How to: overclock your DC

--=FamilyGuy=-- · #1 12-08-2006, 21:33

Here is a diagram I did of what you should do to overclock your dreamcast to 240MHZ with a switch to choose between 240 and 200 Mhz (200 being normal)... Personnaly I did it but my buddy broked the lifted pin so my spare dc will now always be overclocked. By he way, I'll order another motherboard for 3$ so i'll OC it back.

It'll also be Possible to do it with a 48Mhz Xtal so the dc will be at 288Mhz... I didn't tested it for now but I will order parts and then try it ! 288Mhz is the record for an overclcoked dc.

240Mhz work well without a dreamcast shell or you need a best fan to chill it out !

Yes Snes emulation is fastest this way but not perfect ... many games are really faster or at perfect speed.(harvest moon ntsc is at about 90% of real speed compared to 70% with an non-overclocked DC)
It should be even more close to perfect with a dreamcast overclocked to 288Mhz but i'd didn't tested it yet, i'll order a 48Mhz Xtal soon.

[edit] 288Mhz DIDN'T WORKED =(

Here's the diagram:

Here's a pic of my overclocked DC motherboard, this Dreamcast got no switch to get back to 200MHZ so it's alway overclocked:

For those who want to know where to find the chip with the 33Mhz signal ... it's under the power supply , between the power supply attachement pins and the ram... also between the edge of the mother board and the Sh4 cpu

I'll post a pic of a real overclocked DC with a switch as soon as I will be able to build it.

I Wish you'll like it !!

-=FamilyGuy=-

--=FamilyGuy=-- · #2 19-08-2006, 22:16

ok
When you overclock your DC ... the VMU now don't work properly !!!
You CANT SAVE!!!

But !! there's a trick to get them to work well !!

You need to overclock your vmu by the same ration than the DC !!

So for a DC OC'ed at 240 Mhz (20%) you'll need to OC the VMU from 6 MHz to 7.2Mhz(20%[Dùh])

You cam use aproximative Xtal rate if you can't find the exact parts( ex: 7.372Mhz will work instead of 7.2Mhz)

Just remove the Xtal in the middle on the vmu board (batery-side)
[it's 3 pin Xtal ... middle Pin is not important]

Then replace it by a Xtal of the right frequency. 2 Pin Xtal works fine

Here's a pic of the Xtal to remove:

Here's a pic of a OC'ed VMU:

You Might now Save with your vmu !!

Thanks to Doccy to have find how to OC the VMU

-=FamilyGuy=-