It's worth mentioning that the only thing I really did with this system, was replace the fuse. This was one of my early repairs, and I had the "bright" idea to use a socket for the fuse for easier swapping. I didn't have a Sega CD game at the time, so stored it away. Eventually forgot about it, until I saw it again while moving rooms. Since I didn't have a ton of time, I sent it to Borderline for him to mess with further. Glad to see you got it working though! It was entertaining to watch the whole process!
@@BorderlineOCD hahaha! Glad to see that you're going to get some enjoyment out of it! As for the Sega CD Game situation, nothing a spindle of CD-Rs can't fix ;)
There's nothing wrong with using a socketed fuse, just as long as it's done nicely. I often add a socketed fuse to Sega CD's when repairing since they tend to blow fairly often. Just makes it a lot easier to do the swap in the future if needed.
@@killerbee2562A lot of sega CDs have disc drives that are worn out just enough that they will play real CDs but not CDRs, so while it's a useful test it also won't necessarily tell you the same result. Having a burned sega CD game, a burned audio CD, and a pressed audio CD is probably enough though, without needing a pressed sega CD game.
For discolored plastic scratches, you can hit them with the heat gun (or hot air rework station) and the discolouration will go away. The scratches will still be present physically, they just won't be all white and discolored. ✌🏻
I totally understand your frustration with the optical drives. I’ve been trying to repair a Dreamcast drive for some time now, and I probably will need to change a few capacitors. Great content, as always!
my PS1's optical drive totally died on me. i just got it modded with the xstation optical drive emulator so i can replace those discs with a single micro SD card
@@pentiummmx2294 nice, there is the same possibility for DC, called GDEMU. The only problem I see with it, is that I still have several discs. As soon as I would emulate the drive, these discs will turn into collectible items. IMO it's a shame that they cannot be played anymore. Some people also like the "authentic" drive sounds, but I think this is going to far =)
It's nice to see something like that be used so heavily. Just means it served its purpose and the owners enjoyed it thoroughly. An underappreciated console indeed.
I'm just getting into console repair (mostly just my own collection) and have found your videos to be the best out of all that I have watched. I went through & watched all of yours from the beginning. The optical drive systems are the least appealing on my to-do list, but seeing your methods has given me confidence that I can handle it (once I finish with the cartridge based consoles. Thank you.
Always great to see the game finally appear on the screen. It's motivating to see your process and that you figure out the issues in the end, though I know there can be many difficult hours getting there. You can also hope that videos like these will make it easier for others with similar issues in the future too. Nice job once again!
Thanks to this video I now have a working sega CD. I know there are not a lot of videos out there on fixes but now you can add yours to the fix videos.
Good job repairing the system. Dude it looks almost brand new without the scratches. Sometimes it can be frustrating, but you managed to get the job done very well. Hope to see you fixing more consoles!
I remember my sister getting this system back in the day after having the Megadrive (uk) and she had this amazing looking game called Road Avenger, that she loaded up and to her disappointment there was no driving the vehicle just following the bloody commands to press left or right or a specific button!
I think the chuck disk assembly is what my Sega CD's problem is. Mine was assembled like yours in the beginning when I bought it. Also, on the broken rails on your Sega CD there was some square foam pads on mine. This helps to lift the optical drive. So I added some to mine to lift it. Can't wait to see if that chuck fixes mine. Thanks!
Having worked on a few Sega CDs from model 1s to model 2's, there's a certain enjoyment derived from figuring out the mechanical failures. Your rebuilding of the drive, the magnet mechanism and identifying the micro switch sensor as well as the ribbon cable obstruction will be essential knowledge to trouble shooting. It's the kind of thing few people will think of when the typical deduction is "oh, dead drive." and into the trash it goes. Learning mechanical issues is important to our hobby and it's an area not many delve into. If you want something truly heinous and complicated, dig into a model 1 Sega CD!
I have always wanted one of those first models of the mega cd for my collection, I have always believed that it looks much better than the one in the video and with its x32 forming that huge tower it must look brutal
Thanks bud. I hope it helps someone in future. I do look forward to getting my hands on a Model 1 unit at some point. From what many have shared it seems to be much more complicated and a challenging system to work on.
Nice job troubleshooting all those little defects. Finding the cause of small irritating noises in particular can be hard. My best tip for trying to bend/unbend stuff like that cable is to apply heat (within reason of course). Most flexible plastics will kind of relax with heat, so it doesn't just bend back the way it was.
One mod I did on my MegaCD was a very simple one that's just adding 1 wire to the board, which takes the PSU input from the console switch before the 7805 (which goes all the way down to the MegaCD board already via the expansion port. It's the signal that tells the CD unit to turn on when turning on the Mega Drive), and connects it to the positive pin of the CD power socket. This allows you to power both the Mega Drive and the MegaCD from a single PSU, just plugging it into the Mega Drive, and the units are still separable and work just as before (if you plug the PSU into the MegaCD with the mod, this bypasses the power switch on the console). And for the amperage issue, I just changed the plug on a PS2 Slim PSU, which has plenty of voltage input for the 7805s inside the console and CD unit to be happy at 8.5V regulated, and gives almost 6A!! Less of a rats nest, less power bricks taking up wall sockets, and works perfect... And it's just 1 wire!!
