guys i got a problem

ian · Post by **ian** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:52 pm

when playing my dc sometimes it cuts out after 15 min especially when playing crazy taxi.. its not over heating ive checked this can any one help me solve this cause its really annoying

cheers

Nintenter · Post by **Nintenter** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:00 pm

might be a bad psu....do you have more than one dreamcast? if so then try swapping psu's.

ian · Post by **ian** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:09 pm

no i only have one dc im getting a second off a mate i need one to mod and one to play ... i didnt think it would be the psu ill check it when i get home

Nintenter · Post by **Nintenter** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:18 pm

when you say "cuts out", do you mean the whole dc shuts off?

ian · Post by **ian** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:32 pm

sorry i should have been more specific..

it resets itself after it does it the first time it resets every 10 sec

linus2k3 · Post by **linus2k3** » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:57 pm

ian wrote:when playing my dc sometimes it cuts out after 15 min especially when playing crazy taxi.. its not over heating ive checked this can any one help me solve this cause its really annoying

cheers

some people might not know this, but there is something in all dreamcast systems, it's in other systems too, its called a laser power adjustment switch, open you dreamcast, and push the lens to the back of your dreamcast, then you will see a silver circle, that's the switch, take a small, small flathead screwdriver and try turning it slightly to the right, it should work, you can try other directions if you like, then your game should work and your dreamcast should read & load faster, give it a try and send me an email if you got it right, my email is daubbersonville6@yahoo.com

ian · Post by **ian** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:02 am

what if i put it too high will it blow out

ill try ill just move it a wee tiny minute bit up and see if that works

thanks

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 4:05 am

what if i put it too high will it blow out ill try ill just move it a wee tiny minute bit up and see if that works thanks

No don't bother this problem is related to certain pins on the power supply...Apparently if you wiggle them around a bit the problem is solved...Look in the forums FAQ for a guide on how to do it.
If that dosen't work THEN try the pointometer tweaking

linus2k3 · Post by **linus2k3** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 2:29 pm

the tweaking idea might be alirght, dont worry about putting it too high, it wont blow out, there is a fail-safe designed inside the dreamcastg which keeps it from blowing out if you put the power too high, just try fiddling with until you get it right, i had to do the same thing, and now my dc works perfect

linus2k3 · Post by **linus2k3** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 2:29 pm

mattthemodder wrote:
what if i put it too high will it blow out ill try ill just move it a wee tiny minute bit up and see if that works thanks
No don't bother this problem is related to certain pins on the power supply...Apparently if you wiggle them around a bit the problem is solved...Look in the forums FAQ for a guide on how to do it.
If that dosen't work THEN try the pointometer tweaking

the tweaking idea might be alirght, dont worry about putting it too high, it wont blow out, there is a fail-safe designed inside the dreamcastg which keeps it from blowing out if you put the power too high, just try fiddling with until you get it right, i had to do the same thing, and now my dc works perfect

ian · Post by **ian** » Mon Sep 01, 2003 11:19 pm

i fiddled around with a few of the conponents

then gave it a try it worked i stayed up all night playing.. imean testing yes i was testing it and didnt have a problem

ill do more fiddleing tonight but if it works again thanx in advence

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:10 am

Look in the FAQ for a guide on how to fix the power supply... Ah i'll just link em' [URL]http://www.dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2007[URL/]

[URL]http://www.dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=3907[URL/]

ian · Post by **ian** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:15 pm

well it started doing it again so i popped the top looked inside (thouroughly) and i saw something unusal i blew and out came a small insect!! it looked like a baby moth exept it was black i probaly fried it... i was thinking wtf??? how did a bug get it my dc ?? probaly went in through the fan bay.. not sure if that was the problem so more testing for me

TheGreatCraig · Post by **TheGreatCraig** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:21 pm

Hahahahaha. Thats funny.

ian · Post by **ian** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:53 pm

TheGreatCraig wrote:Hahahahaha. Thats funny.

i know its funny

bloody bug going in my dc

ill kill it ...oh wait i already did

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