The Dream of USB-C Powered Dreamcast is HERE! (CleanPower by RetroSix)

How about a mod that allows you to use an ODE without removing the GD-ROM drive? Something similar already exists for the Saturn.

Clean juice for the atari links would be brilliant

Awesome

Cool, using USB-C chargers will be much more reliable than the generic power supplies the existing powerboard mods require.

Already been converting my megadrives and master systems for lower heat and different power options, This is a nice tidy solution though, It's probably too low volume to bother with but some kind of daisychainable version for the MD/MEGACD/32X to run them off one plug would be nice.

I hate the intro music with a passion but the video is dope as hell I will order this soon

First console that came to mind is the original Xbox 😉

I left a thumbs up. If I could leave a thumbs WAY up I would've done it! This is an awesome product which is greatly needed and long overdue. I put it right up there, or maybe even above, HDMI mods. I don't have a Dreamcast, but I'll be keeping my eyes open for the Genesis, 2600, NES, and Xbox (hopefully). Awesome work.

Awesome mod. Looking forward picking one up. Does it work well with GDEMU? :) I think the only difference is that that there is far less resistance on the 12V rail.

the only mod I am looking for now is an internal rpi zero 2 dreampi wi-fi mod. However, getting hold of cheap DELL modem is getting extremely hard these days. I wish there was a off-the-shelf mod solution to connect the Dreamcast to the internet, without relying on depricated USB-modems.

Nice futureproofing mod

Do you offer any color options for the 3D printed part? The DC had a few official color options and there are a lot of 3rd party colored housings out and about. My Dreamcast for example has a Green replacement shell.

Do you plan on making one for the fat playstation 2 and the Nintendo 64? And if so when might I be able to see them available for purchase?

Interesting idea, not enough to make me change out my DreamPower but from a design perspective it would be nice to see you utilise the front left screw hole the stock PSU uses, just to hold the new PSU in place.

The likes of the aforementioned DreamPower and Pico PSU’s use that hole, and while I appreciate these smaller boards don’t weigh a lot, using the PSU pins alone to hold the PCB would put me off.

No more center negative surprises! ;) I'm totally getting a couple for my Sega line, when available... say MS1/2, MD1/2 (+ Saturn maybe?)

An intresting one to look at would be consoles that use external power supplies like the CDI which have two voltages 12V / 3V lines and use a phone wire style connector.

Would love to see u come out with an hdmi mod for the dreamcast. I trust your work over others.

The Sega Dreamcast was quite possibly the worst console ever made. I'd say it's either that or the Saturn.

Cost as much as a whole used console tho

Stoke on Trent mate

Awesome. Hopefully we see this on the Saturn soon.

I got my Dreamcast about eight years ago. And I was really disappointed to see that it didn't want to read my discs. If it did, it returned to the menu screen after a couple of minutes. I even added solder to the pin connectors to tighten their grip to the mainboard, which did the trick. But if I had known that there would be such a thing as a USB-C power supply for it, I think I wouldn't have done that. Nevertheless, I finally want to give my Dreamcast the modern upgrades it deserves, which is why I got the USB-C mod. And I'm seriously considering to get more, so long as they are easy to install like this one.

Hi, make black brackets too. The white one looks weird in black dreamcast consoles and clear shells too

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Great work on engineering that board
Looking around for a proper PSU for the DC
DreamPSU
ReDream PSU
PICO PSU
Chinese 110V-220V “found eBay and AliExpress”
For heavily modified DCs I wonder when the next revision is coming up ?

Oi queria saber se existe possibilidade de tipo c para sega saturn e playstation 1 e NEO GEO CD

As far as power block; can. 20w power it up?

That mod is SIMPLE! which is what this mod exactly needed, great work!

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now this looks excellent upgrade though.

Without the green leds it would be cool. Why does it need to bling-bling? Is it neccessary, does it make the thing more "cool"? U cant see it why the console is closed, and it ruins the overall look in an transcluent shell. Really sad, i would have bought that, but it seems i have to stick with dreampsu. "Less is more" fits perfectly in this case.

Awesome work RetroSix! To answer your question of possible mods for the future... The one thing I would REALLY want for the Dreamcast is some way to make it connect to the internet. The DreamPi together with dreamcast live are awesome porjects. A nice mod would be to easily connect a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W (Wi-Fi !!!) to the Clean power 5V, + phone cable with a 18V step-up conversion drawn from the Clean Power as well.... But yeah, the biggest issue is just getting hold of those pesky compatible DELL and Lenovo modems.

So does this take 20v from the USB-C? I'm really annoyed at how there's a lack of understanding of how varied USB-C output can be. I have a 30w USB-C charger which doesn't supply 20v, only 5, 9 and 12v. Or can it take 12v too?

Brilliant!

The old Original Xboxes are from the capacitor plague era and the PSUs are slowly but surely rotting away (and eating tons of internal space).
A USB C mod would be amazing for them. Alternatively people have managed to use Pico PSUs to power them using an external brick.

Hi Retrosix,Any plans for a second batch of this mod,as I just came across it and went to order 1 only to see it was sold out. Also any plans to do a similar mod for a PS1,PS2 ,PS3 or beyond?

I see these are out of stock. Any idea when they’ll be back?

Can't wait for the Saturn USB C mod!

Any chance to get an Nintendo 64 usb c mod?

How many volt charge must to buy please .something same with charger from mobile phone....

the mod looks clean and love how simple it is, the only thing i would say im concern about it is that its only held in place by the pins from the console and nothing is under it to have it firm in place.

but other than that i like this mod, and im interested in it for my dreamcast.

Привет на алиэкспресс блок питания продается этот?

I would love one for the 3DO FZ-1. That cord isn't even removable and the power supplies all have yellow gunk on them.

Will n this work with the gdemu mod? I'm thinking of grabbing the pico or dteam ps if but cant access your video. Howe reliable is this usb c mod,? Does it deliver the correct voltage?

This is class. When will it be back in stock?

Man, just give me an ol' sturdy metal barrel plug!

Hello, i have modded my Dreamcast myself with DCHDMI, Terraonion Mode with a 2,5" Samsung 870 EVO 500GB SSD and did the controllerboard upgrade with the selfresetting fuse, batteryholder and cap.
With the original PSU everything is running fine, when i replace it with the CleanPower the Dreamcast does reset itself when it loads into the games mostly after the intro, i've used a 30W Gan and a 120W Gan charger from Ugreen, they have the same rating or higher as the charger which is on your shopsite.
What do you think can be the issue?
Kind regards

nice one lad

usb standard 5V 1A? Or need Power supply unit? Thank you.

I love a lot about this mod! If I could make a couple suggestions, maybe a little extra bits of plastic to left and right of where the board plugs in to physically block an accidental misaligned plugin of the board, and perhaps a redesign down the line to add a screw hole (plus a spacer underneath) so the board can be nice and securely screwed into the Dreamcast.

Other than that, you've thought of everything!

I would love to see something like this for the PS2.