How did it fry? It might be simple to repair it. Normally if you do something like plugging it into the wrong mains, it'll only blow the fuse and...
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Maybe they started using different suffixes for the Dreamcast: http://segaretro.org/Region_codes -11 is Hong Kong for Saturn and Megadrive.
The matrix is different, it has a different software ID: T-45601M-0658 for Japanese version T-45601M-0756 for Chinese version Rest of the suffixes...
The disc has T-45601M-11 on it, where the -11 is a regional suffix for one of the chinese areas (hong kong maybe). There are other ones like that,...
bump, added another modded pal Saturn.
All (Japanese) VA0 units were like that as I recall, and they sold over a million of those.
Change one of the switches while the machine is off, then hold L or R while booting. The text in the bottom right corner says the region, it...
Well, I could not measure any difference with and without the wires. They had a low amount around ~3 ohm either way. However this unit worked...
Note that the boards are also different, like 171-6534B-20 vs 171-6534B-21, one with holes, the other without. Unfortunately I don't have many...
(had to edit my previous post multiple times, so instead moved the info here to a new post) searched through my archives and I see two VA1.8 PAL...
The trace has higher resistance, which equals higher heat, which is above the tolerance of whatever the connector is built out of, hence it starts...
Those VA0 units have the CD Block on a removable sub-board, and the ribbon connector is a ZIF. So the problem could be even just the sh1 subboard,...
The PLL is IC20. There are so many components on the Saturn and so many errors can cause the black screen of death, so it is not easy to diagnose....
no one gives a shit
The unit starts with no animation only if the drive is missing or the lid is open (except on the earliest units, not having a drive on those got...
PM sent. Only the HSS-0119 and the RG-VC3 are sold. The RG-VC1 and the two MK-80229-07 are still available.
Wow, that argument back there is like reading 4chan. The 2 wires on the power line is either factory or a something they do when servicing the...
PM sent.
It's all available unless noted otherwise, and you can wait but then someone else might take it while you do.
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