Adding HDMI to the AV Famicom
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- In this epic installment, Lord Voultar engages the Hi-Def NES kit in Mortal Kombat. Covered in clear detail: Capacitor removal and installation, main-board preparation, PPU/CPU desoldering/soldering techniques and a bunch of other good info. There's very basic case tooling instruction. I show you some simple techniques for shaping out a clean and leveled cut-out for your HDMI port. I only show the BASIC process, and I don't show all of the finish work for dialing it in perfectly. The idea is to simply give you the knowledge and technique's needed for you to find your own way. I will eventually do a case-tooling video and show this process from start to finish.
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No intention of getting a Nes, no intention of doing this mod... Still watched this entire video..
Yea, these vids are so addicting and soothing to watch. I went through withdrawal after 3 days of no uploads.
shoobopper it is like practicing how to solder without actually soldering
It's like watching Bob Ross with a soldering iron. ^_^
Same, I find it interesting
Same here 🤤🤤
with no ending results? :(
I have learned more about soldering from Voultar's videos than from any other videos on the site. Learning from someone with experience and the get-it-right-the-first-time philosophy will save you hours of time and lots of frustration. It also changes soldering from a difficult chore to something that can actually be enjoyed.
so happy someone like you is doing a good job explaining these mods. The AV famicom lacks RF shielding, well at least every famicom i have opened does not have one.
That's real talk! I kept thinking to myself I was doing a U.S. Top-Loader. Just like the PC-E Duo, no RF Shield! FCC MOTHA'S!
I like how your desoldering tool sounds like a duck when sped up.
Someday soon I want to design these modboards. And working with people like yourself to learn and show others how to install hardware mods like this is gold. Thank you for making these videos.
Have never even picked up a soldering iron in my life but I'm absolutely fascinated by this stuff. Great videos man
Checking in 6 years later. Have you picked up the hobby of mixing t1000 juice and electric pixies?
Voultar you are the Bob Ross of retro hardware mods....happy little solder joints.
You make that drag soldering look so simple and easy. It's like soldering magic.
Dude, I dont know what you do, but this videos are amazing to watch, I like NES games, never going to buy and mod a real one, still, you make clean and like art, I watch it, not as a guide, more like a masterclass.
Best retro show. No BS. No hype. No ridiculous shit no one can ever afford. Sensual. To the freakin point and did I mention sensual? I’ve learned more in five videos from here than I have from pretty much the entire scene from the last 20 years.
Hey, that's my Famicom! Really pleased with! Thanks, brother!
You've covered everything they teach about miniature soldering in the Coast Guard and more in one video. I felt proud when I completed my 2m certification but this video alone shows much better technique than I ever learned. Wtf
The RF shield on top was only in US top loaders, no AV Fami's had them, also why you don't see exposed ground plane at the edge of the mobo like US top loaders. I think it was an FCC compliance issue, which was apparently not an issue for Japan...
The only other comment I can make is about hiding the ffc's. It's an unnecessary step, but it also hinders ability to put that last screw back in it's hole....
THANK YOU for including the bit about reversing the screw to mate up with the existing threads. It is so infuriating to see people just blindly jam screws into the holes and destroy the threads. I've been using this technique for years, but I never really see people talking about it.
Are you kidding? You're supposed to slather them with 2-part Epoxy and then hammer them back in. #sarcasm
I, too had to learn this the hard way!! i turn them counterclockwise until i feel a click, then i know i am in the threads!!
He's like the Bob Ross of electronics. Awesome.
Being a modding/soldering novice, I'm really enjoying your videos. Keep up the good work.
4:42 "Kinda spread the legs a little bit, just to hold that little girl in place." This is why I watch his vids.
I was a fair to middling hand with a soldering iron before, but your videos definitely helped me level up. The dragging technique alone makes watching worthwhile and the evil humor is just icing on the cake. Thanks to your and GameTechUS' tutorials I got a Hi Def NES installed in just a few hours and it is glorious.
Love how the stuff from my childhood is getting a new lease on life.
This video is very relaxing, you're like the Bob Ross of console modding tutorials.
Someone else commented this, but it's really true. You are the Bob Ross of electronics
10:44 "Its that simple!" . Had me pissing myself with laughter. I had to play it again about 5 times!! :D
"...spread the legs to create some tension and help that girl out"
hey, unless youre reducing her tension, youre doing it wrong ;-)
Wonderful desoldering. I am giving mine a go with a desoldering iron with built in pump. I have a fair amount of soldering experience but desoldering is a bit new to me. Great tips!
Just did this mod on an av fami while following along with your video. Everything went well, I dont have a drag soldering tip but will now pick one up for sure. Adding a little fresh flux and solder to all the joints before hitting them with my hakko 808 really seemed to be the key to easily pulling the cpu and ppu, they both literally fell right out. Anyway Im very happy with the results and cant thank you enough!