Hello! Great video, I really enjoyed this repair, I had the same issue with the reset button on a Saturn, lost all my hairstrying to put back the rubber contact. cheers
Nice work as usual bud. Took a lot of patience to be gentle with that thing I'm sure. Frustration can be a real challenge to keep in check sometimes. In any case, it turned out great, and looks infinitely better than when you got it. Well done.
It was a difficult repair for you but I really appreciate the fact that you show exactly what was wrong with it and after all it was worth it because you got to run in perfectly. I need to repair my Sega CD so videos like this help me so much I am very grateful thank you.
Good job! FWIW, I think you had it kind of easy. I bought and restored a Sega CD Model 1 from Japan (Sega CD), the early revision with the socketed BIOS and it was way, way worse than this to restore. Initially it wouldn't even power on. When it finally did, it wouldn't read discs at all and the tray was slow and unreliable. I had issues with all 3 limit switches. I had to recap it, which when combined with a new belt made the tray work perfectly and quickly, the caps must have been so bad that the motor wasn't getting enough power. Alas, even after all that work, it wouldn't read discs. I ended up having to replace the laser module. It was quite the journey and much like you, I had difficulties because there are not a lot of videos on these and the mechanism for the tray and laser assembly is quite tricky with that helix screw. Also, it didn't help that it took me a while to figure out that I didn't need to keep trying to get a certain alignment of the gears because the drive is kind of smart and self-adjusts.
The earlier model definitely looks more complex thats for sure. Sounds like it took you on quite the journey! Great job getting it to work after all that back and forth. I've had mixed luck with optical drive issues. They are certainly my least favorite kind of faults to work on thus far.
@@BorderlineOCD Thanks. Yeah, optical drives issues are no fun. I had a PC Engine Duo that also needed a new laser. When I got it, it wouldn't read anything. Several days/videos/pages later I got it to reliably, silently and quickly read original discs but it would just not read backups. No matter how much more I tried to tune it, I could only get it to sometimes, barely load a backup disc but it was not usable. Replaced the laser, went back to the original calibration, works fine with originals and backups now. Also had to recap it because the colours and audio were just atrocious. The caps had leaked everywhere. I was surprised you got it to work with original laser I must say. I have no experience with the model 2 but from what I've read, it's supposed to be much more reliable. Maybe the fact that you got it to work is a testament to that. Still, finding that fault with the orientation of the parts in the chuck assembly was pretty cool. That would have thrown me for a loop too, I wouldn't have assumed someone would have fiddled with it and just reassembled it incorrectly.
Damn that system has been through hell and back lol. It's almost like whoever first owned it never cared for it and then for years it was living the storage life collecting dust, bumps and scrapes. But it is a miracle that overall it still works and is salvageable.
Excellent repair. I have two in my collection in need of fixing.. I'm just too lazy. Both have previously been opened so I know there's some kind of damage. At least I replaced the Pico fuse in the model 2.
Amazing video. I love your restorations videos. Your voice is very soothing and your technique is always so... "clean", it's so satisfying to see. Shame it wasn't a fun project to you, but I'm happy that you did it anyway. I still have a working Sega CD that, believe it or not, NEVER needed some kind of restoration. Still works perfectly. But it's the one for the Model 1 Mega Drive, that one that sits below the console and has a loading tray. I LOVE this system, BTW (well, systems. ;) )
Hi sir! This video is relaxing and satisfiying because of "happy end"! The pictire is nice, voce is undertandable even for not native English speaker as I am. Thank you so much for this. I wish you good luck and developing of your YT channel.
Good job on that! My first CD Walkman back in the 90s had the same sounds going on with it after a while, probably a similar problem ha but it's long gone.
What a refreshing repair video, without capacitors replacement ^^ You can easily source the original fuse with serious components sellers like Mouser or Digi key. Pico II series, fast blow, made by Littlefuse.
Another system saved from the scrap pile by identifying minor problems. I can definitely understand why this was frustrating as it's the most simple issues that can annoy when they are finally found after days of scratching your head. Also came up pretty nice considering. Great video and really enjoyed. Huge like 👍
For the plastic, you can try 303 aerospace protectant, I had some nice results in previous restorations on vintage plastics. On pretty beat up ones, I let it soak up over night, wipe the excédent and buff it up. Result isn’t perfect, but way better than it was. Plus it’s protecting the plastics for months/years to come. Adrian Black from Adrian digital basement use it too with decent results either
I was looking at your old videos and saw that you were reflowing red ring of death Xbox 360s and thought that you should do more! I was thinking that you should do more because you explain very clearly about what to do, and do it the right way (not like other youtubers). I want to do the same thing too (repairing red ringed Xbox 360s). I wish all the best to you and keep it up👍
Just subbed Been watching you for 1 week now.. I pulled out my ps1 dusted it off and play the games it would read.. Been wanting to do the xstation upgrade and youre renewed my faith in a project like that!! Thanks OCD guy lol!!
these are one of the last sega cds because they already come with the sega saturno optical reader, much faster to read and much more built, already eliminating the old capacitors that weakened and damaged the motherboard
Yeah, optical drives can be a nightmare, so far the only ones I've managed to fix had a stuck/broken gear or an out of place component. I have a theory that there are certain things that only work on RUclips videos. Such as tweaking the potmeter of the optical drive and it solves ALL of your disc reading errors :) Anyways, great job, it was a very entertaining video!
