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Main => Consoles => Topic started by: ArcadeNoob on June 07, 2005, 06:43:51 pm
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Ok, heres the deal. I have a few consoles that have some problems.......and am looking for any help on fixing these!
1) Just bought a PSX that POWERS UP and goes through the opening screen, etc...........but does not recognize the game disks.
2) I have a DC that I just bought that was used, as well........but it doesnt seem to recognize the disks half the time. It has to be restarted numerous times to get it to work. I have tried using a disk cleaner, let it go for over a minute on the cleaning setting like 3 times.........could I have inadverantly made it worse?
3) Have another DC I have had for some time......bought the above one to replace it. This one starts up fine, but shorts out sometimes in title screen, sometimes while deep in a game, sometimes not at all. It resets and sometimes restarts the disk, but sometimes just nothign comes up. I do not believe it is a disk problem.
I have used a disk cleaner on all three. The only one it seems to have helped is number 3 to an extent, POSSIBLY. Also, after the TWO bad experiences with the Dreamcasts, is my assumption true that Dreamcasts were constructed LIKE CRAP? I love the games.....but the quality of the unit seems pretty bad. Any remedies for these problems would be great, thanks!
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I believe the solution to all three of your problems is laser adjustments, not just cleaning. There are tutorials on the net on how to do this. I'll see if I can locate them and post a link here.
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thanks alot! If I could get any of these to work reliably, that would be great!
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DC Random reset fix :http://www.consolevision.com/members/fackue/tut_resetfix.shtml
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I am going to attempt to fix the one tonight. Any idea how to fix the others?
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ok, thanks alot!!! got the one dreamcast working!!!
any idea on how to fix the other 2?>
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Playstation laser calibration:
http://www.maxking.com/pslaser.htm
Dreamcast laser calibration:
http://www.geocities.com/zeph340/
Hope this works for ya! :D
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well..........YAY! ;D I the remaining dreamcast to work.........but we will see for how long.(in other words, I assume there will be some more calibration needed in the future)
As for the Playstation.........I got it to work as well! I started playing a game, and everything was good, but when I tried it again, it only got to the second PS loading screen(the black one) and froze. I wish the pictures on that site were a little higher quality.......but I should be able to finish it later and have a working Playstation for .99! But, when it did work........the second loading screen(the black one) was up for about 30-45 seconds before the game even started to go on. Is that normal? Thanks again!!!!!!!!!
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ok, so spent another 45minutes(ugh) on the playstation..........it now works fine 8) . but, on one game, the sound sort of skipped.......(the disk is in pretty good shape). I guess that it doesnt have to do with calibration, another game I tried is good.......so Im good to go, I believe! I havent tried the other DC except for once, I will give you a final update later!
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Rock on... that'll be 50 dollars consultation fee... hehe, just kidding. I'm glad you got them working. :)
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well I still have yet to check out the DC for thorough final "testing"(sitting on ---my bottom--- and playing games for an hour.). But seriously...........THANK YOU!! I never thought that Playstation would work. Not for a minute. OR that my DCs could be saved........I was about to toss them all. Thanks!
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Never throw away anything, lol, chances are that someone here will know how to fix it! ;D