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Hakeshu

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PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.
« on: October 20, 2016, 02:43:11 PM »
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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Keith Courage

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Re: PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 05:55:15 PM »
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.
« Last Edit: October 20, 2016, 06:10:16 PM by Keith Courage »
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Hakeshu

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Re: PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2016, 07:28:45 AM »
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?
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Keith Courage

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Re: PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2016, 07:36:44 AM »
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.
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Hakeshu

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Re: PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2016, 10:40:01 AM »
Hey Keyth,

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

http://imgur.com/a/evuSw
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Keith Courage

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Re: PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2016, 11:21:08 AM »
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.
« Last Edit: October 21, 2016, 11:32:05 AM by Keith Courage »
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mickcris

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Re: PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2016, 02:15:20 PM »
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
« Last Edit: October 21, 2016, 02:17:51 PM by mickcris »
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Hakeshu

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Re: PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2016, 04:01:21 PM »
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.
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Hakeshu

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Re: PCE IFU RGB MOD weak green color.
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2016, 01:27:56 PM »
Hello guys. I managed to get the RGB working. Opened the PVM, did a clean up and some screws. Check the result



Thanks for all the help.
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