Dreamcast keeps resetting

ramraider · #1 02-06-2002, 04:37

My Dreamcast keeps on resetting when I turn it on, when i have inserted a game it does not spin and it just resets, please help or any suggestions as it is a fantastic console and i can not afford to buy another one

Megalexxx · #2 02-06-2002, 09:15

Which games are you trying ?

ramraider · #3 02-06-2002, 09:24

They are all different games, none of them seem to work

Megalexxx · #4 02-06-2002, 10:38

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Check for patches for your games on DC Copye World, check if your cable is well connected and clean your DC's lens...

Big Rab · #5 03-06-2002, 11:54

This is a common prob!!!!!!!!
I dont know how to fix this personally but it's fixable although will waste your warranty on ur dc.
I read the solution on UK tv teletext gaming service called Digitiser.
A lot of people were writing in about having this same problem and some1 sent in the solution. It did involve opening up ur dc unfortuneately but didnt seem too difficult to do at the time i read it - SURELY there is somewhere on the net that also has the Details on fixing this?????

ramraider · #6 04-06-2002, 01:55

Thank you for everybody replying especially to Big Rab, but I am no further in solving my problem, do you think it might be worth trying to contact sega themselves, please give me further suggestions.

Evilripps · #7 06-06-2002, 14:53

I had the same problem too, open up ur dreamcast and remove two screws that are pressing down on the wire that leads to the power button.

Close ur dreamcast and the problem will have sorted.

I think the two screws caused the dc's power supply to keep cutting off.

Any probs then msg me.