Game Gear Mainboard 315-5535
This is a brand-new manufactured replacement mainboard for your Sega Game Gear, using all new components. The board makes it possible to repair your VA1 (single-ASIC) model Game Gear which suffers from PCB damage caused by leaking capacitors or batteries.
The board has been reverse engineered from a Sega Game Gear VA1 model, better known as the single-ASIC variant. Since I am not able to source new ASIC chips, cartridge connectors and expansion port connections, you need to supply these parts from one of your broken boards.
Recommended tools are:
- Soldering iron with 1-1.5mm chisel or gullwing tip
- Hot air rework station
- Desoldering gun or pump
- Flux
- IPA
- Multimeter and/or oscilloscope
- Source broken Sega Game Gear single-ASIC mainboard; supported ASIC chip is SEGA 315-5535
- Remove cartridge slot and expansion port using de-solder gun
- Remove ASIC chip with hot-air and clean pins with solder wick
- Align the above chips on the new board – it should snug into position using the solder mask
- Tack few pins on the edges
- Apply flux and drag solder all pins of the ASIC – remove solder bridges with solder wick
- Solder XTAL, LED, cartridge connector power and sound cable
- The region is default selected to rest-of-world, in case you want change it to Japanese, switch the small switch next to the audio connector
- Validate installation with starting a game – you should hear game sound
- Install LCD kit
- Assemble the shell
- Enjoy another 30 years of playing on a Game Gear!
Installation video
The following table can be used to connect a LCD kit to the mainboard:
| MAINBOARD | BennVenn | Cleanscreen | Funnyplaying | GGLCD | MagicScreen | ASIC |
| SMS | SMS | SMS | SMS | MODE | GG/SMS | /GG |
| CLK | CLK | PCLK | CLK | 32M | XTL2 | |
| GND | GROUND | GND | GND | GND | GND | GND |
| RES | RES | VSYNC | DW0 | DW | DW0 | |
| D0 | D0 | D1 | D0 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
| D3 | D3 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D4 | D4 |
| D2 | D2 | D0 | D2 | D3 | D3 | D3 |
| D1 | D1 | D3 | D1 | D2 | D2 | D2 |
| CL2 | CL2 | HSYNC | CL2 | CL2 | CL2 | CL2 |
| 5V | 5V | 5V | VCC | 5V | 5V | VCC |
| BL1 | BRIGHTNESS | WHL+ | P1 | BL1 | - | |
| BTS | 1 | START | BUT3 | START | /PS | |
| BTU | 2 | /UP | ||||
| BTD | 3 | /DW | ||||
| BT1 | BUT1 | /TL | ||||
| BT2 | 2 | BUT2 | BTN2 | /TR | ||
| BTL | LEFT | /LE | ||||
| BTR | /RI | |||||
| CS | CSYNC | CSYNC | CSYNC | CSYNC | ||
| BL2 | WHL- | P2 | N/C | BL2 | - |
In case you install a BennVenn kit – bridge the BV solder pad next to the brightness wheel.
The kit includes:
- Brand new mainboard - all surface mount parts are assembled
- 5-pin contrast wheel
- 9-pin power board cable with AMP CT connector
- 6-pin sound board cable with AMP CT connector
- 32.2160MHz crystal
- 3mm red/green LED - switch polarity if you want a different color
BOM:
| Name | Package | Value |
LCSC Part |
| C4 | 0603 | 10uF | C326057 |
| C6 | 0603 | 68pF | C62782 |
| C7 | 0603 | 330nF | C107070 |