PC drives aren't very hard but the one on the xbox 360 is the worst one, when I got my xbox360 slim it worked fine but it was really hot, I took it apart to clean it and replace the thermal paste, while I had it open I took apart the DVD drive to clean it, when I got the system put back together it couldn't read games and the tray wouldn't come out to let me try a different disc, I took it all back apart and put it together again, it still wouldn't work right, I bought a refurbished drive and put that in, it would not let me play any games (keys didn't match), I tried to get the keys off the old drive with my computer (to flash the new drive with them) but it wouldn't let me do that so I did an RGH to get the DVD drive keys from the motherboard and flash them to my new drive, that didn't work because the clock and data wires are too close (they aren't touching), I just bought a new solder sucker (engineer SS-02) to change how the RGH board is installed so I can get it to work by putting the wires through the holes for the jtag connector soldering them in on the bottom and covering them with electrical tape (I'm going to try that when it gets here), I wouldn't need to do any of that if microsoft designed the drive better so I could reuse my old one after cleaning it which was all I did to it when it first stopped working, I've cleaned CD and DVD drives for regular PC's the same way I did the one on my xbox and they still work it's just the one for the 360 that doesn't work.
The Sega CD and Sega Saturn both fascinate me because programmers really never had a chance to fully utilize both the consoles custom hardware. The Sega CD has a amazing ASIC I think only a a couple games used. The Saturn had 8 CPUs pretty much same story.
A lot of people used to give the Sega CD a lot of crap back in the day, even today some still see it as a subpar gaming system. But to be honest back in 91 that thing was pretty cool. I think it failed in stores because there just was a huge amount of consoles popping up all claiming to be the next best thing and it didn't help that the Sega CD and Sega 32x were over priced at release nearly the price of a fully stand alone gaming system. But I managed to snag my Sega CD and Sega 32X for $20 a piece at K-B Toys. That was a great Christmas. Of course a year later the Playstation 1 was released but for that small time gap the Sega CD and 32x kept me more than entertained for a measly $40 and I still played it along side my PS1.
*Noticed after posting this that the video is a year old at this point. Still, since it’s applicable to one of the issues affecting the Genesis 2nd model, I decided to leave it up. Interesting fact: X-Men requires you to press the reset button after battling Mojo and interacting with a danger room console that prompts you to “reset the computer”. It’s the only game that I’m aware of that breaks the fourth wall in such a clever way. It also makes completing the game on a Sega Nomad (Nomad has no reset) or a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive with a faulty reset button.
I had the Sega Genesis, and alter bought the CD addition. I don't recall having the platform that connected the two as if they were one console though.
Nice. It's the less obvious stuff that sometimes trips you up. Look forward to finding one of those myself. That's another system you don't see or hear much about anymore.
those buttons are hellish, these days i just replace them with a microswitch and put either a metal or plastic rod in the button so it makes a definitive click to reset.
14:22 Some contact cleaners are not recommended for carbon contacts. Make sure you check it before use. Do not overdo the cleaning on a piece of paper, as the carbon coating will get stripped and then the contact will not work for sure anymore. You can buy a special carbon coating for these contacts, so you can resurface them. It's useful for your remote buttons that stop working due to overuse as well. Just make sure you get some reliable brand instead of no name one.
12:24 There's a drop-in FeRAM swap for the Sega CD that eliminates the need for a battery entirely. Seems pretty popular but time will tell if it comes with issues of some kind.
As a kid I bought one of these hoping it would be the next big thing. Needless to so I was greatly disappointed! I have been looking for one for years now. I would kill for one these days. I really want to play Batman again.
Haha, I bought it because I'm an F1 fan and thought it would be a fun game to own, but its very hard to play. Are you into F1? I actually wake up at 6 AM to watch the races live, and even the occasional qualifying (including this morning).
With all the third party unofficial versions of SNES, NES, etc, I'm really shocked that nobody has made a modern Sega CD. I feel like 99% of them just stop working out of nowhere. As someone who legitimately owns Snatcher, I really hate that I have no way outside of emulators to play the game.
That had liquid through it at some stage for sure. That will be probably why the fuse blew, plugging in the wrong power supply would have to be the very wrong power supply to blow the fuse, these have an internal regulator that will take any voltage from about 7v to 15v or more, and the original power supply is unregulated anyway, so the 10v nominal output it claims is not what it will put out all the time.
