Is My Saturn Dead? Flickering Video, Spikes (video inside)

[spsaturn]

hey guys. i just busted out the saturn for the first time in a year and a half and i think its dead. first thing i did was play some alpha 2, it worked totally fine and then i put vf2 in and it started acting weird and never returned to normal. the saturn logo comes up and then the screen will either stay black or it might load to the dash and look like this:




i cant seem to get any game to load from now on either. i have a modchip in my saturn but i dont think its related. this looks like the gpu is dying or dead on the motherboard. tomorrow im gonna open my saturn and check the modchip make sure the wire isn't coming loose from the solder or something.

do you guys think my saturn is dead? should i buy a new one? please let me know what you think thanks.

[caseh]

I was gonna say it looks similar issue to what I had with mine. If it works fine for 30 mins or so then starts acting up when you turn it off and back on then the PSU needs a cap added to it.

If not, I imagine Zyrobs will appear at some point and let you know what needs to be done.

[spsaturn]

thanks for the response. im already shopping around for another model 2 usa saturn to drop my mod chip into. this saturn isn't getting any better lulz. last time i turned it on it made some strange noises on the tv. always a bummer when you break out an old console and its broken!