Messiah Installation Pictures

Below are photographs of some of the various Messiah installs that I have carried out when I started to install the Messiah chip in Jan 2002. Just click on the thumbnails for a larger photo.  Return to the Messiah Page

SCPH 30002 - V3 Mainboard - No Gap Bios on top

This photo of the mainboard (before the wires were hot glued and insulated) shows the location of the Messiah chip and the various connection points for the controller chip, bios chip and the other connection points. All connection points for this board are located on the top side except for the SCEX connection which is on the bottom side of the board. I used hookup wire for the +3.3VDC and GND points and I used 38swg enamel wire for 8 of the 9 controller connections and all remaining connections I used 30swg wire wrap wire.  This photo shows a close-up of the connection points for the controller chip at the top of the photo and no-gap bios chip at the bottom of the photo. The red wire disappearing into the hole at the bottom of the photo is the SCEX wire. This photo you can see clearly the three different types of wire I used in this installation. The thicker red wire on the left is the 3.3VDC connection, the lighter red, green, blue and black wires are the 30swg wire wrap wire and the very thin reddish wires are the 38swg enamel wire.  A extra close-up shot of the controller connections. This is not for the faint hearted and it is very essential that you use the correct equipment to carry out the soldering of the wires to the legs on the controller chip. The blue wire is the 9th connection point for the controller chip.

SCPH 30002 - V3 Mainboard - Gap Bios on bottom

This photo of the mainboard (before the wires were hot glued and insulated) shows the location of the Messiah chip and the various connection points for the controller chip and other connection points. All connection points for this board are located on the top side except for the 8 Gap Bios chip connections and the SCEX connection which are on the bottom side of the mainboard. I used hookup wire for the +3.3VDC and GND points and I used 38swg enamel wire for 8 of the 9 controller connections and all remaining connections I used 30swg wire wrap wire. This photo shows the connections for the controller chip at the top of the photo. The wiring disappearing into the two holes at the bottom of the photo are for the Gap Bios and the SCEX connections on the underside of the mainboard. A close-up photo of the connections points for the controller chip using 38swg enamel wire. This photo shows the underside of the mainboard with the Gap Bios on the left hand side and the SCEX connection point at the bottom of the photo and the wiring disappearing through the two holes on the right side and appearing on the top side of the mainboard. A close-up photo of the 8 Gap Bios connection points and SCEX connection. There is also a No-Gap variant of the Bios located in the same location, make sure that you use the correct diagram as the connect pint are different. I will add a non-gap picture soon.

SCPH 35002 - V4 Mainboard - Gap Bios

This photo of the mainboard (before the wires were hot glued and insulated) shows the location of the Messiah chip and the various connection points for the controller chip and Bios and the other connection points. All connection points for this board are located on the top side of the mainboard. I used hookup wire for the +3.3VDC and GND points and I used 38swg enamel wire for 4 of the 9 controller connections and all remaining connections I used 30swg wire wrap wire. A close-up photo of where the Messiah chip is mounted on the mainboard. A close-up photo of the connections to the controller. 4 of the connection points are onto the controller chip using 38swg enamel wire with the remaining 5 connections using 30swg wire wrap wire and connecting to a component and onto tracks (pass-thru's) on the mainboard. A fibre-glass pen is required remove the solder resist from the tracks for easier soldering connections.   A close-up photo of the 10 Gap Bios connection points using 30swg wire wrap wire.

SCPH 30002R - V5 Mainboard - No Gap Bios

This photo of the mainboard (after the wires were hot glued but before insulating) shows the location of the Messiah chip and the various connection points for the Bios chip and other connection points. All connection points for this board are located on the top side except for the 8 of the controller chip connections which are on the bottom side of the mainboard. I used hookup wire for the +3.3VDC and GND points and I used 30swg wire wrap wire for all other connections including the controller chip.. A close-up photo of the Messiah chip location. A close-up photo of the 8 connection points for the controller chip on the underside of the mainboard and passing through the hole and appearing on the topside of the mainboard. The 9th controller connection point is on the top-side. As you see you do not need to contend with having to solder on to the legs of the controller chip due to a change in the package of the chip. A photo of the 8 wires appearing on the topside of the mainboard from the controller chip on the underside of the mainboard. The white wire is the 9th connection point for the controller chip. A close-up photo of the No-Gap Bios on the topside of the mainboard.