BoringSupreez wrote:An easy way to fix it is to cut the old fuse out, twist the loose together, and play the SCD while plugged in to a surge-protected power strip. It's worked just fine for me for a while now, no issues. And the fuse can never blow again.
Bad idea. If the fuse blew, there was a reason for it and it kept something else that's harder to replace from getting fried in the system. Fuses are going to blow at a way lower threshold than a cheap power strip will do. Also power strips actually wear out and lose their ability to block surges over time. Spending a few cents and a little bit of time to replace it with a proper fuse or even a fuse holder that will be easier to swap if it happens again. I have yet to see a popped fuse in any of the Sega hardware that I own or has passed through my hands. No dead Sega CDs or busted DC controller ports that people always complain about. So I would hesitate to think that these fuses just pop for no reason.
When some electronic hardware is being designed, most of the time there's a bean counter that would
love to save a penny on every unit by leaving something off or using a cheaper option. If 1 million units are made, that just saved $10000. The fuse is there for a reason and if it hadn't been there to blow previously, that unit would either be dead or need something else that costs more like a capacitor replaced.
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