Being a CDX owner I got accustom to the loadtimes of that little system..
My recent flea market find aloud me to acquire a Model 1 sega CD for only 20$ [img width=320 height=240]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/kordarren/IMG00046-20100502-1355.jpg[/img] Now for the problems... ugh
When I bought it it came with a model 2 genesis. As-is with no cords or controllers. Me being like I got like 4 genesis as of writing.. I said what the hell.. At least I'm not blowing more then 20$ on a could be broken unit(like ebay)
Got it home Ripped off the model 2 and... with some masters degree in assembling Voltron. I Got it working sort of.
Well you know when you insert a dirty cart in, say the NES and you get that nice glitched effect? Well that was happening to the bios screen. (This was a good sign for me because I kinda have bad luck with sega cd's. Usually they don't boot) I disassembled this video game behemoth. Clean all contacts with alcohol wipes. Then when I was about to clean the contacts on the Genesis I noticed. [img width=640 height=480]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i203/kordarren/segacdproblems.jpg[/img]
T-T Diode is blown/ cracked in two my one genny. This was followed by manly tears.
So I grab another genny. Assemble Voltron.. Then I'm like how do I insert CD/open disk tray? Then it dawns on me that the reset is open. Start is close the tray.
So I pop in Sonic CD. Then I wait and wait... Then Finally I'm at the title screen.. Start a new game then 10-30 secs later I'm in the first level. Now When I get to the second level-> Goes to load then stops.
So I tried like 3 times after that.. Same thing. My sonic CD Disk is PERFECT by the way. What gives? My CDX plays this game fine. the model 1. not so much.
I used a laser clean disk on the unit. CDs play fine. So I decide to try another game.
Lunar the silver star. After about a 10 sec wait for the SEGA logo to change the working designs logo comes then guess what ANOTHER LOAD TIME! This one kinda takes a half a minute to load the FMV. Then title. Press start and it tries to load then just hangs.
Am I doing something wrong? So I give up for tonight.. later this week might be a different story.
Any thoughts/comments would greatly be appreciated
The only load problem I have on the Mega CD is with Heavy Nova, at least your games play, Heavy Nova just freezes and plays off the entire soundtrack!
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