dreamcast resetting

[adcx64]

whenever i play any game on my DC after like 5 min it goes back to the dreamcast main screen? please help!

[Darksaviour69]

common problem, caused useally from over heating and giveing the dc a good clean seems to fix it most of the time.

a bit more info
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/archive/index.php/t-14636.html

[beetroot bertie]

I had a similar problem and fixed it by cleaning and bending slightly the 6 prongs inside.

There's a guide with photos here which should help too if you've never opened up a DC before:

http://segahub.org/index.php?topic=2029.0