My DC is dead because of CD-R's pt. 2

Like I told in my other post, my DC is dead. It DOES NOT go to the screen with the "FILE, etc" screen. It really tries to boot the game, but somehow when the game ####ts to load, it randomly resets itself. Now, I can try to adjust the laser, but I can also get a new one if I give it to the store where I bought it... So what should I do??? And more important, how can I prevent that my DC goes dead so fast next time??? PLEASE tell me!!!!!

[sonick]

Buy and play real GD-Roms.. dont play burned CDRs... duh...

[Flavangel]

Ok!
If you have never opened your DC the guarantee must works, so go back to the store where you bought your DC.
But, if you already opened your DC, try to repear it yourself or buy a new one!
If, you have to buy a new DC, i think you may modify it in order to play imported games because i believe it allows your DC to read easier CD-R games!

CYA!

[Shooman]

*sigh*
There are STILL ppl out there that will believe this shyte.
And I will STILL be here to slag them off :P

CDR's will NOT in ANYWAY in this GOD GIVEN EARTH damage your DC. Nor any other CD-Capable machine out there when used correctly (ie. laying flat on the tray and not vertically or something just as stupid).
All it does is read the CD - that's it. All the laser does is read information off of it. CD-ROM - Read-Only-Memory. All it does is look at the CD and gather the data. All this hoo-ha about CDR's screwingh your CD is like saying your eyes got poked out from reading a book.
It doesn't matter if it's a blank CD - a PC CD-ROM, a PSX CD - whatever. It may not be able to make sense of them, but it won't damaged anything...

[Wayne]

(msg deleted and reposted following this one, due to erroneous censoring of words)

[Wayne]

This person's DC is likely suffering age related degradation. Even when an electronic device is relatively new, marginal components inside it can cause it to suddenly ####t acting strange or not work at all. The odds are good that this person's DC would've died if he'd been using nothing but genuine officially Sega licensed GD-ROMs.
For 17 years I was in the electronics field and I know what static electricity can do to sensitive components. Those that were degraded (damaged) by static but still worked enough to pass the tolerance tests were called "WALKING WOUNDED" (a term that was borrowed from past wars). These "walking wounded" components, since they pass the tolerance tests (although not in the ideal range), still work just fine. They will, however, degrade further over time, to the point where the device they are in may stop working as designed.

There are "Walking Wounded" components installed in electronic devices every day, although ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) precautions keep them to a minimum. Any device you buy may have degraded parts and might die prematurely. Don't blame the death of your device on something it was designed to do, such as reading DISCS. CD-R discs aren't as difficult to read as GD-ROMS because the data on GD-ROMs is stored in a higher density than CD-Rs. As such, it could be argued that the laser might suffer more damage playing GD-ROMs than CD-Rs because it has to work harder reading the higher density or "read finer print" as it were.

[Sisco_1]

Do you really think that a company such as S***A with all it's experience in the gaming world, would release a console that as correctly used can play standard music cd's with no modification day in day out if CD-Rs were gonna damage the DC?

[DacFr3akZ]

so i had an account created...
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OK, sorry for the people who think I'm stupid and sh#t, but I have heard from many people that only BLACK cd-r's are good for DC. I never believed those people either, I also thought that they were talking bullcrap. So now, I've send my DC to SEGA and I hope I will get it replaced soon.
But, I still think it's strange that a person who is very careful with a DC (like me) can have it broken in only 8 months (without playing on it for not very long)... But, does anyone has any suggestions what color or brand or whaterver CD-R causes the LESS reading/noise/trouble for a DC (I suggest cheap CD-R's are always bad, even for CD-ROM drives!!!!!!!!!!)
thanx

[Wayne]

Shows how wrong that black-disc theory is... I've never even seen a black GD-ROM (original Dreamcast) disc. All the ones I own or have rented look almost exactly the same as a CDROM except there's two discernable tracks on the disc (a small inner and a larger outer), separated by a band that has laser etched writing on it.

Playstations use black discs though.

As a matter of fact, the ONLY (and I mean ONLY) black disc I've ever seen in my life was the one I received with my GameShark Massive Memory Card Plus (8mb or 1600 block DC memory cartridge).

Funny thing is, that damned black disc won't work on my DVD/CDROM drive on my laptop! Works fine on the office CDROM drive though...

[DacFr3akZ]

Well Wayne, let me tell you, I have CD-R discs which are black and I use them for everything; PSX, PC or audio. They work fine.

And one other thing: Why do people who work at all the electronic stores (where I went to ask them if they could fix my DC), kept on asking me: "DID YOU USE A BOOTDISC???"????
Of course I said: "NO"
But why would they ask such a thing. They don't work for Sega, they are highly qualified electronic engineers.