Can't play DC backups?

[erixon]

Forgive me guys, I just got a Dreamcast, once again, and I'm trying to kind of pick up where I've left off. See, I had a dreamcast right about the time that Sega released their last game, and there was lots of info I picked up on burning the backups, and it worked successfully when I was doing it before. Fast forward to now, and I just can't seem to get the darned things to work, it just shows up as an audio file, even the boot cd. Is there something I am doing wrong? I thought I heard one day browsing on the web one day that DC games don't burn right on new burners or something like that anyways. But, if any of you can help me troubleshoot that would be great. Thanks.


-Kyle

[Tancred]

You might have to re-align the laser. An incredibly simple fix. I have to do it every few months or so.

Just Google "Dreamcast laser calibration" you'll find hundreds of pages. Here's one:
http://www.ilovetheinternets.com/2004/0 ... ion-trick/

[Droid party]

Forgive me guys, I just got a Dreamcast, once again,

Do you mean you just bought another one? If so it may not be mil-cd compatible (the thing you need to play burns) If it was a later machine that could be the issue. Sega took out the compatibilty to combat piracy.

[erixon]

No, it's an August 99 manufacturing date, so it must have came out on launch.

[Ivo]

Forgive me guys, I just got a Dreamcast, once again,

Do you mean you just bought another one? If so it may not be mil-cd compatible (the thing you need to play burns) If it was a later machine that could be the issue. Sega took out the compatibilty to combat piracy.

I usually read this, but then I read somewhere else that this is just a rumor and even later DCs are able to do it. I have been meaning to ask (just for curiosity sake as my DC is not one of the newer ones) if anyone can confirm with 100% certainty what is fact and what is fiction.

Ivo.

[gennss]

I'm gonna rip my hair out. The only DC I know that has cd capability removed is the sakura taisen one (think?), and it doesn't read music cd's either.

now the lasers on them are very finiky, but all of them should read boot discs. I worked at an electronics retailer up until dreamcasts were completely sold out and removed from the shelves, they ALL booted utopia, i had to process returns and repairs and such.

[Ivo]

I'm gonna rip my hair out. The only DC I know that has cd capability removed is the sakura taisen one (think?), and it doesn't read music cd's either.

now the lasers on them are very finiky, but all of them should read boot discs. I worked at an electronics retailer up until dreamcasts were completely sold out and removed from the shelves, they ALL booted utopia, i had to process returns and repairs and such.

Thanks. I don't remember when I read that all of them could read CDs, but the info seemed reliable (otherwise I wouldn't have brought it up). As you didn't just read it from somewhere, I'm convinced.

[gennss]

this rumor started way back when. problem is that even if sega announced the measures, they never went through with it before they killed off the dreamcast. At least in NA there aren't any that i'm aware of that were produced. (and man we sold them here like hot cakes, people bought them to ship overseas, i live in miami, so imagine)

[nick944]

Nope, some actually cannot play CD's. I've repaired quite a few and I've had 2-3 (dates November 2000 and after) that refuse to play CD-R's (even after tweaking the drive)

[gennss]

Nope, some actually cannot play CD's. I've repaired quite a few and I've had 2-3 (dates November 2000 and after) that refuse to play CD-R's (even after tweaking the drive)

Well if i'm wrong i'm wrong but you are definitely the first person i've ever heard actually run into that problem. Its quite possible that a run post oct 2000 may have been significantly smaller.