7MHz MSX Upgrade - Trouble Shooting
Thanks Meits, not what I expected to hear though 
It sounds f*c*ing awful!! Wrong notes, out of tune, games would be pretty unplayable with 7MHz enabled. The sound would drive me round the twist! 
I think the sound is generated by the S1985 (SSG sound), and I can't see how I could connect a 3.58Mhz constant signal to correct the problem. So I guess you're right 
I thought I might have to connect one of the unused diodes of the 7MHz PCB to a CS signal on the S1985 to correct the cartridge problem. But, as you say, other cartridges work. So I not sure doing this will make any difference 
Thinking about it, wouldn't I be able to connect the 3.58MHz signal from the VDP to PIN30 of S1985 to correct the sound problem? Hmmmmm
I guess not, just tried it, black screen. I'll live with the crap sound....
Unless you can think of anything RetroTechie 
Update: just noticed this video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c3lv83wKJU
the sound does not change with turbo enabled. How did he do this?? :-?
Well that video spared me on.
I've solved the sound problem. Here's what I did:
Cut the trace on pin 30 of s1985 (removed from Turbo circuit) and replaced with 3.58Mhz from PIN8 of VDP.
At first this didn't work, but I remembered that my SRAM was wired up to CAS. I figured it wouldn't work in DRAM config, do wired my memory up to SLT33. It worked like a dream! 
Now PSG sound is exactly the same in either normal or turbo modes. (shame about SCC & MSX Music, but I think this is normal for turbo mode, thanks for explaining this Meits)
Now to figure our if there is a way to get my MegaFlashROM SCC+ cart working.... Mmmmmm
Didn't bother looking into the Cart problem as my other MegaFlashROM (SCC version) works fine.
I did come accross another problem, however. The computer works perfectly for about the 1st 10/15 minutes,
then it starts to reset and have booting & drive access problems.
The thing is, it works forever if you are running from cartridge!
Has anyone any ideas what may be causing this? If so, how to fix it?
Strange
Cool! nice LED you build in...
i also have a 7 mhz kit in my 8280 but the sound is also the bad thing... hmmm...this is mutch better i think..
Yeh, the PSG sound was annoying. This thread helped me a lot when fixing it: 
http://www.msx.org/forum/msx-talk/hardware/trying-msx-super-...
Only works if your machine uses SRAM.... (mine had DRAM, but I changed it)
Shame the HB-F9 doesn't have a floppy drive, or the solution to my problem might have been there too!!
I would love to know how to mod my MegaFlashROM so that it has it's own internal clock, Konami SCC games sound annoying too at 7MHz ;(
Only need to figure out why Floppy Disk Drive problems remain at 7MHz?
There are some software delays in the diskROM that become to short @ 7 MHz, causing various errors (disk offline, sector markers misread, etc). To fix, the diskROM chip select signal must be connected to one of the diodes on the 7 MHz circuit. Effect on speed is minimal since disk I/O doesn't go faster @ 7 MHz anyway. You do have this diode connection, right?
If not: a bit tricky to do in this machine since all ROMs are integrated in one chip... I can't tell from the schematic, but OpenMSX config for this machine says diskROM is in slot 3-0? Don't trust me on that, check using MSXMEM for example! If so, /SLT30 signal can be picked up from S1985 (pin 53, not easy to solder to for beginners), IC13 (74LS32) pin 12, or solder somewhere to the circuit trace in between. Again: don't rely on schematic or me, verify those connections on the machine itself!
I would love to know how to mod my MegaFlashROM so that it has it's own internal clock, Konami SCC games sound annoying too at 7MHz
You could modify that cartridge. But another way to fix this is wire the clock pin on one cartridge slot to constant 3.58 MHz (preferably via a buffer like what was used before), and to 3.58/7 MHz CPU clock signal on the other cartridge slot.
That should fix most sound issues for any cartridge you put in that slot, without any need to modify those cartridges. And you still have the CPU clock available on the other cartridge slot in case a cartridge needs it (in particular: DRAM-based RAM cartridges). If you do this: consider in which cartridge slots you're most like to put those sound or RAM cartridges.
To fix, the diskROM chip select signal must be connected to one of the diodes on the 7 MHz circuit. Effect on speed is minimal since disk I/O doesn't go faster @ 7 MHz anyway. You do have this diode connection, right?
I haven't connected anything to the free diodes on the Turbo PCB as yet. I can use one to connect to diskROM chip select signal (assuming it's found)
If not: a bit tricky to do in this machine since all ROMs are integrated in one chip... I can't tell from the schematic, but OpenMSX config for this machine says diskROM is in slot 3-0? Don't trust me on that, check using MSXMEM for example! If so, /SLT30 signal can be picked up from S1985 (pin 53, not easy to solder to for beginners), IC13 (74LS32) pin 12, or solder somewhere to the circuit trace in between. Again: don't rely on schematic or me, verify those connections on the machine itself!
MSXMEM confirms that DK2 is at 30 (MSXMEM shows there are positions 0,1,2,3 within 30 - DK2 is at position 1)
Soldered free diode to PIN 12 of IC13 (as this confirmed same point as PIN53 of S1985) but computer won't boot?
But another way to fix this is wire the clock pin on one cartridge slot to constant 3.58 MHz
Excellent!! Now all sound is at the correct speed! One more problem solved! Thanks mate 
I notice that the IC10 TWS2793NL (I'm assuming this is the integrated chip you mentioned?) has a CLK input PIN24. Would I be able to just feed this with a constant 3.58MHz signal instead?
Wait a minute, that chip also has CS PIN3, would that be the one?
