dreamcast - how to fix random resetting

Post by **grittykitty** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:54 pm

my replacement dreamcast recently started randomly resetting and i feared the worst. i looked up all kinds of fixes online. this one, the simplest one, actually works! pretty amazing!

haven't had a random reset since!

Post by **The Apprentice** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:14 pm

I used a more complex method a couple months ago to fix mine. This is very interesting because the part that needs to be fixed might just work like that!

Post by **abeisgreat** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:59 pm

Well duhh, you can fix any electronic by hitting it, its a widely believed fact

Post by **Caboose** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:14 pm

The better way is to bend the pins on the PSU properly.

Post by **grittykitty** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:30 pm

abeisgreat wrote:Well duhh, you can fix any electronic by hitting it, its a widely believed fact

i had hit it before, but not in the spot on the video. but when i did, sure enough it worked again!

Post by **cloudrat7** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:24 pm

lol, oh man that actually worked?
I did it to my videocamera one time and it hasn't messed up since..lol

Post by **Mozgus** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:11 pm

The resets can usually by fixed be cleaning the power supply pins, and slightly bending them towards the contact cushions that they lay against on the power supply.