Some more screws and off comes the right hand side shielding. Let it be known I first had to pull out the two ribbons in order to remove it.
The flash seemed to kill off this ribbon, but you can see what's underneath the shielding.
Crisper picture of above. A few chips too. The rear ribbon connected to the rear ports.
The entire mainboard as seen from above. There's a few SEGA branded ones, some SANYO and some NEC.
One of the ribbons I was talking about. This connects to the Tray complex.
The mainboard after it has been pulled out of the interface. This shows what the interface did. In effect, it was just an extension between the pins on this board, and the pins on the Mega Drive.
This is the underside. Maybe these JAPS aren't so clever after all. Seems like they missed out a diode between two points.
Can you spot it too?
These two blocks at the front light up - and they sort of act as reflectors to make the lights look large.
You can also see the battery backup.
A close up of the interface connector, and some more chips
Very similar to 50.
SEGA branding and codes.
Oooooo this looks like an important chip doesn't it?
It's certainly the largest on the board...
Random picture to show you more content.
The ribbon that connects to the CD Tray complex.
The interface. Two screws and this actually comes out. I was kind of surprised at this.
And here it is.
It's getting kind of bare now isn't it. We're well on our way to a complete dismantle.
On to PART 5