These model 2 genesis units are notorious for reset buttons as well as dodgy DC jacks and weak solder joints on the controller port. I bought a lot of 5 model 2 genesis units, and all 5 needed the DC jacks touched up and 4 of the 5 needed both new reset buttons and controller ports resoldered. It's easy work in terms of the soldering, and you might as well since they usually all need stripped down and bathed anyways. They get grimy and dirty. You could clean em, but for $1 each I just replace them with new ones.
Steam the crease in the cable will heat it up enough without burning or melting it, then lay something flat with a bit of weight on it and boom, just like new.
@@BorderlineOCD I did that for a few PS2 slims that had been crimped and we're scratching discs. Seemed to work pretty well for me. I also may have a problem with trying to keep everything as OEM as possible. I know cables are only a dollar or two.
Oh neat didn't know the paper trick with the button and the trick for getting the membrane back on. Got a model 2 myself. Power LED was dead and the reset button didn't work when I first got it. I took the rubber membrane off to clean it but couldn't get it back on. I had a different button that had a close enough form factor and fit the pin spacing so I just pulled it off the board after desoldering it and put in that one. The replacement reset button I used is a clicky instead since the replacement wasn't a rubber membrane button like the original. I forgot where I got the replacement button from. Came off some other junk parts I had laying around. Same goes for the power LED as I sourced that from other broken stuff I had. Kinda like how the reset button feels now. Not really a fan of rubber membrane buttons anyways. :P
I must have had the model one, my Sega cd system was stacked if I remember right lol. I hope you have Ecco the Dolphin on cd it is awesome. I run the cd version on emulator on PC now.
Crickey, it's been a while since I have seen inside one of these. I used to post on Sega-16 and had some repair tips on these bad boys under the username "omp".
It's worth mentioning that the only thing I really did with this system, was replace the fuse. This was one of my early repairs, and I had the "bright" idea to use a socket for the fuse for easier swapping.
I didn't have a Sega CD game at the time, so stored it away. Eventually forgot about it, until I saw it again while moving rooms. Since I didn't have a ton of time, I sent it to Borderline for him to mess with further.
Glad to see you got it working though! It was entertaining to watch the whole process!
Thank you once again for your very generous donation(s) bud. I will cherish this ugly duckling and love it long time :P
@@BorderlineOCD hahaha! Glad to see that you're going to get some enjoyment out of it!
As for the Sega CD Game situation, nothing a spindle of CD-Rs can't fix ;)
There's nothing wrong with using a socketed fuse, just as long as it's done nicely. I often add a socketed fuse to Sega CD's when repairing since they tend to blow fairly often. Just makes it a lot easier to do the swap in the future if needed.
The Sega cd has no copy protection, you could have downloaded a disc image and used a cdr.
@@killerbee2562A lot of sega CDs have disc drives that are worn out just enough that they will play real CDs but not CDRs, so while it's a useful test it also won't necessarily tell you the same result.
Having a burned sega CD game, a burned audio CD, and a pressed audio CD is probably enough though, without needing a pressed sega CD game.
Good catch on that magnetic spindle assembly.
Thanks. It was a lucky find. Very easy to miss.
Excelente vídeo.. I know I have a megadrive and many games and a original megadrive joystick .. Nead to find the time and got and find it
Great seeing a positive attitude when dealing with difficult repairs. That's an excellent trait to have for a repair person.
I've never seen how's the Sega CD looks like on the inside. It was amazing repair, YOU ARE THE MAN!!
For discolored plastic scratches, you can hit them with the heat gun (or hot air rework station) and the discolouration will go away. The scratches will still be present physically, they just won't be all white and discolored. ✌🏻
I totally understand your frustration with the optical drives. I’ve been trying to repair a Dreamcast drive for some time now, and I probably will need to change a few capacitors. Great content, as always!
Thank you my man.
Dreamcast optical drive, now that’s a temperamental beast
my PS1's optical drive totally died on me. i just got it modded with the xstation optical drive emulator so i can replace those discs with a single micro SD card
@@pentiummmx2294 nice, there is the same possibility for DC, called GDEMU. The only problem I see with it, is that I still have several discs. As soon as I would emulate the drive, these discs will turn into collectible items. IMO it's a shame that they cannot be played anymore.
Some people also like the "authentic" drive sounds, but I think this is going to far =)
Imagine cumming on a Dreamcast optical drive, few people would understand
I miss my Genesis and Sega CD. Those were good days.
It's nice to see something like that be used so heavily. Just means it served its purpose and the owners enjoyed it thoroughly. An underappreciated console indeed.
I'm just getting into console repair (mostly just my own collection) and have found your videos to be the best out of all that I have watched. I went through & watched all of yours from the beginning.
The optical drive systems are the least appealing on my to-do list, but seeing your methods has given me confidence that I can handle it (once I finish with the cartridge based consoles. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the backlog bud. Thanks for the sub!
