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I recently came across a white Japanese Saturn (in beautiful condition I should add). It's doing some weird things. Here's what happens normally when I power it on:

-click-
No green light.
Spindle spins really fast (even with drive door open)
No display on TV.

So after messing with it for a little bit, plugging and unplugging and re-plugging and whatnot, I got it to do this:

-no click-
Green light comes on.
US bootup screen (?!)
US disc boots fine
The slightest bump causes the system to restart.

(Couldn't test any Japanese games because I couldn't get it to boot this way again.)

Opened it up and there appears to be a modchip installed.

Anyone know how to fix this issue?

Check and make sure the wires for the chip are still connected on the chip and where they go. You could have a loose wire, or it could be as simple as the chip is coming out of its slot.

Thanks, turns out the PSU wasn't re-seated properly.

It works now, but I'm having trouble getting some backups to play.