Prevent death.

Muthafukin Carl · Post by **Muthafukin Carl** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 11:59 pm

I've been playing the DC system for over 3 years now and during those 3 years I've had 5 DC systems that died. Im sick and tired of buying the DC system over and over and I can't find a brand new DC system for a reasonable price ($100?...I'll pass), but I can get a used DC for $20 at my local pawn shop. The one that I have now (5th) died yesterday (4 weeks after I fixed it), is there a way that I can prevent my next DC from death?

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:58 am

Perhaps it is where you keep it?

aisupikku · Post by **aisupikku** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:38 am

Perhaps it is what you are playing on it?

(Quickly! eBay)

nevets934 · Post by **nevets934** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:40 am

wow u have bad luck with dc's. so far i havnt had any trouble with mine

riva16 · Post by **riva16** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:34 am

I'm on my fourth... But my problem is from accidents while modding... I'm keeping mods low on my new one...

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:15 am

I have never had a DC die on me and I have had one since 2000. Bummer for you

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:02 am

I bought mine from Babbages a year ago. The model is 1999, so its real old. And it hasn't been modified at all.

If you play too many copies on it, it wont do anything too it. Are you letting them cool down? Maybe there is a short on you wall outlet. Do you still have them? You can sell them for parts on ebay.

What exactly is not working? Will it power on or is the motherboard blown? Maybe its trying to read a real scratched up cd. My friends psone did that and the thing caught on fire. It was a cool bonfire, though.

megaman8x · Post by **megaman8x** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:46 am

had mine since 2002, now i get a bit of slowdown in games but its all good

Muthafukin Carl · Post by **Muthafukin Carl** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:44 pm

If you play too many copies on it, it wont do anything too it. Are you letting them cool down? Maybe there is a short on you wall outlet. Do you still have them? You can sell them for parts on ebay.
What exactly is not working? Will it power on or is the motherboard blown? Maybe its trying to read a real scratched up cd. My friends psone did that and the thing caught on fire. It was a cool bonfire, though.

No, I play the DC as much as the Xbox, lol. Yes, I still have the parts laying around and I might sell them on Ebay. Well, all of them had the same problem, 1.) all of them were reseting 2.) all of them stopped reading games unless I left the lid open a little 3.) all of them died and didn't show up on the TV (the screen went blank) whenever I cut them on. Yeah, all of them were model 1999 and I got them from Gamestop/Ebgames.

Perhaps it is what you are playing on it?

Originals and backups (cd-r)

Perhaps it is where you keep it?

On the floor

Many ppl have told me that its because all of my DCs were old, but I know a few chicks that still have their working 1999 DCs.

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 5:30 pm

if you're keepin it on the floor.... wait i'm getting ahead of myself is it a carpted floor? is it just on the floor or do you have it on a book or somthing? i'd suggest getting yourself a nice little table for it. i have a glass end table for all of my dc stuff.

Muthafukin Carl · Post by **Muthafukin Carl** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 7:38 pm

if you're keepin it on the floor.... wait i'm getting ahead of myself is it a carpted floor? is it just on the floor or do you have it on a book or somthing? i'd suggest getting yourself a nice little table for it. i have a glass end table for all of my dc stuff.

I was keepin it on the floor (No carpet)

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:31 am

Originals and backups (cd-r)

Havent you noticed the laser stressing out a lot more on backups and CDRs than on a GD?

Sonic-NKT · Post by **Sonic-NKT** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 8:32 am

uh... i have a ood dreamcast.. have it now for almost 3 years and bought it used.. and it still works great.
but if something happens i still have a brandnew one...

TheWanderer · Post by **TheWanderer** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:20 pm

Probably due to abuse from previous owners. That's what you get with a used DC. Your best bet is just to buy another one, and hope for the best. Or get a new one and forget about it. New is the best bet. The only reason the one I bought (new) died is because of shoddy controllers and mods gone wrong.

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 4:18 pm

I still have my first one working strong.

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 4:55 pm

Can you open some of them up and post some pictures?

Maybe you can take a q-tip and clean the laser.

Are the cough::backups::cough and originals really scratched?

The cables are working, right?

Maybe you just have bad luck. Stay away from everyone elses dreamcast.

You're invitiing a plague on all dreamcasts..... Anyone have an anti-curse spell?

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:41 pm

lol do u want me to buy you one (you send me the money) and i'll buy you one they're only $20 here.

linus2k3 · Post by **linus2k3** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 2:25 am

i've had my DC for 4 years, and only had to manually change the Lens, and the Fan twice, it's seen better days, but it does depend on where you set your DC, and if you let it cool off or not.

the only thing is with mine, it's only set up to play burned games, it no longer plays the originals.

i kinda did that by accident and i wasnt expecting to do that, but at the same time, it was the sweetest accident i ever done.

i was trying to get my burned games to work right, then i learned that my DC wasnt able to play burned games from the start, so i had to adjust the power to the lens, and after going through a few DC's , taking parts from the other ones and replacing and adding on to my original one, i finally got it like i wanted, but it came with the sacrifice of not being able to play my original discs.

still in all, im satisfied with mine ^_^

Muthafukin Carl · Post by **Muthafukin Carl** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:12 pm

lol do u want me to buy you one (you send me the money) and i'll buy you one they're only $20 here.

They're $20 here too at my local pawn shop and they have loads of them.

i've had my DC for 4 years, and only had to manually change the Lens, and the Fan twice, it's seen better days, but it does depend on where you set your DC, and if you let it cool off or not.

I never changed the fan in my DC

, could this be the fan, because the fan doesn't come on anymore in 2 of my DCs? I won't put it on the floor anymore, I'll go with dcmodder's technique and use a glass table or something.

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:25 pm

if the dc senses that the fan isn:t running it will shut it down. go to my modded dc page to add a new fan and bypass the old one.