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sfchakan
06-03-2009, 10:49 PM
Okay, so my old and reliable Sega CD model 1 that I've had since the early/mid 90's is now giving me problems. :(

I hooked the Genny 1/SCD1 combo up to my tv today when I found more room for it on my main tv center. They had been stored in a dry, safe place connected together in my main entertainment room.

The Genesis boots Shinboi III just fine. Awesome. I play it for 5-10 minutes, testing which of my pads were the most comfortable/responsive. I get the urge to toss in Popful Mail and jump around in it for a short bit. My Sega CD, however, will do nothing more than flash it's Green and Red LEDs at me for a brief moment. It does nothing more.

At this point I've tried the following:
1) Checked to make sure I only used the standard Genesis power supply for both.
2) Cleaned the connections between the two units with alcohol/q-tips. They did need this badly! 0_0
3) Yelled at small children who repeatedly came in the room, asking me when they could get a chance to play it.
4) Adjusting the Genny 1's connector to varying degrees of closeness with the Sega CD's connector.

I've got a model 2 Genny that I connected and I get the same results.

Ideas?
todesengel
06-04-2009, 03:07 AM
Have you tried multiple CD games to see if any would boot up? Maybe the Sega CD's lens needs to be cleaned.
sfchakan
06-04-2009, 08:44 AM
Have you tried multiple CD games to see if any would boot up? Maybe the Sega CD's lens needs to be cleaned.

I can't get that far. The lights come up, but the intro screen does not. I've tried mashing the reset button to eject, but no luck there.
todesengel
06-04-2009, 01:30 PM
Only other thing that I can think of would be to try a different power supply than the one you're using and connect it to the Sega CD and see if you get the same thing.
iloveguns
06-04-2009, 01:43 PM
i got this same problem before.. tell me when you fixed this.
Orion Pimpdaddy
06-05-2009, 04:40 PM
Does the disc spin?

Does it do the same light up sequence when there is no disc in it?
thunderkid
06-05-2009, 06:33 PM
Sounds like the fuse at F1 is borked. I would open the console and check that the fuse is still intact.
sfchakan
06-06-2009, 01:14 AM
Sounds like the fuse at F1 is borked. I would open the console and check that the fuse is still intact.

I was kind of hoping it wasn't the fuse. I had done some brief reading on this issue and, to be honest, I don't know jack about fuses. :)

I have, however, soldered some stuff before.