Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read this.
About 5 months ago I made up my mind to try and find a Sega Saturn. Just like everything else prices have become pretty steep. I was looking at NTSC-J consoles as they are generally quite a bit cheaper, but ended up finding an NTSC-U version 1 at a good price, relatively speaking. It was being sold as non functional, and most likely bad av out port, but really problem unknown. I have worked on consoles before replacing drives, etc., but no major repairs or overhauls.
The thing that seemed odd is that it had a metal switch on the back next to the battery door, and on the bottom of the console a large black and blue Saturn sticker. I don't recall either of these being on other Saturn's I'd seen in the past but it has been a long time.
Unfortunately when the console arrived it had been packed into a box that was a tight fit and switch was broken off inside the box. I hooked it up, and the access light continues to flash but no audio or video.
I dedciced to try it again recently and document exactly what happens. If I power up the console with no game inside the access light blinks all the time, and again the screen changes to a darker shade of black. No sound. I put a game in and the drive spins, but when it starts to spin the access light immediately stops and again the screen changes to a darker shade, but still no video or audio. My TV never says no signal, so something is getting through. I'm guessing this console is just toast or in need of a lot of help?
Any ideas? I'm guessing bad caps, bad PSU, or who knows what. I tried switching out the battery and of course that did not help.
Thank you.
About 5 months ago I made up my mind to try and find a Sega Saturn. Just like everything else prices have become pretty steep. I was looking at NTSC-J consoles as they are generally quite a bit cheaper, but ended up finding an NTSC-U version 1 at a good price, relatively speaking. It was being sold as non functional, and most likely bad av out port, but really problem unknown. I have worked on consoles before replacing drives, etc., but no major repairs or overhauls.
The thing that seemed odd is that it had a metal switch on the back next to the battery door, and on the bottom of the console a large black and blue Saturn sticker. I don't recall either of these being on other Saturn's I'd seen in the past but it has been a long time.
Unfortunately when the console arrived it had been packed into a box that was a tight fit and switch was broken off inside the box. I hooked it up, and the access light continues to flash but no audio or video.
I dedciced to try it again recently and document exactly what happens. If I power up the console with no game inside the access light blinks all the time, and again the screen changes to a darker shade of black. No sound. I put a game in and the drive spins, but when it starts to spin the access light immediately stops and again the screen changes to a darker shade, but still no video or audio. My TV never says no signal, so something is getting through. I'm guessing this console is just toast or in need of a lot of help?
Any ideas? I'm guessing bad caps, bad PSU, or who knows what. I tried switching out the battery and of course that did not help.
Thank you.
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