Dreamcast drive / motherboard problem, bit of an odd one!
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:49 am
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 and down, then it eventually gives up and just sits at the logo screen for 5 minutes.
Eventually it gets to the home screen, but you can't play the game from there, or listen to an audio cd. See the below video...
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!
Just wondering if anyone has any idea what could be wrong? its very odd that it sits at the logo screen for over 5 minutes each time before getting to the home screen...
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 and down, then it eventually gives up and just sits at the logo screen for 5 minutes.
Eventually it gets to the home screen, but you can't play the game from there, or listen to an audio cd. See the below video...
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!
Just wondering if anyone has any idea what could be wrong? its very odd that it sits at the logo screen for over 5 minutes each time before getting to the home screen...