lycrake
December 29th, 2012, 14:38
Hi there guys
Had a couple of Dreamcasts in the past, and just bought another one, but seem to be having a couple of issues with this one.
Initially when I bought it, it loaded games and worked fine, however, after the first game I tried it has now decided to not read any disks what-so-ever.
See the video below, but when I try to load any games / music cds, the laser tries to read the disk a few times, and spins the disk up, then it eventually gives up and just sits at the logo screen for 5 minutes.
youtube.com/watch?v=oSHlzaXdSXI&feature=youtu.be
Eventually it gets to the home screen, but you can't play the game from there, or listen to an audio cd.
I've taken the dreamcast to pieces, and put it back together, i've fiddled with the laser adjustment pot a tiny bit. I've also cleaned the laser.
Bit odd that it takes so long to get into the bios screen- trying to work out if this is a motherboard issue, or a laser issue.
It did come with a bit of a dodgy Av lead, but I don't know if fiddling about with that at the back will have affected the Dreamcast, I doubt it...
Any idea whats wrong? The laser did seem fine to begin with, and play games perfectly, but now I get absolutely nothing! It doesn't seem as if the laser is struggling, it just sort of gives up!
Had a couple of Dreamcasts in the past, and just bought another one, but seem to be having a couple of issues with this one.
Initially when I bought it, it loaded games and worked fine, however, after the first game I tried it has now decided to not read any disks what-so-ever.
See the video below, but when I try to load any games / music cds, the laser tries to read the disk a few times, and spins the disk up, then it eventually gives up and just sits at the logo screen for 5 minutes.
youtube.com/watch?v=oSHlzaXdSXI&feature=youtu.be
Eventually it gets to the home screen, but you can't play the game from there, or listen to an audio cd.
I've taken the dreamcast to pieces, and put it back together, i've fiddled with the laser adjustment pot a tiny bit. I've also cleaned the laser.
Bit odd that it takes so long to get into the bios screen- trying to work out if this is a motherboard issue, or a laser issue.
It did come with a bit of a dodgy Av lead, but I don't know if fiddling about with that at the back will have affected the Dreamcast, I doubt it...
Any idea whats wrong? The laser did seem fine to begin with, and play games perfectly, but now I get absolutely nothing! It doesn't seem as if the laser is struggling, it just sort of gives up!