Great job bringing this Sega CD back to life 👍
3 years later and this video is still interesting to watch
Always great to see the game finally appear on the screen. It's motivating to see your process and that you figure out the issues in the end, though I know there can be many difficult hours getting there. You can also hope that videos like these will make it easier for others with similar issues in the future too. Nice job once again!
Much appreciated!
Thanks to this video I now have a working sega CD. I know there are not a lot of videos out there on fixes but now you can add yours to the fix videos.
Great idea with the black trim sponge. I'm going to give it a try. I was lucky when I got a boxed SegaCD last summer and it worked fine.
Good job repairing the system. Dude it looks almost brand new without the scratches. Sometimes it can be frustrating, but you managed to get the job done very well.
Hope to see you fixing more consoles!
Thanks bud.
I remember my sister getting this system back in the day after having the Megadrive (uk) and she had this amazing looking game called Road Avenger, that she loaded up and to her disappointment there was no driving the vehicle just following the bloody commands to press left or right or a specific button!
poor sis !
I think the chuck disk assembly is what my Sega CD's problem is. Mine was assembled like yours in the beginning when I bought it.
Also, on the broken rails on your Sega CD there was some square foam pads on mine. This helps to lift the optical drive. So I added some to mine to lift it.
Can't wait to see if that chuck fixes mine. Thanks!
Having worked on a few Sega CDs from model 1s to model 2's, there's a certain enjoyment derived from figuring out the mechanical failures. Your rebuilding of the drive, the magnet mechanism and identifying the micro switch sensor as well as the ribbon cable obstruction will be essential knowledge to trouble shooting. It's the kind of thing few people will think of when the typical deduction is "oh, dead drive." and into the trash it goes. Learning mechanical issues is important to our hobby and it's an area not many delve into. If you want something truly heinous and complicated, dig into a model 1 Sega CD!
I have always wanted one of those first models of the mega cd for my collection, I have always believed that it looks much better than the one in the video and with its x32 forming that huge tower it must look brutal
Thanks bud. I hope it helps someone in future. I do look forward to getting my hands on a Model 1 unit at some point. From what many have shared it seems to be much more complicated and a challenging system to work on.
I just did the clean screen and capacitors on my Game gear. The feeling of it starting up and working perfect is the best feeling in the world.
Second video I've watched now. You're patient & clever. Good stuff my man. It's a good day when you bring a relic back to life.
Nice job troubleshooting all those little defects. Finding the cause of small irritating noises in particular can be hard.
My best tip for trying to bend/unbend stuff like that cable is to apply heat (within reason of course). Most flexible plastics will kind of relax with heat, so it doesn't just bend back the way it was.
Obv congrats for the optical drive. I really like your sense of detail. I also like the little sticky pad for the fuse.
Great restoration video. A lot of useful information as always. The gaming room looks awesome 🍻
Thanks bud. I'm pretty thrilled with how the game room is coming along. I'll give you guys a walkthrough once its a bit further along!
Glad you got it working and another video up. I was on youtube last night looking to see if you put anymore videos up and I some how missed them
The algorithm has a love hate relationship with me :) Notifications might help if you really want to see every brain fart of a video I upload :P
Thank you for this video! I too have been searching for Sega CD optical drive repair videos, and you're right, all anyone does is replace fuses.
One mod I did on my MegaCD was a very simple one that's just adding 1 wire to the board, which takes the PSU input from the console switch before the 7805 (which goes all the way down to the MegaCD board already via the expansion port. It's the signal that tells the CD unit to turn on when turning on the Mega Drive), and connects it to the positive pin of the CD power socket. This allows you to power both the Mega Drive and the MegaCD from a single PSU, just plugging it into the Mega Drive, and the units are still separable and work just as before (if you plug the PSU into the MegaCD with the mod, this bypasses the power switch on the console). And for the amperage issue, I just changed the plug on a PS2 Slim PSU, which has plenty of voltage input for the 7805s inside the console and CD unit to be happy at 8.5V regulated, and gives almost 6A!! Less of a rats nest, less power bricks taking up wall sockets, and works perfect... And it's just 1 wire!!
Hello! Great video, I really enjoyed this repair, I had the same issue with the reset button on a Saturn, lost all my hairstrying to put back the rubber contact. cheers
So basically whoever tried to fix something with this previously completely botched the job. Fantastic job man.
Nice work as usual bud. Took a lot of patience to be gentle with that thing I'm sure. Frustration can be a real challenge to keep in check sometimes.
In any case, it turned out great, and looks infinitely better than when you got it. Well done.
Thanks very much.
It was a difficult repair for you but I really appreciate the fact that you show exactly what was wrong with it and after all it was worth it because you got to run in perfectly. I need to repair my Sega CD so videos like this help me so much I am very grateful thank you.
Glad it was helpful bud. Good luck repairing your system!
