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PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.

Started by Hakeshu, 10/20/2016, 09:43 PM

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Hakeshu

Hi,

First time posting here. I hope I'm at the right place.

This week I gathered courage and modded my PCE IFU to output RGB to run on my 13' PVM. I used this french page as my source http://www.obsolete-tears.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7231

All cable are pinned correctly and the AMP is working. But only the color green seems to be weak\fainting. I tried to change the position of the wires on the AMP and the result was the same.

Anyone here had a similar issue like this? I triple checked all continuity on all ends but found no errors at all.

here's a couple images
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IMG

Keith Courage

#1
Whenever this had happened to me in the past, it was because I had accidentally tapped the wrong pins from the hu6260. Double check the pins for the wiring on the amp and that your RGB amp doesn't have a bad solder joint somewhere.

Hakeshu

I did some other tests and it appears that the green color isn't showing at all. Removed all R and B cables and the image goes black and white. Changed the wires position on the amp with R and the result was the same. I'm missing something on the PCE board itself?

Keith Courage

it sounds to me like you are accidentally tapping the incorrect pins from the board. Please post a picture of the wiring to the motherboard.

Hakeshu

Hey Keyth,

Here's my board and wiring. The soldering looks bad but it's not wrong wired.

https://imgur.com/a/evuSw

Keith Courage

#5
Well to find out if the problem is your board/RGB circuit you should try removing the red and run the green wire to the red lead on your RGB amp just to see if the system is putting out green. If it works then something is wrong with your amp circuit.

If this doesn't work then maybe there is something wrong with the green output trace inside your pc engine itself. Green should definitely be coming off of the pin you soldered to. You may need to tap the green right from the hu6260 chip and run it to the necessary exp port pin.

mickcris

#6
Did you check continuity between green and ground?  The green wire at the exp port looks really close to that ground point is running over

Hakeshu

Damn I guess I found the problem. Did a test with my snes with composite on the G plug and it output a black and white image. Asked my friend to do the same test on his PVM and the output is green. Well I guess my problem is my PVM. Damn I hope I can fix this.

Hakeshu

Hello guys. I managed to get the RGB working. Opened the PVM, did a clean up and some screws. Check the result

IMG

Thanks for all the help.