Famiclone at 60hz

[3Eyeboy]

I already asked for an advice in other forums but I should asked here first since this is a Famicom related board, anyways..

I recently started digging into my box of famiclones looking for parts for this "Argenvision";

when I opened it I noticed the lifted leg from of the central chips, anyone know if it's possible to modify the console to run at 60hz changing the Xtal?

Could someone tell me what region are both of these CPU/PPU?, NTSC, PAL? In case these were NTSC I can easily change the Xtal in order to get 60hz, am I right?

[jpx72]

I don't want to deliver the bad news to you but it's impossible. I was looking for this answer for a long time (I couldn't afford to buy a Famicom, and I had only a PAL famiclone). If you check the PAL/NTSC map, you can find out pretty accuratelly where in the world you can buy a PAL and where a NTSC famiclone:

The console's PPU (or Graphics chip) is specifically designed for the required region, and in order to change the console's "speed" (50 to 60 Hz) you need to exchange both PPU and Xtal . There is no other way.
If you have no problem desoldering large chips, you can buy some broken famicom (from Manuel for example) or US NES and get the PPU (and Xtal) from there. Or it can be bought alone from some sites, but it will probably be more expensive than buying entire console.
The good news is that the CPU is universal

[3Eyeboy]

Jeje, Every time I see that map I think about how accurate the data is and all the errors it has, not counting that is a bit incomplete.

The thing is more complex than it seems, at least here in South America, as some will know the advantage of having the PAL signal is the best quality in signal reception in those geographic areas formed by large mountains, as is the case of Chile, Peru,  and Bolivia which curiously use the NTSC standard.

Here in Uruguay we have no mountains, and PAL-N 50hz signal is only used in the country's capital (Montevideo), don't ask me why, but in the other states of the country NTSC 60hz is the standard or a variant of this, called PAL-M wich is also running at 60hz (this is the Brazilian standard).