optic_85
04-27-2004, 09:46 PM
I was searching around overnet, and found this word doc about getting your saturn to play backups. I havent tried it yet, and am hesitant, but has anyony here heard of this?
Here is the doc:
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Tinkering around with my Saturn one day, I discovered a particularly strange orange screw mounted on the laser unit. Logically, being a tinkerer and part time techie, my first reaction was that the screw controlled the power or intensity of the laser beam. I was struggling in my head to find a use for this (why would it be there?) and was enlightened. I had remembered that CD-RWs required a stronger laser intensity than a typical pressed disc or CD-R.
Naturally, I whipped out a Philips-head and gave it a 3/4 turn. Now, I needed a game to test... so I burned a copy of the first disc of 'D'. It was close by, so I burnt it. Also, if you are unfamiliar with 'D', it is an FMV game. I also figured that maybe it would be more of a test for the laser because of the data streaming.
Lo and behold, it worked! Of course, I was excited to say the least. I tried it with different games, and they worked as well.
So to sum up, here is a nice ordered list of instructions in case you aren't perceptive enough to pick them out of the above text:
1) Open your Saturn
2) Turn the unit so that the back is facing you
3) Locate an *orange* (how could you miss it?) screw on the back of the laser unit
4) Give it a slight turn (25-30 degrees should do it)
5) Test with a Saturn game written on CD-RW
6) Turn the screw left a little and try the disc again
7) Repeat steps 5 and 6 until you have the minimum amount of power to use a CD-RW
And there you have it. This mod will come in handy if you want to make Saturn demos/games and don't have a PAR cart and PC card. Maybe in the future I'll write a doc on how to make a proper Saturn ISO, if you're interested in that sort of thing.
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Here is the doc:
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Tinkering around with my Saturn one day, I discovered a particularly strange orange screw mounted on the laser unit. Logically, being a tinkerer and part time techie, my first reaction was that the screw controlled the power or intensity of the laser beam. I was struggling in my head to find a use for this (why would it be there?) and was enlightened. I had remembered that CD-RWs required a stronger laser intensity than a typical pressed disc or CD-R.
Naturally, I whipped out a Philips-head and gave it a 3/4 turn. Now, I needed a game to test... so I burned a copy of the first disc of 'D'. It was close by, so I burnt it. Also, if you are unfamiliar with 'D', it is an FMV game. I also figured that maybe it would be more of a test for the laser because of the data streaming.
Lo and behold, it worked! Of course, I was excited to say the least. I tried it with different games, and they worked as well.
So to sum up, here is a nice ordered list of instructions in case you aren't perceptive enough to pick them out of the above text:
1) Open your Saturn
2) Turn the unit so that the back is facing you
3) Locate an *orange* (how could you miss it?) screw on the back of the laser unit
4) Give it a slight turn (25-30 degrees should do it)
5) Test with a Saturn game written on CD-RW
6) Turn the screw left a little and try the disc again
7) Repeat steps 5 and 6 until you have the minimum amount of power to use a CD-RW
And there you have it. This mod will come in handy if you want to make Saturn demos/games and don't have a PAR cart and PC card. Maybe in the future I'll write a doc on how to make a proper Saturn ISO, if you're interested in that sort of thing.
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