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fast wrote:Im impressed Mozgus. Now if you could figure out a way to make the cd gimble quieter you will have a lucrative side business.

Haha I was so terrified the first time I booted my DC up back in the day! I thought it was eating my game and destroying itself!

Very clever Mozgus! Is there a tek somewhere with details? What's on the little PIC on the dummy fan circuit?

chipperkwah wrote:

fast wrote:Im impressed Mozgus. Now if you could figure out a way to make the cd gimble quieter you will have a lucrative side business.

Haha I was so terrified the first time I booted my DC up back in the day! I thought it was eating my game and destroying itself!

The same panic rush to pull the disc out of the drive happened to me when I first got a DC.

fast wrote:Im impressed Mozgus. Now if you could figure out a way to make the cd gimble quieter you will have a lucrative side business.

Well I can tell you that lubing all the moving parts didn't do any good. Beyond that, I have no idea why it makes so much noise.

Hatta wrote:Very clever Mozgus! Is there a tek somewhere with details? What's on the little PIC on the dummy fan circuit?

I have no idea where I found the original instructions. Too lazy to google. All I remember is that the circuit is required because when the DC detects a fan failure, it automatically powers off in 5 seconds. This circuit somehow sends a signal to the 3rd line, the communication line, and keeps the system running.

I think there should be a thread/article on "How to Customize Your Dreamcast Without Butchering It!"

....is there one already?

I knew after seeing lots of custom Dreamcast paint jobs this thread would be created..

It sure seems like in the past month way more people than normal have decided to do ugly paint jobs on their DCs. Must be something in the water..

superlarz wrote:Must be something in the water..

More like something in the paint.

EDIT: Oh my God.

Cant really see the quality because it was all blurry but I like the looks of it. Like orlando magic or something

Painting a Dreamcast is not an abuse. If you do a bad job then yeah it's kinda ruined, but if done right it can be very cool.