Any NES Top Loader ppl here?

[akaviolence]

Most that have heard of me know me from ebay, same id there. I am mostly known for selling modded NES-101 consoles better known as the nintendo top loader.
I put together a site with all the useless and useful info i've gained about the beloved top loader over the last several years.
Let me know what you think.
http://nes-101.wikispaces.com/

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Nice Wiki! I never knew that there were AV Versions of the US Toploader, I'm gonna have to keep on the lookout for one of those now.

I've got an AV Famicom personally myself and can safely say I love it; surprisingly it outputs stereo via the AV-Multiout by default!

[bacteria]

Not really a "Wiki" there, more of a promotional flyer to hawk sales.

The UK "Toaster" NES has A/V as standard and is easy to clip a pin and get the system region free.

[emwearz]

Not really a "Wiki" there, more of a promotional flyer to hawk sales.

The UK "Toaster" NES has A/V as standard and is easy to clip a pin and get the system region free.

What I have done to my NES, why I have never seen the need for a Toploader.

[akaviolence]

Not really a "Wiki" there, more of a promotional flyer to hawk sales.

I never said it was a "wiki" and I couldn't disagree more about promoting sales, less than a quarter of the first page has anything to do with my mods, and nothing in the heat research page has anything mod related.

[akaviolence]

The UK "Toaster" NES has A/V as standard and is easy to clip a pin and get the system region free.

What I have done to my NES, why I have never seen the need for a Toploader.

Great, but this thread is for Top Loader fans...

[emwearz]

The UK "Toaster" NES has A/V as standard and is easy to clip a pin and get the system region free.

What I have done to my NES, why I have never seen the need for a Toploader.

Great, but this thread is for Top Loader fans...

Not to be rude, it seems more like a plug for you selling your modded top loader.

[bacteria]

Not to be rude, it seems more like a plug for you selling your modded top loader.

Indeed, hence why I commented "more of a promotional flyer to hawk sales."

[akaviolence]

OK, another great new addition to my site!
This one is called "power research" and is actually full of applicable info to many other consoles and electronics.
http://nes-101.wikispaces.com/Power+Research

[bacteria]

Regulators like the 7805 are inefficient, about 60% efficient as I recall, and burn off the excess voltage as heat, hence what you found. Switching regulators work considerably more efficiently, up to about 95% or thereabouts, so are far more efficient and also don't generate heat. That is why there is the load of heat given off in your pics. The parts you show still use a 7805 though, so if you want to make it more efficient still, there is a way...

Many retro consoles you refer to take in AC and convert to DC (eg NES and SNES) or just take in 7+ volts (eg Megadrive, whatever), and then in both scenarios run to a 7805 on the console board, making 5v. You can just buy a switching regulator (eg Texas Instruments PTH08T230WAD, or similar) and configure it to 5v (or 4.98v as 7805's generate) to connect to the console board directly, and have an external mains>DC power supply of around 7.5v-12v to feed into the regulator.

Using switching regulators is far better for handheld portables too as there isn't the issue regards heat dissipation. Cards like these Texas Instruments ones are very tiny indeed too; about the size of two 7805's put together.