Sega Saturn

📄 Capacitors (Sega Saturn)

Revision note: Sega Saturn capacitor SMD/through-hole classification. VA0, VA0.5, VA0.8 and VA1 are SMD-era boards; VA1 ...

Schematics (Sega Saturn)

Below are several schematics for the Sega Saturn. Both original scans and redrawn. 📎 Sega Saturn Schematic VA0.5.pdf (f...

AV Pinout (Sega Saturn)

Below is the Sega Saturn AV pinout.

📄 Sega Saturn Minimum Boot

The Sega Saturn only requires the main motherboard and the 5V power in rail operational to boot to the BIOS and show vid...

CleanPower Install (Sega Saturn)

The Sega Saturn CleanPower is a drop in universal USB-C Power supply for the Sega Saturn for every region and model ev...

50Hz 60Hz Switch (Sega Saturn)

The Sega Saturn has various revisions so performing the mod depends on version. As with most consoles to do a frequency ...

📄 Audio Circuit (Sega Saturn)

TODO: Reverse engineer the audio circuit. A worthwhile note if you have audio stuttering but game running at normal spee...

FRAM Upgrade (Sega Saturn)

If you want to swap out your SRAM and coin cell battery that holds game saves for a permanent FRAM solution requiring no...

Laser Tuning (Sega Saturn)

The Sega Saturn has several versions, but most versions have various potentiometers you can use to tune the laser. Befor...

Region Free BIOS (Sega Saturn)

The Sega Saturn has a BIOS that locks it to specific regions. Replacing this BIOS with a region-free BIOS allows you to ...