| C8 | 0603 | 330nF | C107070 |
| C9 | 0603 | 330nF | C107070 |
| C10 | 0603 | 330nF | C107070 |
| C11 | 0603 | 10uF | C326057 |
| C12 | 0603 | 22nF | C106222 |
| C13 | 0603 | 100nF | C14663 |
| C14 | 0603 | 10uF | C326057 |
| C15 | 0603 | 100nF | C14663 |
| C16 | 0603 | 100nF | C14663 |
| C22 | 0603 | 39pF | C107049 |
| C23 | 0603 | 39pF | C107049 |
| C24 | 0603 | 39pF | C107049 |
| C25 | 0603 | 39pF | C107049 |
| C32 | 0603 | 2.2nF | C107082 |
| C33 | 0603 | 2.2nF | C107082 |
| C34 | 0603 | 2.2nF | C107082 |
| C35 | 0603 | 2.2nF | C107082 |
| C36 | 0603 | 2.2nF | C107082 |
| C37 | 0603 | 2.2nF | C107082 |
| C38 | 0603 | 2.2nF | C107082 |
| C39 | 0603 | 22pF | C105620 |
| C40 | 0603 | 22pF | C105620 |
| C41 | 0603 | 100nF | C14663 |
| C42 | 0603 | 10uF | C326057 |
| C43 | 0603 | 22uF | C109447 |
| C61 | 1206 | 1uF | C7174 |
| C62 | 1206 | 1uF | C7174 |
| C63 | 0603 | 100nF | C14663 |
| C64 | 1206 | 1uF | C7174 |
| C65 | 0603 | 8.2nF | C113812 |
| C66 | 0603 | 8.2nF | C113812 |
| C67 | 1206 | 1uF | C7174 |
| C68 | CASE_D | 330uF | C134173 |
| C73 | 0603 | 22pF | C105620 |
| CN1 | --- | 209-5037-01A | |
| CN2 | --- | HDC-0492 | |
| CN3 | --- | CUSTOM-6P | |
| CN4 | --- | CUSTOM-9P | |
| CN5 | C2764810 | X10A20H14G | C2881081 |
| CN6 | SMD | X05A20H10G | C528041 |
| CN7 | SMD | X05A20H10G | C528041 |
| CN8 | SMD | X05A20H45G | C528056 |
| D4 | DI323 | PD3S230 | C460243 |
| E1 | 0603 | 2.2nFx2 | C96589 |
| E2 | 0603 | 2.2nFx2 | C96589 |
| E3 | 0603 | 2.2nFx2 | C96589 |
| E4 | 0603 | 2.2nFx2 | C96589 |
| E5 | 0603 | 2.2nFx2 | C96589 |
| E6 | 0603 | 2.2nFx2 | C96589 |
| E7 | 0603 | 2.2nFx2 | C96589 |
| E8 | 0603 | 2.2nFx2 | C96589 |
| IC1 | QFP144 | GG | |
| IC2 | SOIC-28 | HM65256BLFP-12T | |
| IC3 | SOIC-28 | LY6264SL-70LLI | C14323 |
| IC4 | SOIC-8 | LM358 | C74525 |
| J1 | 0603 | 4.7K | C99782 |
| L1 | 0603 | 100R@100MHz | C142080 |
| L3 | 1206 | 100uH | C307784 |
| R1 | 0603 | 4.7K | C99782 |
| R2 | 0603 | 4.7K | C99782 |
| R3 | 0603 | 4.7K | C99782 |
| R4 | 0603 | 4.7K | C99782 |
| R5 | 0603 | 470K | C114622 |
| R6 | 0603 | 470K | C114622 |
| R7 | 0603 | 470K | C114622 |
| R8 | 0603 | 470K | C114622 |
| R9 | 0603 | 3K | C126358 |
| R10 | 0603 | 4.7K | C99782 |
| R11 | 0603 | 4.7K | C99782 |
| R13 | 0603 | 220R | C107696 |
| R14 | 0603 | 220R | C107696 |
| R15 | 0603 | 220R | C107696 |
| R16 | 0603 | 220R | C107696 |
| R23 | 0603 | 4.7K | C99782 |
| R24 | 0603 | 1.8K | C185354 |
| R25 | 0603 | 51R | C114628 |
| R26 | 0603 | 10K | C98220 |
| R27 | 0603 | 10K | C98220 |
| R28 | 0603 | 9.1K | C114639 |
| R29 | 0603 | 1.1K | C137780 |
| R30 | 0603 | 3K | C126358 |
| R48 | 0603 | 10K | C98220 |
| R49 | 0603 | 10K | C98220 |
| R50 | 0603 | 47K | C105579 |
| R51 | 0603 | 47K | C105579 |
| R52 | 0603 | 1K | C22548 |
| R53 | 0603 | 1K | C22548 |
| R54 | 0603 | 1K | C22548 |
| R55 | 0603 | 1K | C22548 |
| R58 | 0603 | 1K | C22548 |
| R59 | 0603 | 10K | C98220 |
| R60 | 0603 | 10K | C98220 |
| R61 | 0603 | 1K | C22548 |
| SW1 | SMD | SSSS811101 | C109335 |
| VR1 | --- | A103 | |
| X1 | --- | 32.2160MHz | |