sega saturn model 1 mod chip

**ninjux** · 03-03-2009

well..i know that these mod chips are hard to find but...is there anyone out there who still has any for sale?or someone from you guys who might have a broken modded model 1 saturn?

thanks

**alphagamer** · 03-03-2009

if you are good with the soldering iron, try this!

http://www.angelfire.com/pa/Raluminat/model1.html

**ninjux** · 03-03-2009

Originally Posted by alphagamer

if you are good with the soldering iron, try this!

http://www.angelfire.com/pa/Raluminat/model1.html

i did try that,but seems like the ribbon cable is short and its too difficult to keep the mod chip in place.if i remember correctly that was a problem,and somewhere they were selling longer ribbon cables..

**alphagamer** · 03-03-2009

http://www.consolegoods.co.uk/ sells ribbon cables, measure if they are longer than yours (they sell 7.2cm long ones)

**ninjux** · 03-03-2009

It says:NOT long enough for other purposes(it's just the one that connects the mod chip to the motherboard-not to the cd drive)
maybe if i find a ribbon connector(female-male) and extend to of these..

**alphagamer** · 03-03-2009

maybe its easiest to just buy a model 2 saturn ;-)

**TmEE** · 03-03-2009

Originally Posted by alphagamer

if you are good with the soldering iron, try this!

http://www.angelfire.com/pa/Raluminat/model1.html

This is great :D

**ninjux** · 03-03-2009

i do have a modded model 2,but i want to mod my model 1 too!if anyone can help let me know

**retro** · 03-03-2009

Help in what way? Even if you find an original chip, you won't want to pay the price they go for!!

**ninjux** · 03-04-2009

if they are so expensive why did they stop their production?there are too many model one saturns out there,and most of them are in ebay.maybe that's why they only sell model one because they cannot mod them

**DC_Fan** · 03-08-2009

Definitely easier to find the chips for model 2.

**retro** · 03-09-2009

Originally Posted by ninjux

if they are so expensive why did they stop their production?there are too many model one saturns out there,and most of them are in ebay.maybe that's why they only sell model one because they cannot mod them

Is that not obvious? The 20 pin drive was used for a short time. They then switched to the 21 pin configuration and used it for ALL Saturns. It made much more sense to make mod chips for the current Saturns, as the vast majority of Saturns were (and still are) 21 pin.

Of course they can mod them! Why do you think Sega changed the configuration in the first place? Just like Sony, they don't want people modding their consoles and pirating their games, so make it hard for them to do so.

raylyd · 03-10-2009

i have modded a 20 pin saturn easy i dont know why some people are crying about the chips are easy to get hold of i know places just ask me and i can help and i have done a sanyo saturn

**DC_Fan** · 03-10-2009

Originally Posted by raylyd

i have modded a 20 pin saturn easy i dont know why some people are crying about the chips are easy to get hold of i know places just ask me and i can help and i have done a sanyo saturn

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