Dreamcast Revision Question

Post by **emwearz** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:08 am

From my understand no PAL units are R2. Is this correct?

I have tried to burn the Utopia image like 10 times each time it just loads for about 2 minutes then goes into CD Player.

I am sure I am burning it correctly (Following Rackets guide, then many, many others). The Utopia boot Disc when in my PC shows 3 files "GURKSAFT", "UTOPIA1", "UTOPIA2" so I think I can rule burning wrong out as many other forums are seem to say that how you know it was done right.

Any advice, im pulling my hair out.

Website · Post by **Hobie-wan** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:29 am

Looks like there Only 1 pal version of the DC and its Mil compatible. Maybe the lens just needs a clean? Are you burning the disc really slowly at say 4x? You may have to find an older burner or use an old PC to be able to go that slow.

I hope you didn't get a dud.

Post by **emwearz** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:33 am

Burnt a 1X on both my old Sony IDE Burner and my more recent ASUS DVD SATA Burner.

I will try burning it with Nero as I just found it in .nrg format and let you know how I got. Man im glad it cant be Revision 2 related, but more worried the laser is shocking.

If I have those files on the CD, am I correct in saying it is burnt correctly.

On another forum I read you can test the laser by putting in a burnt audio CD, I did and it reads it and plays music. Does this mean its not the laser?

I tried the nrg format and burnt it same result, shows the 3 files but wont boot on my dreamcast.

Post by **ruiner** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:59 am

From what I remember Nero had some issues burning Dreamcast games. I either use alcohol 120% or disc juggler. I have never had an issue burning a DC game with alcohol 120%. It has always been the other programs i use that i found out don't boot.It can burn Nero images. I think alcohol 120% has a free trial that will or for awhile. Or you can always hunt for a torrent.

Post by **emwearz** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:06 am

I had my girlfriends mum bring over some over her imation CDR's and it worked right off the bat using Nero. Annoyed as I just bought a pack of 50 Sony CDR's for Dreamcasting!

At least its solved, now im off to make some CRAZY MONEY!

Post by **Mod_Man_Extreme** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:10 pm

Why bother with a boot disc, 90% of all isos are selfbooting.

Website · Post by **Hobie-wan** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:26 pm

He might want to play some actual imports you know.

Post by **MrPopo** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:52 pm

Hobie-wan wrote:He might want to play some actual imports you know.

I went the route of purchasing the imports and then burning a self-booting disc anyway.

Post by **Mod_Man_Extreme** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:33 pm

MrPopo wrote:
Hobie-wan wrote:He might want to play some actual imports you know.
I went the route of purchasing the imports and then burning a self-booting disc anyway.

I go either way on this as some imports are worth the hassle due do downsampling issues and others I'll do exactly what Mr. Popo did.

Post by **emwearz** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:17 pm

Just burning the Boot Disc so I have my bases covered. 10% is still 10%.

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