Good job! FWIW, I think you had it kind of easy. I bought and restored a Sega CD Model 1 from Japan (Sega CD), the early revision with the socketed BIOS and it was way, way worse than this to restore. Initially it wouldn't even power on. When it finally did, it wouldn't read discs at all and the tray was slow and unreliable. I had issues with all 3 limit switches. I had to recap it, which when combined with a new belt made the tray work perfectly and quickly, the caps must have been so bad that the motor wasn't getting enough power. Alas, even after all that work, it wouldn't read discs. I ended up having to replace the laser module. It was quite the journey and much like you, I had difficulties because there are not a lot of videos on these and the mechanism for the tray and laser assembly is quite tricky with that helix screw. Also, it didn't help that it took me a while to figure out that I didn't need to keep trying to get a certain alignment of the gears because the drive is kind of smart and self-adjusts.
The earlier model definitely looks more complex thats for sure. Sounds like it took you on quite the journey! Great job getting it to work after all that back and forth. I've had mixed luck with optical drive issues. They are certainly my least favorite kind of faults to work on thus far.
@@BorderlineOCD Thanks. Yeah, optical drives issues are no fun. I had a PC Engine Duo that also needed a new laser. When I got it, it wouldn't read anything. Several days/videos/pages later I got it to reliably, silently and quickly read original discs but it would just not read backups. No matter how much more I tried to tune it, I could only get it to sometimes, barely load a backup disc but it was not usable. Replaced the laser, went back to the original calibration, works fine with originals and backups now. Also had to recap it because the colours and audio were just atrocious. The caps had leaked everywhere.
I was surprised you got it to work with original laser I must say. I have no experience with the model 2 but from what I've read, it's supposed to be much more reliable. Maybe the fact that you got it to work is a testament to that. Still, finding that fault with the orientation of the parts in the chuck assembly was pretty cool. That would have thrown me for a loop too, I wouldn't have assumed someone would have fiddled with it and just reassembled it incorrectly.
So nice to see your your success at reviving such systems. Keep it up!
Thank you!
Awesome video Borderline OCD. You sir are a top tier console restorer.
Thanks for the kind words.
I just love the sound of the model 2 Sega CD seeking a disc.
Damn that system has been through hell and back lol. It's almost like whoever first owned it never cared for it and then for years it was living the storage life collecting dust, bumps and scrapes. But it is a miracle that overall it still works and is salvageable.
Excellent repair. I have two in my collection in need of fixing.. I'm just too lazy. Both have previously been opened so I know there's some kind of damage. At least I replaced the Pico fuse in the model 2.
Nice. I look forward to installing the proper fuse as well.
Ive got a reset button on mine that doesn’t work. Ill have to do this. Glad you figured out the flare for me!
Amazing video. I love your restorations videos. Your voice is very soothing and your technique is always so... "clean", it's so satisfying to see. Shame it wasn't a fun project to you, but I'm happy that you did it anyway.
I still have a working Sega CD that, believe it or not, NEVER needed some kind of restoration. Still works perfectly. But it's the one for the Model 1 Mega Drive, that one that sits below the console and has a loading tray.
I LOVE this system, BTW (well, systems. ;) )
Hi sir! This video is relaxing and satisfiying because of "happy end"! The pictire is nice, voce is undertandable even for not native English speaker as I am. Thank you so much for this. I wish you good luck and developing of your YT channel.
Holy crap! Thanks for the paper tip! You just saved me so much time at work.
Good job on that! My first CD Walkman back in the 90s had the same sounds going on with it after a while, probably a similar problem ha but it's long gone.
What a refreshing repair video, without capacitors replacement ^^
You can easily source the original fuse with serious components sellers like Mouser or Digi key. Pico II series, fast blow, made by Littlefuse.
Thanks for the tip. I shop on Mouser fairly often and will add it to the backlog.
Another system saved from the scrap pile by identifying minor problems. I can definitely understand why this was frustrating as it's the most simple issues that can annoy when they are finally found after days of scratching your head. Also came up pretty nice considering. Great video and really enjoyed. Huge like 👍
Glad you enjoyed it, cheers.
Great Video. Glad to see you stick this one out and get it done ..
Thanks my man. I too am glad I persevered.
For the plastic, you can try 303 aerospace protectant, I had some nice results in previous restorations on vintage plastics. On pretty beat up ones, I let it soak up over night, wipe the excédent and buff it up. Result isn’t perfect, but way better than it was. Plus it’s protecting the plastics for months/years to come. Adrian Black from Adrian digital basement use it too with decent results either
2:20 That's actually a pretty common reaction to most SEGA CD games, though usually only for players.
I was looking at your old videos and saw that you were reflowing red ring of death Xbox 360s and thought that you should do more! I was thinking that you should do more because you explain very clearly about what to do, and do it the right way (not like other youtubers). I want to do the same thing too (repairing red ringed Xbox 360s). I wish all the best to you and keep it up👍
Excellent work. Enjoy the new system.
Get your hands on a copy of "Silpheed" for the SEGA CD. Great times.
