proper color and sound) Does that mean I need to get a new cable that bypasses Csync? Or should I remove the Csync capacitor and wire in the fourth wire to CS on the mod chip?
Edit:
If anyone else has this problem with their 1 Chip-03, go to retrorgb.com/snes1chip7374.html. I ended up using a jumper wire from R9 to the CS on the amp board. The 1 Chip-03 doesn't even have the hardware for native CSYNC so all you have to do is connect the wire to each board. Works perfectly.
i really don't know too much about electronics, but man i love watching these videos, makes me want to start learning electronics... any advices?
I am a bit curious why you don't make use of needle nosed tweezers more for manipulating your wire when soldering.
Pardon my noob question, but how do you connect the SNES and to what type of display do you connect it once you have done an RGB mod? I understand that SCART cables are a thing that can transmit the RGB signal, but what do you hook those up to in order to get an image out?
Short answer: In North America use HDretrovision component cables.
Long answer: You could use something like the ossc or framemister to connect to your TV via hdmi.
You could get a scart to bnc adapter then hook up to either a PVM or BVM.
You could also import a TV from the UK with scart inputs.
Japan also had TV's with rgb inputs but they are not scart. It's either jp21 or the Sony multi a/v port. There are adapter available for both.
Hey voultar I love the videos, do you repair and mod game gear ?
I'm looking at this as a mod for my 1CHIP, but the other guides I have read don't mention removing those SMD resistors. Why is it needed here?
EDIT: Looks like the other guide I was looking at was for a SNES Mini/Jr, so there is no RGB encoder to take out of circuit, that's why.
What size and kind of wire is sent in the kit? I just wanna make sure I the right size wire to do the svideo part of the mod. Thanks 👍
watching other people mod console made me really appreciate your neatness and attention to sexiness
I never find pre-modded SNESs on voultar.com... Someday I will catch one!
Awesome video! So where do you buy these parts at?
I love see old electronics from old machines... its so *A E S T H E T H I C C*
Great video Voultar I congratulate you I have a question how can I know if a normal SNES brings the 1CHIP without opening the console, in my city Tulsa, there is a retro store they sell consoles but they are not going to allow you to open the console to see if they are 1CHIP or they are not, there is another way to find out, I hope you can answer my question thank you very much.
Usually the Serial number at the bottom of the console with be a UN3..... it's not a guarantee necessarily but just know if it starts with a 1 or 2 it's most definitely not a 1 chip unless some weird swap has been done at some point which I'd think is super rare.
Where can we see some before/after pictures of some games with and without this mod?
Always giving us a happy ending.
nice video exept i am wondering wh you dont ship to the netherlands on your site... I'd love to do some SNES and SEGA rgb mods. Maybe if possible i'd like to have a HDMI mod on my SNES 1 chip.
I assume this kit / capacitor fix will work just fine with a Japanese Super Famicom running on 100 V? Thanks!
You bet, it'll work just fine in a 1CHIP SFC.
Cool, thanks!
Id like to see a video for NES RGB mod wiring. I try to replicate how clean you do your mods.
Awesome video as usual! Can you do some basic soldering skills videos? Something we can practice before doing work on consoles.
I bought a 20$ solder kit off Amazon and have successfully modded all my consoles and fixed all kinds of electronics I'm an absolute beginner but it's really not that hard you should definitely give it a shot.
I started out with a cheap 30 dollar amazon soldering iron and used a couple busted hard drive boards and transferred parts back and forth until I got comfortable with the process and my technique. Then I moved onto actually repairing something very easy and worked my way up to more difficult jobs. Practice, practice, practice...
great tip! and in the other revisions of the SNES, GPU, SHVC, APU, where would the C11-related capacitor of the 1-chip revision be?
Voultar Is there any way to achieve these improvements on emulator? I swear, these screens are the best I've seen of SNES pixel quality!
Are the resistors that need to be removed for the R-G-B lines in place for all 1-chip (01, 02, 03) revisions? I am also wondering if there is any installation difference, particularly with the -03 models, which does not come with CSYNC. Great video as always.
On a 1 chip 03 you will remove the resistors but the cap will be gone and you will have to wire csync there is a guide at retrorgb.com on where/how
frank strasser Thanks!
merlingt1 yep np
Does anyone knows where are the equivalent R15-R17 in a SHVC-CPU-01? Or if this RGB upgrade works on it?
