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Lava RGB

Back in 2021, I installed an NESRGB on a front loader, which has been working great. For years now, NESRGB was pretty much the only mod available to get RGB out of the NES; but recently, a new mod known as Lava RGB came on the scene from a company in China. I bought one, and in this post I go over how I installed it on another front loader.

I started by adding flux to the four large pins that anchor the power module to the main board and use my desoldering gun to remove most of the solder: I decided not to put in the RF shielding as it’s not really necessary, and would pinch and possibly short the reset and controller 1 wires used for IGR and palette switching. This is probably why the latest version now offers a power A/V replacement PCB which routes audio output to its Saturn-style DIN connector.

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