Why isn't my Saturn playing these games?

[Breetai]

I don't know if you'd consider this or not, but maybe asking some of the members here living in Japan if they could hook you up with a grey Saturn console might be a good idea.

[jalvarez82]

Wow. Really?

[abeaver]

Sounds like the ribbon cable might be loose, that's pretty common. I also had a problem that was solved by pushing the CD drive's guide rail back into place.

Hmm.....the CD driver's guide rail? Can you describe what I'd be looking for?

Thanks.

The guide rail is that metal rod that the number 2 arrow is pointing at. Mine was jutting too far out of the white plastic thing that's holding it in place at the top of the picture, so I gently pushed it back into place. However, I remember when it was out of place, the Saturn would make strange noises due to the drive not moving properly on the rail, so I still feel like a loose or broken ribbon cable is your culprit.

[jalvarez82]

Nice. Thank you for the illustration. I appreciate it. I'll check out my console for that problem.

[abeaver]

Just to give credit where it is due, the picture belongs to segastyle.com. I just found it on Google Images looking for a good pic of the CD drive.