You did a pretty good job bro. Congrats! But I think you should consider for shipping it to other countries. I'm living in Brazil and here there's no mods available like that for my SNES. See ya!
I'm getting a purple hue when using scart. It wasn't like this before. Tried different cables but it's still the same. Bad ths7374 you think?
Didn't you say in a different video that the replacement cap was supposed to be a low ESR capacitor?
Would this instalation be the same for a PAL SNES 1-CHIP that has been modded with a region toggle switch? I'd like to to uninstall an RGB Bypass Mod that an ebay modder did and install your board.
You would need a PAL region mod board. Same basic steps.
PAL and NTSC snes's have a different pinout, on the multi out. So you would have to keep using PAL region cables.
Can u install mod chip 5.0 in play station 2 slim gloss version not the one stripe luke the whole left side is glossed
JUST ANOTHER 1.27mm I love you
Hello, I have a 1chip outputting very low audio from the dac converter that goes low all the way to the rf and composite, caps measure all good, voltages are ok, my local tech says he's never seen such problem, do you have any idea what could be causing this(tested on different tvs various cables and jumpered everything tried all possible fixes with jumpers)
Does this fix the background checkerboard effect on some title screens also?
Hey Voultar I have a 01 board but my setup looks nothing like what you have in the video here, I can’t seem to locate the area the pcb goes and the one area I think it goes none of the little resistors are configured the same way
Pre-wetting that tip!
I'm now able to run crisis in Ludacris mode thanks alot bro
hi voultar, hmm and what about non 1chip snes ? i think for exemple to snes jr ?
I just opened my SNES to see which version I have and discovered it is the version shvc-cpu-01. Does this have RGB out and can it be improved?
no but he's releasing a 2 chip mod very soon which will help. it's not rgb but it's damn close
Guess I should start saving money for your chips man. Mailing it abroad costs a lot for my country. Anyway, great video as always, keep it up.
Is this jsut a RGB mod for the multi-out connector?
Doesn't the snes output rgb natively? Or is it only the EU pal version with scart.
Where do you buy the 0805 300nf from cant find any anywere
There's a direct replacement available
Any thoughts of integrating a dejitter option into the RGB amp?
I just installed a dejitter board myself from Videogame perfection.com it was easy to install and worked great first shot so happy to have my SNES working perfect with my OSSC.
I just did the same as well. My Sony TV which wouldn't take any signal from my snes or av famicom can now display 5x scaled ossc from both. It's a great mod and would be cool if these two were combined
At 100k subs Voultar should have a coming out party ;)
Hello, I bought this awesome mod, but I am confused because I dont know which rgb cable ,shoukd I use, there are so many variations((( Help me
Most main ghosting is from slow,pixels ms or not matched refresh to your tv.If you using led tvs.crt different but usly do not have problems unless its not syn.
I wish I knew a guy like you near me so that damn white line could be fixed on my snes.
Just so I am getting it right, as well as everyone else who might missed it, correct me if I am wrong.
You want a Capacitor with the values between 200 nF and 470 nF, with the 300s being the sweet spot. 0805 sized package for older One Chip and 0603 for the Mini .
are these shipped outside of the US?
is the intro compressed to hell and back for anyone else?
duh, it's supposed to be retro.
Sure, but compare it to other Voltaur's other vids - It sounds really quite bad.
retro is 8bit, not compressed af
idk it looks fine on my 60 inch tv
The audio sounds like a bad Limewire MP3
Weer do you find songs for background music, really digging the Metroid mix, Super Metroid is my most favorite game of all time.
Where
Would this work on a SNS-CPU-GPM-01 board?
Will this work on a 93 sns-cpu-gpm02?
Voltar you are amazing
Prewet that tip and work the shaft all the way. Yup.
How about the 2 chip? How can you improve the image on the 2 chip?
is this mod ntsc only or an I use it on my pal
Okay, so how do i know if i need to add csync or not? ???
Nice mod, do you do any mods on modern gear?
Hello it’s for 1chip 01 , 02 or 03 ?
Thinks
Was this a 1chip 1 2 or 3?
Hey Voltar , I’ve been watching your channel for a while now and I have been interest in fixing some of my old consoles my self but. I have a turbo grafx express with no video, I purchased the needed caps to fix the issue, would you be interested in doing the repair on your RUclips channel?
Great improvement mod, i guess nintendo just used cheaper capacitators and rgb decoders in their snesses along with pior shielding to save costs.