Genesis playing in only Black and White

Post by **thejamessea** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:29 pm

Hi there,

The topic says it all. My Genesis is only playing in black and white. I just bought this genesis off of amazon. I also bought new A/V cables. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is here?
Thanks!

Post by **claudio** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:22 pm

thats why they call it "old school gaming"

whats the problem?

Post by **thejamessea** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:24 pm

claudio wrote:thats why they call it "old school gaming"

whats the problem?

Errr.... who wants to play HangOn in black and white?

Anyone know what could be wrong with the system or my cables?

Post by **fox099** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:34 pm

your chroma pin is burned out on the board. take off the big metal heat sync on your board and look at the large sony chip beneath. you should see a pin on the left side either burned or desoldered from the board.

Post by **MrPopo** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:08 am

I'm guessing if the solder is just gone he could resolder it on, while if the pin is burned he'll need a new one?

Post by **kewlrabbit** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:24 am

This sounds more like a cool mod then a broken system. I may have to try this one of my spare genny's.

Post by **thejamessea** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:45 am

fox099 wrote:your chroma pin is burned out on the board. take off the big metal heat sync on your board and look at the large sony chip beneath. you should see a pin on the left side either burned or desoldered from the board.

Is there any way to fix this?

Post by **claudio** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:00 am

kewlrabbit wrote:This sounds more like a cool mod then a broken system. I may have to try this one of my spare genny's.

thats excactally my point, old school gaming at its finest.

Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:54 pm

thejamessea wrote:
fox099 wrote:your chroma pin is burned out on the board. take off the big metal heat sync on your board and look at the large sony chip beneath. you should see a pin on the left side either burned or desoldered from the board.
Is there any way to fix this?

If the problem is the pin being desoldered you can probably just solder it back. Are you using RF? I know its a long shot but you might have the switch on the wrong channel and you get an ugly picture and B/W

Post by **Flak Beard** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:03 pm

Are you playing through a set of component inputs on the TV? Some TVs use AV and component on the same set of inputs, but you might have to manually adjust some settings in the TV's menus. I have to switch component-in on and off depending on what's plugged in. Otherwise, it thinks "yellow" on the RCA cable is one of the separated component signals.

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