This was such an incredible video, very informative! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain every single step like as if we're all n00bs, which I am. In fact, I'm a complete beginner at this kind of stuff, so the way you explain it all is unbelievably helpful!
If you wouldn't mind answering a couple of questions, where did you learn it all? A lot of people I've asked hoping to learn something just tell me it's a hobby they learned by reading about it. But Im still lost, I honestly not even sure what you call this kind of work...Electronics? Hardware modification Electronics? Circuit board work?
Anyhow, beautiful video work. Thanks again for making this!
I loved the Alvin and the Chipmunks cameo at 43:20.
When do you add the 2-part-epoxy to the solder joints?
HOT GLUE ALL THE THINGS!
I prefer to put hot glue all over my mods and not 2 part epoxy. It allows you to see the solder joints more clearly.
never
@@ThinkBeforeYouSleepYT seems like some skid shit
Why don't you take a big greasy sh1t on the joints
My go to desoldering method is adding a shit ton of solder and while it’s still hot and Molten make a quick jerky action and watch your joint become completely unsoldered.... made sure to look around where that once molten solder decided to stick to other components though, it will be a cold joint where it is so you could just pull it off.
Great stuff, I onced removed a RF module from a Nokia DBox2 with a solder sucker, that was scary but I managed it as a novice having fitted many PS2 modchips. I like your work and have picked up some usefull tips, keep them coming brother.
Well…you guided me through my N64 RGB install. Time to upgrade the Nintendo too!
First seconds of a video I clicked without reading: "So JUST LIKE THAT", ok it's Voultar.
Just the right amount of weird and I love it.
So relaxing to watch
Have you ever considered taking the shield of the female HDMI port and then attaching that to plastic welder as a soldering tip using that to press a perfect outline into the plastic?
I like this idea though I think the shield of a male plug/cable would be my choice. The plastic around the edges will need to be cleaned up a bit which will give you a little extra wiggle room when plugging in a cable. Which one would be a better choice probably depends on the HDMI port though. If it's designed to be flush with the outer edge of the plastic then the port shield would definitely be the way to go. I'm going to destroy one of those 90 degree HDMI adapters to get both male and female shields. I like where your mind is at!
you are much loco & kind of perv... i like it ^^ great video !
FBI OPEN UP
Me: watches Voultar’s videos on how to mod consoles. Also me: knows dang well I’m crap at modding even tho I’ve never done it before and I’m gonna have Voultar do it anyways
For anyone that doesn't know, that power capacitor is polarized. If you put it in backwards, it will literally explode when you power up the unit. No, it won't send shrapnel across the room. But once you let the smoke out, the magic stops.
Can confirm: don't bother trying to desolder the chips without a proper tool. I did an NESRGB install with nothing but desolder braid (my own console, mind), just desoldering the PPU took 4+ hours and it was like a chestburster versus the cesarean section of a desolder gun. I wouldn't do another NESRGB (or a Hi-Def NES) without buying a desolder gun. They are, of course, as expensive as a night with Voultar, who doesn't even look at you for a bill with less than three digits on it.
Also, a knife tip would have helped with the prep work, but it seems to be hard to get authentic Hakko ones in Canada.
I still had to have this guy fix mine even though I bought a friggen desolder gun.
Desoldering DIPs can be done using a hot-air gun on the bottom side to make the solder melt, then you can physically remove the DIP. Cleaning the through-holes can be done using a soldering iron on one side and a cheapo $5 spring vacuum on the other. You get fun little balls of solder using the cheapo spring vacuum too. Did that with a 32-pin DIP in a few minutes.
The real unsung champion of any project is getting a good PCB holder. Especially if they can be rotated around at will, and doubly so if they come with cute little pads on arms to hold unsoldered components in place as you solder them from the other side.
Question: When people do this mod, is it recommended that they also position the console upside down? Is that one of your "pro tips"?
I would say it's essential even!
I'm just glad I'm watching this on a laptop so I can easily flip it to make it right side up!
Fellatio me, Bob.
I'll deal with you later tonight, Mueller.
Leaving the old voltage regulator in there with it. Nice touch
Dude, you're the Bob Ross of modding!
You asked for suggestions. Here is one. Show the end result. Like before and after. I even didn't know there is such a console existing.
sweet, I have a couple of these pending. I'll be able to do perform this mod like a champion!
Im doing a RGB mod to a front loader NES soon, very helpful vid to watch especially regarding the PPU de-soldering tricks!
Hey Lord Voultar I'm addicted to your particular attitude lol
We didn't even see it play or work?????wtf!!!!!!!you got me.
Hey Voultar. I love the videos. You're helping me become a champion. Can you please link me to the flux (both the no clean and the paste) and solder you use? Thanks man and keep the videos coming!
