In short: The image is rock solid. It looks like what I assume to be a clean RGB image, no running lines, no color distortion, just perfect. My games have never looked so clear! Its like a whole new console. MetalJesusRock did a full review but I can confirm that it is a great Plug and Play solution...

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April 4th, 2017, 7:30 pm

Yeah. Ideally the Dreamcast and then the Saturn.
I'm not sure what will be after. Possibly the SEGA Mega CD.

Hasn't there been a recent complete reverse engineering of Saturn? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOyfZex7B3E

Yes DCIO will replace the GD-ROM drive entirely since it's loud and slow. Ahh but that clunkly drive has charm! So many memories hearing the "CHHHHHH" sounds of the lens moving on its rail. :P DCIO will use it's own system which we are programming in-house, but we may also support the use of DreamS...

I concur, Keep going Shadow and cybdyn we are all cheering for your success!

That's the flux from the factory when the board was first soldered. It goes yellow and brittle like that because it's ~24 years old now. It's harmless to the solder joints, but it's a mess when re-heated with a soldering iron. Hexane cleans it off really well, but hexane is expensive and difficult ...

Hi guys, Installed the switchboard, copied Menu.Sys to the root of the SD card (formatted FAT32). PSX can still boot and play cd games fine, but without a disc and the PSIO inserted, it just sits on the Sony screen and that's it. I'm wondering if my soldering is correct - my pins 65 and 31 seem dif...

Shadow wrote:Ah, glad that's sorted itself out now
I think people have said Spyro has funny audio. We'll look into it shortly.

Cool, thanks for all your help everyone!

It sounds like a bad parallel port connection. Try plugging in PSIO in and out several times to help clean the connections. Also, I would try formatting your SD Card (as a full, non-quick format) and then copying only Spyro 2 and the MENU.SYS file and seeing if the problem persists in Spyro. Then, ...

If the PSX doesn't work without PSIO plugged in, it'd be a Switch Board install issue. Nothing is wrong with PSIO. I test them well before shipment. CPU CS (pin 95) which goes to CE on the Switch Board looks bad. CD MECH INT (pin 117) which goes to XI on the Switch Board looks bad. Ok Shadow, So I ...

If the PSX doesn't work without PSIO plugged in, it'd be a Switch Board install issue. Nothing is wrong with PSIO. I test them well before shipment. CPU CS (pin 95) which goes to CE on the Switch Board looks bad. CD MECH INT (pin 117) which goes to XI on the Switch Board looks bad. Ok I will re-do ...

There's a few things you can do to try and trouble shoot. Try cleaning your I/O port for starters. Next up, double check your connections and apply some solder if needed, re-flowing them if anything. Finally, all of the connections that the I/O port is connected to the mainboard via factory solder-...

Did you do anything to help repair the issue? Or did you replace the PSX?

I am thinking of maybe spraying DeOXit in the parallel port. I want to inspect the PSIO to make sure the soldering is done correctly but there is a warranty sticker

Last week I installed PSIO switch board and loaded games onto an SD card. Worked perfectly but then after ejecting the card and adding more games when I boot the PSX, I got the following errors on boot. http://imgur.com/a/zp6uL This was very strange. I used an official Samsung card. I switched to a ...

Thank you for the clarification cybdyn! Hope you are doing well! Yea I assumed that this is probably something you guys have noticed. Still I guess it does not hurt to double check in your labs before you decide to ship. There are not too many games that rely on precise CD timing. This game just hap...

Hi I just saw Shane McRetro's amazing collections of videos and I immediately jumped into a game I know all too well: Final Fantasy 7. Immediately I saw an issue. It appears the audio is lagging severely behind the video(enough to be a problem for this game). I don't know if this is because it is PS...

What are you going to do with 6 PSX systems?

Yes!! This is a very good idea.

Yes I don't think it is a big issue really. I think very few games like Final Fantasy 7(Maybe 8 & 9 as well) rely on precise disc timing. Can anyone else chime in to confirm or disprove this disc timing theory?

Wait a second...will you be able to simulate the 1x\2x speed of the CD Drive? I ask this because I seem to recall reading that games like FInal Fantasy 7 rely on the timing of the disc drive to start the music during a battle sequence. This is why on some emulators when a random battle event occurs ...