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Here is my finished build.
 

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Another question - watching Tito's video again - he removed 3 capacitors as he was building a NTSC version - it looks like you left the PAL resistors in, so must have a PAL unit, or was that specific to his build?
 
@leonk I used them as I had bought them a while ago and on standby.. those are very low ESR. But I'm sure regular electrolythic caps will work fine.
@mathewbeall good question - I swapped all the capacitor and resistor values for NTSC signals, see attached image. In the build C15 and C576 are not populated. R965 is a jumper used to bypass the built-in RGB THS7374 low-pass filter.
 

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Are you able to share the part number you used for the EFI (blue EM# components) The Sega Genesis I have has all black components, so I assumed you sourced new replacements? Also, did you install a new DC barrel jack or reuse from the Genesis?
 
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Are you able to share the part number you used for the EFI (blue EM# components) The Sega Genesis I have has all black components, so I assumed you sourced new replacements? Also, did you install a new DC barrel jack or reuse from the Genesis?
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My genesis also has the black EFI components - I assumed I could just reuse those, along with the DC barrel jack.
 
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My genesis also has the black EFI components - I assumed I could just reuse those, along with the DC barrel jack.
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These EFI components do fail eventually. For example, when I do RGB mod to Turbo Duo / PC Engine DUO, I always remove them for my customers. DUO-R/DUO-RX has them removed from the factory (they fail causing bad audio or bad sync). I've also seen them fail in some Sega Saturn consoles. That's why I was wondering about modern replacements.
 
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These EFI components do fail eventually. For example, when I do RGB mod to Turbo Duo / PC Engine DUO, I always remove them for my customers. DUO-R/DUO-RX has them removed from the factory (they fail causing bad audio or bad sync). I've also seen them fail in some Sega Saturn consoles. That's why I was wondering about modern replacements.
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Then yeah - seems like the appropriate time to replace with new!
 
@leonk I did pull mine from my original Genesis.

According to the datasheet, you will need the following :
14x 2200pF https://mou.sr/41Tkpgz
2x 270pF https://mou.sr/3js9red

Also someone pointed out all the components are stuffed, however if you have a VA0 or VA1 32X, PAL or NTSC revision you need to remove some things,
- Remove RM3, RM4, RM5, RM6, R566, C696 and C697 if you have VA0,
- Remove C9 C10 C11 if you run NTSC,
- C526 has to be 100pF (currently on my boards) for VA1 or 120pF for VA0.

But rest assured I had not done any of these changes when I got my build to power on and play both Genesis and 32X titles, but for a proper job I have done these changes.
 
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5 more available for sale! Although I do not have anymore of the RGB LEDs in stock and will not include.

Ken over at irepairsega.com can offer full assembly service if you send him all the parts needed for a 400$ flat rate.
 
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