US Model 2 Saturn turns on, but I get no video/audio

[Kitsune Sniper]

Edit:
I found another Saturn today, deck only. It's a US Model 2 and it was cheap, so I brought it home and plugged it in - it worked fine... for a couple of minutes. After a while it just shut itself off.

I double checked all connections and everything worked fine, and then it just stopped working again. It turns on, but I get no video or audio, and the CD doesn't spin. I'm not sure what's going on. I'm using a dollar store power cable, did I just fry the system by plugging it in the wrong way? D:


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I got one of these today:

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j238/foxhack/DP/2008-12-03-saturn.jpg

I never owned a Saturn back in the day, but I loved to play it whenever I was at my old rental place. It's a neat system. Judging from the shape of the system and the fact that the bios boots up in Japanese mode, I'm pretty sure this is a Japanese Model 1 Saturn. Anyway. The system seems to be in fine shape, so I'd like to do two things:

One, install a region switch mod to switch between US and JP mode;
Two, install a modchip that would allow me to boot backups.

The former because it would allow me to get games from both systems and such. The latter because it would help me with MobyGames stuff - I can download games and play them on the system, then use this to contribute information to the site. It's my main hobby, so.

How difficult is it to do both things to my system? I saw modchips for Model 2s around the internet, but nothing for Model 1 systems. I'm pretty sure this isn't against the rules, but I dunno. :\

[Tetsu]

very nice, a good silver color. as for your questions:

1. installing a region switch is not too difficult if you know your way around a soldering iron. It's only a few wires, and instructions are on gamesx.com. I recommend mounting the switch on the battery case lid.

2. a saturn mod chip is hard to come by, and expensive. also, your saturn can't handle it. you need a different type of saturn.

[Kitsune Sniper]

1: Huh, cool.

2: Ah, fuckballs.

I can probably hawk this on eBay for $100 + shipping... It boots fine, and the 1MB cart + the memory cart would drive up the price... I guess.

[Daltone]

Silly question, but would an action reply not deal with (1) ?

[sonoranreptile]

I have a US model with an Action Replay cart and it will play Japanese games fine. It also has a mod-chip for playing backups as well. I didn't install the mod-chip, so I do not know how hard it is, but the Action replay allows me to play both original and back-up copies of Japanese games.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I can get a friend to do the region switch thing, it seems simple enough, but the mod thing is a whole other problem. Saturn games aren't very cheap 'round these parts. :(

[raylydiard]

i like that sega saturn silver wow
yes easy fix 4 Electrolytic Capacitors on your motherboard
220uf 16v 4 all together near the video output as i had the same probleam