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Hardware > modding a flashcart?

#77508 - spinal_cord - Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:01 am

I was wondering, are there any power connectord in the cart slot on gba that arent used by EZFlash128? I want to put a blue LED insid (so that the cart glows when inserted. does anyone know if this will be possible?

#77536 - tepples - Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:33 pm

You could put the power LED in parallel with the 3.3V from power to ground.
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#77584 - spinal_cord - Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:18 pm

would that be safe? i dont want to kill my flashcart, i paid a lot for it.

#77597 - swimgod - Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:26 pm

if you connect it to the wrong parts,
it could short your flash rom,
and delete everything...
but i don't think it is Likly that you will COMPLETLY destroy it :P

just make sure you know where to put it :P
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besides that :P
looks like a cool mod would have been developed :P,
Just make sure you realize your power consuption will be higher
so less battery life :P

DO IT! DO IT!
and make a photo of it ;)
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#77605 - spinal_cord - Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:47 pm

Does anyone know of a pinout for the gba cart slot? i've had a look about, but found nothing.

#77612 - tepples - Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:47 pm

spinal_cord: See http://www.reinerziegler.de/GBA/gba.htm
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#77673 - spinal_cord - Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:51 am

thanks tepples, it seems that pins 1 and 32 are the ones i need, sure hope this works, maybe ill try it with an old game first.