is this saturn fixable?

Post by **raztat** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:01 pm

My saturn is messed up and I was wondering is it fixable?

Heres a vid of what it is doing

Post by **Scooter** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:02 pm

I can't view YouTube while I'm at work. Why don't you also describe what's going wrong.

Post by **raztat** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:40 pm

ok, when i have to choose the language and time I cant see what im selecting, when the logo loads it says sega saturn but it doesnt display the logo, the game menu comes up and music plays but when the game loads a level it only shows the background.

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:24 pm

Is this with original games?
do you have a chip installed?
Did it work before?

Post by **raztat** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:34 pm

i never installed anything on it, the guy that gave it to me said it worked before and im using original games yes.

Post by **vlame** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:29 pm

probably a video input problem. try the wire of a friend's or the connection is buster, either the wire or the saturn's input of the wire.

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:39 pm

vlame wrote:probably a video input problem. try the wire of a friend's or the connection is buster, either the wire or the saturn's input of the wire.

"but when the game loads a level it only shows the background."

Doesn't sound like a cable issue....

Post by **raztat** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:43 pm

its not the cables Im using the same cables on a different saturn and it works perfectly.

Post by **vlame** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:48 pm

try cleaning the lense. or swapping cd-roms between the saturns if possible. i did this to 2 DCs and they ended up working.

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:06 pm

vlame wrote:try cleaning the lense. or swapping cd-roms between the saturns if possible. i did this to 2 DCs and they ended up working.

What would the cd unit have to do with a malfunctioning bios?

Anyways yeah thats my best guess. Maybe the BIOS chip took some static damage or something.