dreamcast issues.....

Post by **miked** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:40 pm

Hi. New to the forum but ive been checking out racketboys site for years now. So this is how the story goes. I decided to let a friend of mine borrow my dreamcast in exchange for his n64 so I could get my Zelda on. Apparently while he had it his brother that was living with him at the time left it on for 3 solid days with sonic adventure spinning the whole time.....

So ever since I got it back its had some issues. The biggest of which is nester the nes emulator no longer runs at full speed. since its not at fullspeed it causes the audio to sound garbled and skippy. Ive reburned it several times and tried older versions that were sitting around and they all mess up. Other issues include longer load times in alot of games most notably Phantasy Star Online where they are almost double of what they were.(and they werent short to begin with....)

So what do you think? Ive already blown it out with air and used lens cleaners and such and nothing works.

Post by **racketboy** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:48 pm

Wow -- that's bizarre.
Does it sound any different? like maybe the fan isn't working quite as well?

Post by **miked** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:56 pm

Wow nice response with the quickness lol. I just booted it up and it sounds like a good ole nostalgic boot with all the classic sounds and I can feel the side fan blowing away. When PSO goes on its loading frenzy it makes alot of weird sounds but they are all the lens moving around like crazy. The thing that gets me though is since nester loads the rom into the ram theres no way that the lense would have anything to do with those problems......

Post by **racketboy** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:29 pm

miked wrote:Wow nice response with the quickness lol. I just booted it up and it sounds like a good ole nostalgic boot with all the classic sounds and I can feel the side fan blowing away. When PSO goes on its loading frenzy it makes alot of weird sounds but they are all the lens moving around like crazy. The thing that gets me though is since nester loads the rom into the ram theres no way that the lense would have anything to do with those problems......

Exactly. That's why I was wondering if overheating was an issue...
I assume you've tried it more than once...

Post by **fox099** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:31 pm

having it running that long may have caused a belt or gear to deform and get out of time with the sync computer. as a result it would run slowly. thats my guess at least.

Post by **miked** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:47 am

i think im just gonna go ahead and start a search for a replacement. What really hurts is this is my original DC that i got 2 weeks after launch! It looks like hell with quite a few scratches and scuffs all over it any way. Thanks though guys

EDIT:Not seconds after posting would you look at this:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... =p3907.m29

Think ill go ahead and bid on that tomorrow lol.

Post by **glynnahab** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:04 am

I would have held the N64 hostage until my buddy would recoup some of the cost for frying the Dreamcast....

But then again, who really wants an N64 anyway?

Post by **Caboose** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:47 am

Try turning the pot on the GD-ROM drive, it's possible that the lens is dying but not dead yet. If you are going to get a new one it's worth a shot anyways.

Post by **miked** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:51 am

Nah I dont really hold my friend accountable for it since his bro left it on. He actually had everything nice and neat and it was behind closed doors in his entertainment center which is why he didnt notice it was on the whole time. Where is this pot though? I was gonna take it apart anyway just too look around for boredoms sake.......

Post by **The Apprentice** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:22 am

That DC is an amazing deal, even if it goes for twice the price. Good find!