sega saturn powers up but it dies after a few minutes

[digichan]

So I've been replaying Shining in the Holy Ark. It's been playing fine these last few days but today it begins to cut power.

My Saturn is : UK Model 2
Pal modded to 60hz with switch for JPN/USA and UK regions.

When I power it up and game has loaded, after a few minutes of play the power cuts. I can wait another few minutes and the Saturn can power on again but once the game has loaded and a few minutes in, the console cuts out again.

I tried changing the fuse in the UK plug several times but I don't think it's the plug fuse.


Has anyone had a similar issue and was able to sort it out themselves ?

[bring]

there is no resettable fuse inside a factory Saturn so i doubt it is a fuse.

Unplug from mains and check the caps.

[digichan]

That's the PSU



I took out the fuse on the PSU and replaced it.


Powered it up and Saturn was running fine for a few hours while playing a game then it powered off.

It's been suggested that my Saturn may be over heating.