Everytime you make incremental progress I find it necessary to say LETS GOOOOO! Lol.
Another top video! Can't wait for the next one
Thank you!
Just subbed Been watching you for 1 week now.. I pulled out my ps1 dusted it off and play the games it would read.. Been wanting to do the xstation upgrade and youre renewed my faith in a project like that!! Thanks OCD guy lol!!
these are one of the last sega cds because they already come with the sega saturno optical reader, much faster to read and much more built, already eliminating the old capacitors that weakened and damaged the motherboard
Now you can play Plumbers Don't Wear Ties.
Looks saucy.
Yeah, optical drives can be a nightmare, so far the only ones I've managed to fix had a stuck/broken gear or an out of place component.
I have a theory that there are certain things that only work on RUclips videos. Such as tweaking the potmeter of the optical drive and it solves ALL of your disc reading errors :)
Anyways, great job, it was a very entertaining video!
PC drives aren't very hard but the one on the xbox 360 is the worst one, when I got my xbox360 slim it worked fine but it was really hot, I took it apart to clean it and replace the thermal paste, while I had it open I took apart the DVD drive to clean it, when I got the system put back together it couldn't read games and the tray wouldn't come out to let me try a different disc, I took it all back apart and put it together again, it still wouldn't work right, I bought a refurbished drive and put that in, it would not let me play any games (keys didn't match), I tried to get the keys off the old drive with my computer (to flash the new drive with them) but it wouldn't let me do that so I did an RGH to get the DVD drive keys from the motherboard and flash them to my new drive, that didn't work because the clock and data wires are too close (they aren't touching), I just bought a new solder sucker (engineer SS-02) to change how the RGH board is installed so I can get it to work by putting the wires through the holes for the jtag connector soldering them in on the bottom and covering them with electrical tape (I'm going to try that when it gets here), I wouldn't need to do any of that if microsoft designed the drive better so I could reuse my old one after cleaning it which was all I did to it when it first stopped working, I've cleaned CD and DVD drives for regular PC's the same way I did the one on my xbox and they still work it's just the one for the 360 that doesn't work.
The Sega CD and Sega Saturn both fascinate me because programmers really never had a chance to fully utilize both the consoles custom hardware. The Sega CD has a amazing ASIC I think only a a couple games used. The Saturn had 8 CPUs pretty much same story.
Good job in the restoration my friend 😊
Amazing problem solving and work!
My soul left my body at 2:43
A lot of people used to give the Sega CD a lot of crap back in the day, even today some still see it as a subpar gaming system. But to be honest back in 91 that thing was pretty cool. I think it failed in stores because there just was a huge amount of consoles popping up all claiming to be the next best thing and it didn't help that the Sega CD and Sega 32x were over priced at release nearly the price of a fully stand alone gaming system. But I managed to snag my Sega CD and Sega 32X for $20 a piece at K-B Toys. That was a great Christmas. Of course a year later the Playstation 1 was released but for that small time gap the Sega CD and 32x kept me more than entertained for a measly $40 and I still played it along side my PS1.
I loved the SCD so much simply for Lunar
I would just leave the fuse holder. It is convenient. Good troubleshooting by the way.
That button can be a pain 🤣 awesome job again and your game room is looking great!
Thank you! The room is slowly coming together. It has certainly become my happy place.
*Noticed after posting this that the video is a year old at this point. Still, since it’s applicable to one of the issues affecting the Genesis 2nd model, I decided to leave it up.
Interesting fact: X-Men requires you to press the reset button after battling Mojo and interacting with a danger room console that prompts you to “reset the computer”.
It’s the only game that I’m aware of that breaks the fourth wall in such a clever way. It also makes completing the game on a Sega Nomad (Nomad has no reset) or a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive with a faulty reset button.
Wow crunchy granola 🤣 yeah not healthy.
Great job 👍
Fixing stuff is so much fun,I love the challenge.
My mother sold my Sega CD in 1996...
I will never let that go.
Nice restoration! Thanks for the video!
That's cool I have the both models of Genesis and Sega CD 2 and i have the Genesis one as well
I had the Sega Genesis, and alter bought the CD addition. I don't recall having the platform that connected the two as if they were one console though.
Nice job , I had issue with Atari Jaguar cd after leant it to my brother .
Managed to fix it as the spindle had been compressed down
Nice. It's the less obvious stuff that sometimes trips you up. Look forward to finding one of those myself. That's another system you don't see or hear much about anymore.
@@BorderlineOCD I bought mine new in 1994 when they were discounted so it’s pretty mint .,so glad I didn’t sell it on yrs ago .
those buttons are hellish, these days i just replace them with a microswitch and put either a metal or plastic rod in the button so it makes a definitive click to reset.
I might try a contact cleaner on my Genesis 2 , since I went directly with the metal rod way.
