A q-tip dipped into alcohol does wonders on electrical contacts, using a dry one is not too effective... and while at it, carefully wipe the MCD lens too.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadWidow
A q-tip dipped into alcohol does wonders on electrical contacts, using a dry one is not too effective... and while at it, carefully wipe the MCD lens too.Quote:
Originally Posted by MadWidow
I'm glad I helped! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Speedle
No such luck; still the same blank screen. Still full sound - not sure if I have an RF cable to test the Genesis on it's own. I can't get a Q tip all the way in the port between the two; any suggestions for what I could wedge in there? It is very frustrating as I can hear it and I am so close to being able to play, LOL! Thanks so much!
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Originally Posted by TmEE
Hi to all.
Bufff, I have a question after reading 50 pages and some topics.
After I added a working controller (the ones of the console don't work)
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3939/megamod3.jpg
and after adding a display to check if it's working at 50 or 60hz
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/8823/megamod.jpg
I wanted to solder the RGB cable on the megadrive not pluging it to the Din8.
After that, every time I put a game only displays ""PRODUCED BY OR UNDER LICENSE FROM SEGA ..." and after that a black screen, no sound.
I tried the tip from TmEE in this topic
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5309
with no luck.
That's the second megadrive that dies at my hands trying to solder the cable directly into it. Any idea to revive the megadrive ?
It's a PAL megadrive with official AC, the games tried also works fine on others megadrives.
Thanks in advance.
neat LED display for Hz :)
You just should have desoldered the controller connector and solder in some new ones....
As for black screen after TMSS screen... I don't know what else can cause things not to boot other than damage to mobo itself...
Thanks ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TmEE
That was my first thought, but too much work for a console that had a lot of posibilty to die (and finally died).Quote:
Originally Posted by TmEE
Now i'm trying to solder the rgb directly to board with this schema
http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/se...ereo-scart.htm
But I only get a black screen, audio cables aren't soldered. I have to solder them anywhere else ? I've checked that cables go to the rgb pins that had to.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5692/boardx.jpg
worst case scenario when replacing controller ports is that new port won't work correctly, but its easy fix... just the matter or running few wires from one place to another...
weird that you get only black screen... are sync and RGB enable connected correctly ? My TV will not show any image when the RGB enable signal is not hooked up correctly...
for audio, you can get nice stereo thats not affected by volume slider straight off the headphone amp... I don't remember what pins.... 1 and 8 or 2 and 6.... things will be more quiet in that case though.
I think everything is connected correctly, maybe I miss to solder mass to somewhere else.Quote:
Originally Posted by TmEE
Like you suggest I was planning to add stereo from the jack. And replace the new port, in that lateral I can't connect the MegaCD and connect a pad at the same time :daze:
Will an ac adapter from a genesis 2 work with a model 1?
no because the plug is different
Another question, I'm almost done modding my genesis but I can not find an s-video jack for it. So for the people on here that have s-vid mods where did you get yours?
I get my stuff from www.elfaelektroonika.ee or www.oomipood.ee, but those aren't viable options outside my country...
Hi I'm posting for the first time, I am always reading Sega-16 stuff but for the first time have come across a technical hitch I really need to ask advice for and I hope someone can help.
My PAL Sega Mega-Cd, model 1, no-mods, bios version 1.0 has decided to fail me after years of careful and sparing use. When connected to my Megadrive 1 and turned on, the Green ready light comes on and stays on whilst the red access light flashes, the planet appears on the screen but no text, animation or music (the word Mega-CD does not appear). This is how it stays, presumably forever if I didn't turn it off! When I press reset, the text requesting a disk to be inserted appears but no music or animation. The disk tray does not open.
This is a very recent problem I've had years of good use out of it and indeed it was between switching games that the problem first presented itself. It crashed during a game of Jaguar XJ220.
I have read many similar but not exactly the same stories (mainly about busted fuses) and have opened up the mega cd, carefully cleaned the disk lens, checked for broken wires etc. Nothing apears wrong or damaged. In fact it is immaculate inside. I have cleaned the connection to the megadrive and the megadrive connections with alcohol and physical abrasion with an eraser. I have experimented with withdrawing the megadrive away from the Mega-CD in increments. I have cleaned the power connection and swapped it out for another (it was not loose anyway). All to no avail.
I have absolutely no electronics knowledge so if it might need any such as opening up the CD drive any further or soldering of any kind then I'm shot and it gets binned :-(
Anyone else had a similar problem and solved it without too much hassle?
My thanks in advance!
What would the actual name for an s-video jack be? i've already tried 4 pin mini din panel mount jack and nothing came up.Quote:
Originally Posted by TmEE
Edit: Will this work, http://search.digikey.com/scripts/Dk...ame=CP-2840-ND
I know in the picture it has too many holes but it says 4 pin. I got the parts number from here http://wwwunix.ecs.umass.edu/~dhowland/mod/ but I don't think they're the same. Also one more question. The volume slider on my genesis has a lot of wiggle up & down and is hard to move, anyone else had this problem?
I just bought another Sega CD combo; it has the same problem as my existing one! However, I get full sound when using the Genny alone. Now I am really stumped - any ideas? Thanks!