Cheapskates like me have been dealing with mechanical solder pumps for ever. They can be safe on fragile board in the right hands, but I really should get a proper vacuum desoldering station, so I ordered one now. :)
Very nice and clean. I have an AV fami but I don't intend to mod it (maybe a power light). I may do the mods for my front loader like the region switch and maybe even RGB. More room to play around with.
Man, it's really amazing how fucking ubiquitous those 7805s are... like it's one of the first non-passives I ever learned to use (even before a transistor), and they're in fucking everything. It also amazes me that when they needed more amps they just threw giant heat sinks on them in some consoles. XD
I wanted to see it in action! I watched the whole thing anyway! I love your videos SO MUCH!
Fell down a hole found this video fell in love…. Wanted to do it to my front loader, the kit doesn’t seem to be available any more 😭
voultar... the bob ross of soldering
So true
The Bob Ross of soldering
Always a great time watching one of these videos!
Really enjoying the vids. Thanks so much!
"sweet innocence" and "night night land"
If you have a REBEL ROTOZIP then that should work to cut the required holes for the connectors.
That's a happy little joint
It's cool that he showed us how to do this but it would be nice at the end he would have showed that it actually works
You know like a test video showing the HDMI being used
Would had been nice to see additional footage to see the hdmi port with a display in action.
What type of file do you use?
3:21 [slightly smoking babbeling] - ... - "And there you have it: Two beautifully cleared Joints."
What would you suggest as a comparable replacement for the Hakko 808 which is now discontinued and super expensive to acquire?
I made an HDMI soldering tip,took an old HDMI metal connector ,braised to soldering rod,simple made HDMI soldering tip! works fast.
I used material that would not heat up fast nor burn up..I d a lot of HDMI mod shtuf sho yuuupp!
Don't know whether to flip ya off or Say this is 'flippingtatsic'
Top mod and absolutely flippingtastic as always.
This ist wonderful! Just like i would have done it if i had the skill. Keep up the good work. Details are important.
OMG i wish all videos were like this you are amazing bud very great work keep it uo ;D
26:12 [Flat Wire thinks] I am in the most divine heaven. XD
Very cool video, watched the whole thing through.
I watched your full video ♥
This was really interesting. I'll look into this for mine, it'd eliminate an adapter in my setup and I already have to take the NES apart anyways, I think a capacitor failed. The only useful comment I have is that I also noticed that holding boards at any kind of angle helps with desoldering, especially with the little manual suckers because they're so weak, any help to get the solder to flow does wonders. I'll probably just buy the Hakko instead of messing with any of that though.
This guy's a fookin Pro!!!
Amazing video, you deserve more views, likes, comments and subscribers
Very good and informative video. Liked and subscribed.
Daddy voultar does what Nintendont 😂
don't be a chode like drakon, be a champion like lord voultar
GIVE ME YOUR BODY...
Shame that these kits are no longer available.
nice job
your amazing at what you do
Two thumbs way up! Oh yeah!
I love this.
100% Bob Ross
I seriously thought the vacuum sound was you beat boxing..
It's like Bob Ross for nerds.
Not to be rude, my question is; what are the chances that the leg of a component, that is being used as a conductor to replacing the transistor (@ 11:40 ish) arcing with say, the resistor (or collector pad) if the system was to be in an environment prone to static electricity build-up? (>40% humidity)
wow the kit have more components then the nes
Why don't you do the less risky and faster method of removing chips esp surface mounts? Use chipquick alloy to lower the melting point of the solder and they stay molten for up to a minute. Easy removal and then blow out the holes with compressed air after if any left.
Should do a video on this method and save allot of people possible damage to their boards.
4:35 - 4:38 woah! Better not take that outta context!
He socketed a socket. Sweet
Hey, I saw this mod installed into an original Famicom here on CZcams but with no information on how it was installed. I know most people think the original Famicom is awful looking but I personally like how it looks. Do you think you would ever do a guide on how this would have been possible to install in an original Famicom? Would the main issue just be space inside the console?
I'd say that filter cap was allready replaced at some point.
14:38 It’s rewind time
Any good places to get a Hakko 808? Looks like they have been replaced by the Hakko FR300, which the cheapest I can find is $260. (Though I love my Hakko FX888D soldering station and if the FR300 is anything like it then it's probably worth every penny.)
Is this an NES, or a SNES? My NES does not have the video output shown on your machine. also, why did you disconnect the 5V regulator? don't other IC's on the board require that voltage?
van you link dat HDMI modul?? is best slim i ever seen anywhere::
Bob ross of electronics
Grab some mechanix UV mask to make sure that jumper doesn't touch gate
29:30 what is that fluid? Is it thanks to that or a magnificent pulse that you could solder the entire row all at once?