XPost: alt.sega.genesis   
   From: weaponx013@yahoo.com   
      
   blackevilweredragon@gmail.com wrote:   
   > BelPowerslave wrote:   
   >>> I am having a Sega CD oddity..  I mean, so odd, that it seems NO one   
   >>> can figure it out, and only one other person ever had the problem   
   >>> (google group search yielded one from '94!!)   
   >>>   
   >>> The Sega CD won't play a game..  It hangs at Checking Disc.  BUT, it   
   >>> plays music CDs just fine..  I know it can read the game CDs, it spins   
   >>> up, remains spinning, and the access light goes out, stays out, blinks   
   >>> 4 times, stays out again, and repeats the 4-time blinking..   
   >>>   
   >>> I seriously can't figure this out at all..  I've taken it apart,   
   >>> cleaned everything, even resoldered EVERY darn joint on the Sega CD   
   >>> board, and STILL won't boot!!   
   >>>   
   >>> It plays CD-R music CDs just fine too, so that is a definite that the   
   >>> laser assembly is ok..  (unless im missing something?)   
   >> Maybe the laser is just slightly misaligned, just enough for it not to   
   >> be able to correctly read the data, but ok for music? That's just a   
   >> guess...   
   >>   
   >> Are the games you're trying to play relatively scratch-free and clean?   
   >>   
   >> I'll crosspost this to RGVS, there should be some people there who can   
   >> help out. :)   
   >>   
   >> Bel   
   > The games are perfectly scratch free..  They work in my PC via an   
   > emulator (even an old 1X SCSI drive reads them fine)..   
   >   
   > I have even copied the games onto fresh new CD-Rs, the same brand CD-Rs   
   > the music CDs are, and they fail also..   
   >   
   > How does one realign the laser if that is it?  It has booted, only to   
   > freeze completely (no disc activity at all matter of fact, and it may   
   > even freeze with corrupted graphics)..   
   >   
      
         None of my Sega CD compatible units play CDR games correctly.   
   They will play music from a CDR, but the games will lock up and crash.   
   CDRs are bad for game consoles, they fried two PC-Engine DUOs for me in   
   ONE PLAY, and they won't even play on my DUO R without locking up.  On   
   my X'eye, Sega CD 1 and Sega CD 2 they play intermittantly, but make   
   horrible grinding noises at times and typically take WAY longer to load   
   if they don't lock up while loading.  Then, let's not even go to what   
   CDRs do to Dreamcast lasers, oh heck, they fry them dead within a year   
   of normal use.  Use originals, and I bet your problem will stop, keep   
   trying CDRs and I bet your game system will really break.   
      
      
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   Scott   
      
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