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andrewds
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Sega Saturn Model 2 Damaged Region Jumpers Sept 7, 2011 22:33:30 GMT

Post by andrewds on Sept 7, 2011 22:33:30 GMT

Hi everyone,
I came into possession of a Sega Saturn with damaged jumpers (in every region combination I can find =/)which powers on to the BIOS but has no region set from what I can tell.

It also rejects the Action Replay cart as being unsuitable for the system =/

I think I know what the answer will be but does anyone have any ideas as to what if anything can be done to bring it back to life? =(

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 C. The Russians used a pencil.

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Sega Saturn Model 2 Damaged Region Jumpers Sept 7, 2011 22:56:03 GMT

Post by zyrobs on Sept 7, 2011 22:56:03 GMT

Lift pins 5-6-7-8 on the SMPC and hook them up directly to +5vdc according to which region you want the console to run. (pin5 only is japanese, pin7 only is usa, pin7+8 is europe)

FYI, it doesn't boot anything because if all the pins are pulled low, the machine is set to regioncode 0, which doesn't have any regions set to it. The valid regions are 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12 and 13 - the PAR boots on all of those.

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andrewds
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Sega Saturn Model 2 Damaged Region Jumpers Sept 7, 2011 23:44:07 GMT

Post by andrewds on Sept 7, 2011 23:44:07 GMT

Thankyou =) I'll take a look at it when I get home and see if I can fix it up =)

EDIT Thanks to you it's working perfectly now =)

Last Edit: Sept 8, 2011 8:12:45 GMT by andrewds

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 C. The Russians used a pencil.