Last sunday I went to help my friend clean his old house and do a garage sale.
Lying around I found many Famiclone carts, pirate Genesis carts, an original Mario/DuckHunt and to my surprise a Sega CD model 2, in really bad conditon (his house has been abandoned since at least a year, lots of humidity issues and general dirt everywhere).
He let me keep it, saying it never worked since he got it on a trade, I told him that if I made it work I wouldn't return it, hehe.
The problem is that it REALLY is in bad condition, some pictures here:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...o/P5100073.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...o/P5100070.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...o/P5100071.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...o/P5100072.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...o/P5100075.jpg
As you can see in the last pic (sorry about the blur), it's a TecToy sega CD.
I have 3 Genesis, but I'm not sure if any of them are original. None of them have the initial "sega enterprise.." etc message when you turn on, but 2 of them look official enough... so, are there official Genesis systems that do not have that message?
I have a model 1 Genesis (it doesn't have the "high-definition graphics" legend, though), a Genesis model 2, and another Genesis model 2, pretty sure this one is not original because it looks exactly like a MegaDrive 2 (Japanese), with the crimson slot and the blue reset button, etc.. .except it says "Genesis" and not MegaDrive2.
As far as I know, the Sega CD won't work without an original Genesis, so maybe this will be my first quest, find an original Genesis, but first I want to make sure none of these are original.
Then, I need to know about the AC Adapters. I have a lot of AC for Genesis, all of them are 220v (I'm from Argentina, btw), since the Sega CD I have is from Brazil, I guess it works with 220v aswell, however I've heard Genesis and Sega CD don't share the same AC, something about a yellow and silver connectors or something? Either way I don't have any yellow connector on my AC adapters, and my Genesis work just fine with the ones I have.
So, I hook up the Genesis model 2 with the Sega CD, plug the AC adapters for both, and turn on the Genesis, with no game on the genesis and no disc on the Sega CD (the lens is pretty much dead anyway, I'm afraid), the screen is black, the Sega CD seems dead, no light on the "access" led and no sound at all, only the Genesis seems to be working.
This same thing happens with all 3 Genesis, I was hoping that maybe if the Sega CD still works, the bios would turn up, but nope, nothing.
The problem is that I never actually used a Sega CD, so I don't really know how it works.
When you connect the Sega Genesis and Sega CD and turn the Genesis on, what does the Sega CD do? Load up the bios, the light turns on? Even if the lens is dead, what happens?
And what if the Genesis is not original, does the Sega CD still works, at least to give a "Error" message?
Again, have in mind this is a Tectoy Sega CD, if it makes any difference with the other models.
Most probably, there's an electric problem.
The silver plate inside it, as you can see on the pictures is all corroded, but from what I can see, the hardware beneath it seems to be alright, no major damage except some dust and dirt that can be cleaned.
Basically, I need advice for a beginner as I never really fixed any console, but I want to revive this one. I know it'd be easier to just buy a working Sega CD, but I'd like to take this as a challenge. Except without help I don't know where to start.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!