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Main => Consoles => Topic started by: Cametron on January 27, 2009, 09:25:45 pm

Title: Saturn CD door switch
Post by: Cametron on January 27, 2009, 09:25:45 pm

Hi all,

I just found my old Saturn after going through some old boxes in the garage.  Found I still had Virtua Cop2 and a couple of guns!  :applaud:
It appears as though the CD door switch is dodgy as it doesn't always recognise that the door is shut and keeps the laser idle.  A little bit of fiddling with the switch and it usually comes good.
Does anyone know if these switches are available to buy anywhere?
Alternatively, I could always just bridge the switch out and make sure that the system is turned off before removing the disc.  Any problems with doing this?

Cheers.

Title: Re: Saturn CD door switch
Post by: Ginsu Victim on January 27, 2009, 11:02:52 pm

All I did was wrap electrical tape around my switch to force it to always be considered closed. Helps with the swap trick.

Title: Re: Saturn CD door switch
Post by: Cametron on January 28, 2009, 10:38:22 pm

Thanks for the feedback.
Upon further tinkering, the switch itself seems to be flaky, in that if I manually hold it closed it does not always detect so I am suspecting a dry joint on the PCB.  Will pull her apart further tonight and investigate.

Cheers.
 :cheers:

Title: Re: Saturn CD door switch
Post by: Cametron on February 08, 2009, 08:35:21 pm

OK, so I finally got some time to look at the Saturn this weekend.  Switch seems fine, continuity is good, re-flowed the switch connections to the PCB and she still is flaky.
Any thing else anyone can recommend I take a look at?  Sometimes it recognises the disc is there, other times it wont.  Runs fine if it detects the disc

Cheers.