Inverted blacks and whites & CD read errors...

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sat Mar 29, 2003 3:10 pm

I', off to purchase a new second-hand Dreamcast tomorrow because my current one, only 15 months young, is totally knackered. The picture has inverted blacks and whites, and a lot of my games seem to have stopped being recognised (even originals). The CD drive also squeaks a little when it's reading. Is there anything I can fix, or am I screwed?

Thanks.

Anti-Roofus · Post by **Anti-Roofus** » Sat Mar 29, 2003 3:21 pm

your screwed my DC was doing the same thing and i sent it to sega and they told me that all they could do was replace the parts but it was gonna cost like 100 dollars so i just bought a new one

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sat Mar 29, 2003 4:13 pm

You could still hack it up for parts

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sat Mar 29, 2003 4:28 pm

So in short, I'm screwed and need a new one? Oh well, they're only ?26.99, and at least I'll have a second controller now.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 4:51 pm

In case anyone's wondering, I did go out and buy a new DC. It turns out that the problem was the RF lead and nothing else - the CD read errors were purely coincidental, and seemed to sort-of fix themselves, plus one of my games was badly scratched. So I know have two DCs, but can only use one - and the new one is a much slower reader. Oh well

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sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 5:12 pm

az, did your picture have really odd white lines streaking across it?
I totally forgot I had the same sort of picture problems as you did. I slammed the RF adapter off the desk and it worked fine. Then I bought an RGB cable after having gotten fed up with RF after only 1 week of use

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 3:28 am

sixteen-bit wrote:az, did your picture have really odd white lines streaking across it?

It did if I tapped the lead a bit - I figured it could have been the lead, but I couldn't find any new ones and I desperately needed a working Dreamcast for XDP

. I'll try throwing the lead about for a bit, see if that helpds

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