Just subscribed. Great to find more retro console repairs on youtube! Also.... @2:20 wow lol
wow that crimp tool trick for resizing screws is pretty awesome!
that poor md2/megacd combo has had a long, hard, abusive life! poor thing :( At least you gave it some extra lives :)
14:22 Some contact cleaners are not recommended for carbon contacts. Make sure you check it before use. Do not overdo the cleaning on a piece of paper, as the carbon coating will get stripped and then the contact will not work for sure anymore.
You can buy a special carbon coating for these contacts, so you can resurface them. It's useful for your remote buttons that stop working due to overuse as well. Just make sure you get some reliable brand instead of no name one.
12:24 There's a drop-in FeRAM swap for the Sega CD that eliminates the need for a battery entirely. Seems pretty popular but time will tell if it comes with issues of some kind.
F1 fan here well done on repair
As a kid I bought one of these hoping it would be the next big thing. Needless to so I was greatly disappointed! I have been looking for one for years now. I would kill for one these days. I really want to play Batman again.
I miss the original playstation I dumbly parted with. Twisted Metal was about the only reason I had it.
Great! I missed your videos. I can't wait for the backwards compatible Ps3 Repair video ;)
Thanks! I'm not burning to work on it yet but it's staring at me in the face on my repair shelf lol.
@@BorderlineOCD I have one that needs to be repaired so im waiting for your wisdom haha
I loved your game choice, Formula 1!!!!! Nice job!!
Haha, I bought it because I'm an F1 fan and thought it would be a fun game to own, but its very hard to play. Are you into F1? I actually wake up at 6 AM to watch the races live, and even the occasional qualifying (including this morning).
@@BorderlineOCD I love F1
I just found this channel and i love it
Another fantastic repair!
(yeah I couldn't think of anything else to say this time. Is this long enough to make the algorithm happy? I hope so)
Lol, thank you very much for the continued support and participation!
Awesome fix my friend
Thank you sir.
With all the third party unofficial versions of SNES, NES, etc, I'm really shocked that nobody has made a modern Sega CD. I feel like 99% of them just stop working out of nowhere. As someone who legitimately owns Snatcher, I really hate that I have no way outside of emulators to play the game.
Oh man a new repair video!
I can only stay away for so long before I come crawling back :)
I hoped for a Sega CD restoration, and I happened! Thanks palley!
I made it just for you. Dreams do come true.
For me?! A Big thank you to you!
Wow what an amazing repair! I wonder if I can use some of these steps on my model 1 Sega CD?
That had liquid through it at some stage for sure. That will be probably why the fuse blew, plugging in the wrong power supply would have to be the very wrong power supply to blow the fuse, these have an internal regulator that will take any voltage from about 7v to 15v or more, and the original power supply is unregulated anyway, so the 10v nominal output it claims is not what it will put out all the time.
brilliant! great job. I really enjoy your videos
The person who owned the genesis must have been resetting like a madman.
These model 2 genesis units are notorious for reset buttons as well as dodgy DC jacks and weak solder joints on the controller port.
I bought a lot of 5 model 2 genesis units, and all 5 needed the DC jacks touched up and 4 of the 5 needed both new reset buttons and controller ports resoldered. It's easy work in terms of the soldering, and you might as well since they usually all need stripped down and bathed anyways.
They get grimy and dirty. You could clean em, but for $1 each I just replace them with new ones.
Steam the crease in the cable will heat it up enough without burning or melting it, then lay something flat with a bit of weight on it and boom, just like new.
Very creative idea. I might try that next time.
@@BorderlineOCD I did that for a few PS2 slims that had been crimped and we're scratching discs. Seemed to work pretty well for me. I also may have a problem with trying to keep everything as OEM as possible. I know cables are only a dollar or two.
Oh neat didn't know the paper trick with the button and the trick for getting the membrane back on. Got a model 2 myself. Power LED was dead and the reset button didn't work when I first got it. I took the rubber membrane off to clean it but couldn't get it back on. I had a different button that had a close enough form factor and fit the pin spacing so I just pulled it off the board after desoldering it and put in that one. The replacement reset button I used is a clicky instead since the replacement wasn't a rubber membrane button like the original. I forgot where I got the replacement button from. Came off some other junk parts I had laying around. Same goes for the power LED as I sourced that from other broken stuff I had. Kinda like how the reset button feels now. Not really a fan of rubber membrane buttons anyways. :P
I've seen a couple of repairs with the clicky buttons seems like the only real option for a replacement if you can't get the original to work.
congratulation from france my friend very nice job =)
As usual, very good work!
Thank you.
Your videos are really good sir
I have a sega cd that I had fixed. I think that it’s a good System to collect for.
I must have had the model one, my Sega cd system was stacked if I remember right lol. I hope you have Ecco the Dolphin on cd it is awesome. I run the cd version on emulator on PC now.
Crickey, it's been a while since I have seen inside one of these. I used to post on Sega-16 and had some repair tips on these bad boys under the username "omp".
That CD sounds like it's trying to cough up a furball. :)
What an awesome fix,
Thank you, cheers.
Good video, I am about to get my first and faulty Sega Mega CD. Hopefully it's just a fuse for me.