I managed to get hold of one of those Everdrive cart's :D ..but sadly the one without the DSP1 chip :'(
(which is needed to play MarioKart or Pilotwings)
So to source the needed components I picked up a
(And is quite frankly, a load of Ballz!).
So step-one was to get the Everdrive & Ballz-cart open :/
Meh... security screws! :(
Luckly there's a tutorial on youTube on how to melt the end of a biro and push it into a screw (while molten), to make a poor-mans security-screwdriver.. \o/
My first attempt didn't go too well & biro plastic got stuck around one the screw heads, but since I was practicing on the donor cart - there was nothing a hack saw couldn't handle.
Had to desolder three components: a 74HCU04, Ceramic Oscilator & the DSP1 chip:
Care had to be taken when mounting the chips to te Everdrive pcb.. there are several surface mount resistors right next to the IC pin holes!
And - The DSP1 chip has to mounted on the back side of the board & the Logic & Clock on the front!
And the other (front) side:
Reassembled the cart WITHOUT security screws! ;)
Happy days! <3
We have: Pilotwings..
And more importantly..
Retro-tastic :D I haven't had a Snes for over 21 years! I'm old.. :/
Oh.. also worth a mention.. I received an RGB SCART lead with the Snes I bought, but upon plugging into my later-day LCD TV, the screen would fade to black as soon as the picture became busy / too bright.
The solution was to desolder three capacitors that were in-line with the R,G&B wires in the SCART plug.
(I left the Cap on the Sync wire & that seemed cool.)
