Sega CD not reading discs

[FrankSerpico]

I've only had it for about six months, but it's a model 2 unit that's worked like a charm up until the last couple weeks. It will turn on without any problem, but it won't recognize any of my games and just goes to the generic screen you get when you put in a music CD when you put one in. Any easy fixes for this problem?

[sparf]

I've only had it for about six months, but it's a model 2 unit that's worked like a charm up until the last couple weeks. It will turn on without any problem, but it won't recognize any of my games and just goes to the generic screen you get when you put in a music CD when you put one in. Any easy fixes for this problem?

Besides making sure the ribbon cables are connected properly, I've heard that sometimes there's an issue over time where the height of the drive assembly changes enough that it can't properly focus, but I can't verify that. And then there's the adjustment of the potentiometers on the back of the laser assembly. Perhaps in the technical forum somebody could better advise you on those.

Also are you using original pressed CDs or CDR Backups?

[FrankSerpico]

Originals. I wasn't even aware it could read cd-rs without some kind of boot disc but I guess it makes sense. CD consoles from that era sucked at having copy protection

[Superman]

Originals. I wasn't even aware it could read cd-rs without some kind of boot disc but I guess it makes sense. CD consoles from that era sucked at having copy protection

When Sega was working on the Sega CD I'm sure copy protection from copies made by home users wasn't in their scope. CDs were just becoming mainstream and recording technology wasn't there yet.

[FrankSerpico]

Could some kindly mod please move this to the technical forum? Thank you

[cholkavich]

have you tried cleaning the laser?

[A.C. Sativa]

When Sega was working on the Sega CD I'm sure copy protection from copies made by home users wasn't in their scope. CDs were just becoming mainstream and recording technology wasn't there yet.

Yeah, back then a CD burner was about 10 grand.