Sega Dreamcast VMU Backlight Mod Mk2 - Big Improvement Using Nintendo DS Parts

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Quake III Arena
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Quake III Arena (1999)
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A quick look at backlighting a Sega Dreamcast VMU using scarp parts from a faulty Nintendo DS Lite. This time I've made some nice improvements and compare the differences with my original attempt from 2 years ago.

Useful links...

Excellent LCD teardown video from the engineerguy explaining how it all works,
http://youtu.be/jiejNAUwcQ8

My original video from 2010 when I first attempted this mod,
http://youtu.be/muwHotWuVDA

The tutorial I originally followed and based my variation on,
http://tinyurl.com/d7qg643

Thanks for watching!



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