Saturn Problems
Feb 23, 2011 15:42:15 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2011 15:42:15 GMT
Hey there, this is post is a copy from my other account in another forum (I'm too lazy to write it again)
This is my first post, so I hope you don't get mad when I just start with a technical question.
I bought a Sega Saturn with one game (Thunderhawk 2) in Ebay for just 9 bucks. The problem is, there is no AV cable, so I can't connect the device with my TV...
Well, I thought I just open it, and solder in a RCA connector. After I searched for the pin out, I soldered in everything correctly. The multimeter said, every connection is fine and there are no short circuits.
The problem now: When I start the Saturn, I can't hear sound and I don't see anything. My TV changes from blue (No signal) to black (signal, but no picture) and I also don't hear sound, but the power LED lights and the disc is being read.
I double checked everything, there shouldn't be any problems. It was strange after I opened the beast, because everywhere there were rust spots on the metal shielding under the mainboard... There's a small chip on the mainboard, which has two pins that don't have contact (I assume). After a short testing with the multimeter I figured out, that there definitely is no contact (maybe i was just wrong, because the spear of the multimeter is way too big for the small pins of that chip).
I live in Germany and it's a PAL device. I will test out if the S-video version works, but I'm kinda confused, because Pin 1 is supposed to be "sync", but there is a note which says, that pin 1 on PAL devices is +9 Volt...
Maybe someone knows about this problem.
Greetings T
Uhm, my English is not the best so please don't judge me
This is my Post from another forum. By the way, I made a picture... I hope you can recognize anything:
(Thumbnail, click on it to view the full sized picture)
The pins may look burned, but they don't have contact as far as I can see... Don't worry, no short circuits or else.
This is my first post, so I hope you don't get mad when I just start with a technical question.
I bought a Sega Saturn with one game (Thunderhawk 2) in Ebay for just 9 bucks. The problem is, there is no AV cable, so I can't connect the device with my TV...
Well, I thought I just open it, and solder in a RCA connector. After I searched for the pin out, I soldered in everything correctly. The multimeter said, every connection is fine and there are no short circuits.
The problem now: When I start the Saturn, I can't hear sound and I don't see anything. My TV changes from blue (No signal) to black (signal, but no picture) and I also don't hear sound, but the power LED lights and the disc is being read.
I double checked everything, there shouldn't be any problems. It was strange after I opened the beast, because everywhere there were rust spots on the metal shielding under the mainboard... There's a small chip on the mainboard, which has two pins that don't have contact (I assume). After a short testing with the multimeter I figured out, that there definitely is no contact (maybe i was just wrong, because the spear of the multimeter is way too big for the small pins of that chip).
I live in Germany and it's a PAL device. I will test out if the S-video version works, but I'm kinda confused, because Pin 1 is supposed to be "sync", but there is a note which says, that pin 1 on PAL devices is +9 Volt...
Maybe someone knows about this problem.
Greetings T
Uhm, my English is not the best so please don't judge me
This is my Post from another forum. By the way, I made a picture... I hope you can recognize anything:
(Thumbnail, click on it to view the full sized picture)
The pins may look burned, but they don't have contact as far as I can see... Don't worry, no short circuits or else.