SEGA Game Gear Majesco
Here you will find repair resources for the SEGA Game Gear Majesco 171-7923A model. Currently there is still some work-in-progress for the schematics, but we will keep updating it!
GAME GEAR MAIN USA 171-7923A Board scans
BOM
I disassembled all parts by hand and measued them with my LCM meter. So far this is the result of the GameGear Majesco BOM.
SEGA 315-5682 Pinout
The SEGA 315-5682 chip is used by the VA4 / VA5 and Majesco variants. So far I have traced back the majority of the traces and made the following pinout. Most of the pinout is based on the VA1 SEGA 315-5535 chip. Still work in progress!
No | Pin Name | No | Pin Name | No | Pin Name | No | Pin Name | |||
1 | Vdd | 37 | GND | 73 | Vdd | 109 | GND | |||
2 | A0 | 38 | NGG | 74 | AD10 | 110 | CSYNC / 15.69KHz | |||
3 | A1 | 39 | NTV | 75 | AD11 | 111 | NUP | |||
4 | A2 | 40 | NLCD | 76 | AD12 | 112 | NDW | |||
5 | A3 | 41 | Needs to be low to boot | 77 | AD13 | 113 | NLE | |||
6 | A4 | 42 | NC / 7.85KHz | 78 | AD14 | 114 | NRI | |||
7 | A5 | 43 | NC / 59.9Hz | 79 | NWE | 115 | NC << | |||
8 | A6 | 44 | LCD 53 / 59.9Hz | 80 | NOE | 116 | TST1? | |||
9 | A7 | 45 | LCD 58 / 15.69KHz | 81 | NCE | 117 | TST0? | |||
10 | A8 | 46 | LCD 54 / 7.85KHZ | 82 | GND (A) | 118 | NTSC | |||
11 | A9 | 47 | LCD 11/27/53 / 7.85KHz | 83 | VONF | 119 | SEC | |||
12 | A10 | 48 | NC (high) | 84 | VRES | 120 | PC6 | |||
13 | A11 | 49 | LCD 10/26/52 / 3.85MHz | 85 | VREF | 121 | PC5 | |||
14 | A12 | 50 | LCD 9/25/51 / 3.85MHz | 86 | SNDR | 122 | PC4 | |||
15 | A13 | 51 | NC (high) | 87 | SNDL | 123 | PC3 | |||
16 | A14 | 52 | LCD 17x3 (data) | 88 | SND1 | 124 | PC2 | |||
17 | A15 | 53 | LCD 16x3 (data) | 89 | SND2 | 125 | PC1 | |||
18 | GND | 54 | LCD 15x3 (data) | 90 | SND3 | 126 | PC0 | |||
19 | D0 | 55 | LCD 14x3 (data) | 91 | SND4 | 127 | CRAM | |||
20 | D1 | 56 | LCD 13x3 (data) | 92 | Vdd (A) | 128 | IRQ | |||
21 | D2 | 57 | LCD 12x3 (data) | 93 | GND (A) | 129 | NWE | |||
22 | D3 | 58 | LCD CS3 / LCD 50 | 94 | SDO1 | 130 | NRD | |||
23 | D4 | 59 | LCD CS2 / LCD 44 | 95 | SDO2 | 131 | RST | |||
24 | D5 | 60 | LCD CS1 / LCD 18 | 96 | SDO3 | 132 | NC | |||
25 | D6 | 61 | AD0 | 97 | SDO4 | 133 | T13 / 15,69KHz | |||
26 | D7 | 62 | AD1 | 98 | Vdd (A) | 134 | NC | |||
27 | MRQ | 63 | AD2 | 99 | SAMP | 135 | NC | |||
28 | EXM1 | 64 | AD3 | 100 | SPON | 136 | Vdd | |||
29 | EXM2 | 65 | AD4 | 101 | NC | 137 | XTL2 | |||
30 | VCK? | 66 | AD5 | 102 | NC | 138 | XTL1 | |||
31 | CCK | 67 | AD6 | 103 | NC | 139 | GND | |||
32 | NPS | 68 | AD7 | 104 | NC | 140 | NLED | |||
33 | NTR | 69 | AD8 | 105 | WAIT | 141 | RSH | |||
34 | NTL | 70 | AD9 | 106 | NBRQ | 142 | NJAP | |||
35 | NMI | 71 | GND | 107 | NC | 143 | GND | |||
36 | Vdd | 72 | GND | 108 | Vdd | 144 | GND |