I would like to carry out this mod but the only two guides I can find are in Greek and French: https://www.retrocomputers.gr/forum/mastoremata-montes-ktl/17497-sega-32x-region-mod http://www.segakore.fr/index.php/20...e-mega-drive-32x-pal-ntsc?page=2#.WKQI8xKLSV6 It seems easy, looks like just two wires and a switch. but due to the translations I am not 100% sure. They both seem to mention removing a resistor, is that the case or is that just the bad translation? Also I can't understand if I am trying to solder to a pad or a pin, again the translations are unclear. If anybody can advise or even better point me to an English guide, I'd appreciate it!
On page one of that guide, there is a small UK flag. Click it to change it to English. Or click this link: http://www.segakore.fr/index.php/2013/11/30/modify-your-mega-drive-genesis-32x-pal-ntsc?page=2 Hope this helps and thanks for reminding me that I still have to do this mod on my NTSC 32X lol
Thanks, I hadn't spotted that and had been using Chrome's built in translator. That is a big improvement! I am still confused though by this sentence: "This is based on the presence of the little resistor R43 (PAL) or R42 (NTSC), which we will use as a pull-down or pull-up respectively" Which little resistor? I don't see any resistors in any of the photos I have seen. It's nice that they did a diagram but an actual photo would be a lot more helpful. There is a photo in their original earlier guide but it's so small you can't see where the tracks are!
But that's my point, there is no resistor. In the diagram it points to empty solder pads on the PCB. There are no resistors!
Are you 100% sure you are looking at the correct spot on the board? It was next to a chip near the cart slot iirc. Like the guide and retro said, there is a resistor on R43 if it is PAL or a resistor on R42 if it is NTSC. All you need to do is solder two wires from the R42 pads to a SPST On/Off switch just like the guide shows in the pictures. I just remembered that I had attempted this mod in the past but I was an idiot and used to big of an iron and ended up ripping one of the solder pads on R43 off the board....
