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SmokeMonster

Atari Jaguar CD: Reverse Polarity Protection Diode Fix

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Last week I documented the method for adding a reverse polarity protection diode to the Atari Jaguar, to prevent damage caused by attaching the wrong power supply. ElectronAsh came up with the same mod for the Jaguar CD add-on, although it is a little more complex. Do not attempt this if you don’t own a […]

SmokeMonster

Atari Jaguar: Reverse Polarity Protection Diode Fix

Posted on by SmokeMonster

update 2021/02/15: Added pictures of a Rev B power supply The Atari Jaguar has no protection against reversed polarity power supplies, so if a center-positive PSU is mistakenly connected it will destroy several components in the console rendering it dead*. It is common knowledge that you can add a diode to protect against this, but […]