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Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Hardware

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This page is used to document details of the hardware for the [[Sega Mega Drive Motherboard revisions==Model 1==/Genesis]].
== Model 1 == ===VA1 [IC BD M5 VA1]===[[File:<gallery>IC_BD_M5_VA1.jpg|200px|center]]</gallery>
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<br />===VA2 [IC BD M5 USA VA2] 837-6992===[[File:<gallery>IC_BD_M5_USA_VA2.jpg|200px|center]]</gallery>
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<br />===VA3 [IC BD M5 USA VA3] 837-7071===
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<br />===VA4 [IC BD M5 PAL VA4]===
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<br />===VA5===The only difference is the IC4 315-5402.
<br />===VA6 [IC BD M5 PAL]===[[File:<gallery>Genesis_pal_model1_M5.jpg|200px|center]]</gallery>
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<br />===VA6 [IC BD M5 USA VA6]===
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<br />===VA6.8=== <br />===VA7 [PC BD M5 USA VA7] 171-6217-11===[[File:<gallery>PC_BD_M5_USA_VA7.jpg|200px|center]]</gallery>
The VA7 is almost a Genesis 2 PCB in a Genesis 1 case. It even shares the same PCB prefix (PC).
| IC12 || Toshiba || TA7805S || +5V Voltage regulator || -
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[[Category:Sega Genesis]]
[[Category:Hardware]]
==Model 2==
===VA0 PAL===
<br />{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" style="width: 600px;" style="text-align: center;"! colspan=5 width="600"|List of Electrolytic Capacitors|-! CE# !! Capacitance !! Voltage|-| CE1 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE2 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE3 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE4 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE5 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE6 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE7 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE8 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE9 || 220 μF ||10 V|-| CE10 || 220 μF ||10 V|-| CE11 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE12 || 220 μF ||10 V|-| CE13 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE14 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE15 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE16 || 220 μF ||16 V|-| CE17 || 100 μF ||10 V|-| CE18 || 47 μF ||10 V|-| CE19 || 47 μF ||10 V|-| CE20 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE21 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE22 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE23 || 100 μF ||10 V|-| CE24 || 47 μF ||10 V|-| CE25 || 47 μF ||10 V|-| CE26 || 47 μF ||10 V|-| CE27 || 47 μF ||10 V|-| CE28 || 47 μF ||10 V|-| CE29 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE30 || 10 μF ||16 V|-| CE31 || 100 μF ||10 V|-! Totals !! !!|-| 17 || 10 μF || 16 V|-| 7 || 47 μF || 10 V|-| 3 || 100 μF || 10 V|-| 4 || 220 μF || 10 V|}
== Model 2 == ===VA1 [PC BD MD2 VA1 USA]===[[File:<gallery>Model2_va1_motherboard.jpg|200px|center]]</gallery>
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<br /> ===VA1 ASIA=== <br /> ===VA1.8 [PC BD MD2 VA1.8 USA]===[[File:<gallery>PC_BD_MD2_VA1.8_USA.jpg|200px|center]]</gallery>
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<br /> ===VA1.8 [PC BD MD2 VA1.8 PAL]===[[File:<gallery>Genesis_pal_model2_VA1.8.jpg||200px|center]]</gallery>
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<br /> ===VA1.8 [PC BD MD2 VA1.8 ASIA]===[[File:<gallery>PC_BD_MD2_VA1.8_ASIA.jpg|200px|center]]</gallery>
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<br /> ===VA2 [PC BD MD2 VA2 USA]===
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<br /> ===VA2.3 PC BD MD2 VA2.3 USA===
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<br /> ===VA3 [PC BD MD2 VA3 USA HAL]===[[File:<gallery>PC_BD_MD2_VA3_USA_HAL.jpg|200px|center]]</gallery>
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<br /> ===VA4=Notes == ==Model 3=====VA1======VA2===Most of the time the main SEGA IC's are based on/renamed chips from other brands as follows:
 
==Notes==
 
Most of the time the main SEGA IC's are based on/renamed chips from other brands as follows:
*MD1 VA0, VA1, VA2, VA3, VA4, VA5, VA6, VA6.8
: Yamaha YM7101 / FC1001 = Sega 315-5313 / 315-5313A / 315-5313A-01
: Yamaha FQ8007 = Sega 315-6123
==See Alsoalso ==
*[[Sega Genesis]]
*[[Sega Genesis Cartridge]]
 
[[Category:Sega Genesis]]
[[Category:Hardware]]

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