strange Super Famicom mod

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  1. mdmx

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    I've got a Super Famicom a few days ago. I opened the system and found a small pcb inside which doesn't seem to be official:

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    A bunch of wires goes from the pcb under the SFC mainboard.

    Does anyone know what it is?
     
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    Does that SFC output 60Hz (or 50Hz) PAL video? If it does, that pcb could be a PAL encoder. Importers in Europe had to find some way of making imported SFCs work with regular televisions.
     
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    I remember something similar on a megadrive and it was a pal encoder, yes
     
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    So it's definitively not an overclocking mod, isn't it?
     
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    Put in Super R-Type and find out.


    Seriously, though, the SFC/SNES is comparatively overclocking-averse. It crashes with the slightest CPU speed increase.
     
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    Jamtex Adult Orientated Mahjong Connoisseur

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    What's printed on the chip? Soon tell you what it might be...
     
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    SONY
    XA1145P
     
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    Jamtex Adult Orientated Mahjong Connoisseur

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    It's probably CXA1145P which is an RGB encoder, so it's encoding the RGB to a nice PAL signal...
     
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    that could be true. The chip has a lot of glue on top, it was pretty difficult to read anything.

    Thanks for your help:thumbsup:
     
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