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Will my GBS board work with this mod? It is "V5.1"... #269

Open Gabriel2Silva opened 3 years ago

Gabriel2Silva commented 3 years ago

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So, recently I got this GBS board from AliExpress. It works unmodded fine with a Nintendo Wii. I was reading up on the mod and I noticed my board isn't exactly the "yellow button" board, it isn't V5.0, but V5.1, and it has "20210115" written on it, so it's probably a recent model. It looks undocumented. I just want to know if I still need to remove C11. Thanks in advance.

TABYDACAT commented 3 years ago

Follow "5.0" part of wiki for removal/replacement of C11

ramapcsx2 commented 3 years ago

The board will work, but the quality will possibly not be any good. Trial and error (but get the recommended board soon).

TotalCoolness commented 3 years ago

The board will work, but the quality will possibly not be any good. Trial and error (but get the recommended board soon).

Is 4.0 the recommended one and is 5.0 / 5.1 inferior ?

askotx commented 3 years ago

I get a board like that, even same date, it's working and I ask the same question. 20210914_184250

Gabriel2Silva commented 3 years ago

Modded it and it is working. I have removed C11. Only issue I have is that the gbscontrol keeps going back to Access Point mode randomly, but I'm not sure if that's related to the board version.

ramapcsx2 commented 3 years ago

The output section of the yellow button boards is missing filters, so there's a greater chance of a noisy image. If yours is fine, then great :)

askotx commented 2 years ago

Confimed, removing C11 make picture looks clearer, a bit but better.

jon-nielsen commented 2 years ago

For what it's worth I have the same model, and I performed the recommended mods - most exactly as shown by Voultar in his recent video. I also went ahead and did as recommended in these guides, adding a 22uF electrolytic cap to the VReg replacing the removed C11. For me the image at 1080p and 960p is as good as can be expected - pretty much what I consider "pristine" and similar to what the GBS-C AIO project showed off as obtainable results. I really think the remove/replace/stack cap mods make a difference. Previously I'd done a GBS 8220 that I was not able to get good quality out of having skipped the cap mods. From the short testing I did this time, 720p and 480p output still showed faint wavy lines, matching my previous experience with the lower output resolutions looking worse.