BIOS MOD DREAMCAST

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Re: BIOS MOD DREAMCAST

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can i do hdd mod with this board without modification?

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megavolt85 wrote:
Umbrella$$Dreamcast wrote:And how to write this bios?
the modification itself involves installing a flashable chip on top of the original bios and switch, in this case you can always load DreamShell from disk and flash the bios.
in your case, someone flashed a microcircuit on the programmer and soldered it instead of the native bios.
if 29LV160 is faulty (although I'm not sure about this), then there is only one way out, unsolder it and flash it on the programmer
can i do hdd mod with this board without modification?

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Umbrella$$Dreamcast wrote:can i do hdd mod with this board without modification?
yes, you can install HDD mod, but you still have to flash the bios on the programmer

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megavolt85 wrote:
Umbrella$$Dreamcast wrote:can i do hdd mod with this board without modification?
yes, you can install HDD mod, but you still have to flash the bios on the programmer

Where can I get a programmer? What does he look like?

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Re: BIOS MOD DREAMCAST

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willem, tl866, ....
find mx29lv160 programmer

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megavolt85 wrote:willem, tl866, ....
find mx29lv160 programmer
https://festima.ru/docs/133468267/allru ... -mx29lv160
Is this what I need? What to do with it?

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Re: BIOS MOD DREAMCAST

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this is a clean 29lv160, it needs to be flashed, look for "avito" already flashed 29lv160 with no_gdrom bios