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Whoops I did it again - Sega Saturn inbound

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rubber_jonnie wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 2:37 pm Caps now ordered for the PSU.
I did the PSU replacement myself but just checked how much that cap kit was and may do that myself too now.
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PhilC wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 3:57 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 2:37 pm Caps now ordered for the PSU.
I did the PSU replacement myself but just checked how much that cap kit was and may do that myself too now.
Yeah, I paid £11 for it through ebay, cheaper than on the Retrosix website, but as I said, some caps are too tall and need to lay down. If you're OK with that, then it's no problem. Given the number of caps I have left over after doing mine, the value is pretty good.
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Well I just confused a young Dr. I told him to put a cap kit and I will be fine. He said 4 days of iv antibiotics and we well check ✔

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Tomswork wrote: Mon Oct 30, 2023 2:36 am Well I just confused a young Dr. I told him to put a cap kit and I will be fine. He said 4 days of iv antibiotics and we well check ✔

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OK, well the diagnosis isn't great for the Saturn. It looks like the CD drive is dead. I'm going to go through the tuning guide here: Saturn Laser Tuning, but I think it's read it's last disk.

Time to see if I can find a Fenrir...
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@rubber_jonnie disk height makes a difference too as well as tuning the laser.

Good luck finding a fenrir, they always seem to be out of stock, would love one if I could find one.
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PhilC wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:07 pm @rubber_jonnie disk height makes a difference too as well as tuning the laser.

Good luck finding a fenrir, they always seem to be out of stock, would love one if I could find one.
Yes, I have the disk height set correctly, nothing works :(
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rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:51 am I'm going to go through the tuning guide here: Saturn Laser Tuning, but I think it's read it's last disk.
Nice website ! Didn't know that one...

Sorry to hear the Saturn doesn't work.

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HigashiJun wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:42 pm
rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:51 am I'm going to go through the tuning guide here: Saturn Laser Tuning, but I think it's read it's last disk.
Nice website ! Didn't know that one...

Sorry to hear the Saturn doesn't work.

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Thanks. me too :(
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I thought that Sega Saturn laser assemblies were very cheap on AliExpress?
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