I'm missing a colour channel. But which one?

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  1. khaz

    khaz Active Member

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    Hi guys, I recently did a 60Hz mod on a console, but for some reason now the colours are now incorrectly displayed. I checked the traces and the solder in case something broke while I was working on it, but I couldn't find the problem.

    So this is what is displayed, compared to an emulation screenshot:
    gameplay.png gameplay2.png title.png title2.png

    Now the trick: the missing colour can be in either RGB or YUV colour space. The video chip outputs Y, R-Y, B-Y and it's then converted to RGBS via a daughter board, and displayed as RGB with Scart. There is no Composite output to compare it to.

    What am I missing?
     
  2. wilykat

    wilykat Site Supporter 2013

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    Where's the blue?
     
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    White seems to be correct, so the RGB stuff must be working as must the Y channel on the YUV side. My guess is that B-Y is missing.
     
  4. khaz

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    Actually the white is now yellow, the white portion of the walls are exactly the same colour as the terrain. White becomes yellow, blue becomes brown is what I can tell. Everything seems slightly off but it may be the TV.

    If B-Y doesn't show, then it might be a case of broken PPU, but I have no way to be sure without an oscilloscope.
     
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    The blue was indeed missing. A trace was broken next to the AV out socket.
     
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