Ah yes, the dreaded resetting disease. If you observe
at the 6 pins (with the power board disconected) you
may see a black residue, causing conection problems
with the power flow. I didn't have any special
cleaning liquids, so I had to use an alternate method
of fixing the problem:

Find a thin conductive metal and cut VERY VERY TINY
rectangle cutouts. Then slide them in between each
"pin" and metalic conecters (obviously done with power
board CONECTED). That was a little tricky to explain.
It may be hard for you to visualize what I just
explained (since you'll be using your DC now, you cant
open it up to look inside while its on LOL)

If you have questions on my method just reply. This
method of mine worked. Its been a year now!

good luck (:







--- richard allen <rlallen10479@...> wrote: >
Thanks for the input Zoot. Its been awhile since i
> looked inside one, and for some reason, i honestly
> thought it was more. i just looked in mine thats
> broke
> down, and indeed you are correct :) you also say
> that
> a wore out laser can cause power supply failure? i
> never knew that. thats good to know. might be one of
> the things thats wrong with the one of mine that
> quit.
> darn thing just stopped spinning discs... and it was
> very abrupt. very few problems prior to that.
> --- zoot1lures <zoot1lures@...> wrote:
> > --- In DreamcastBrowsers@yahoogroups.com, richard
> > allen <rlallen10479@y...> wrote:
> > > I have always assumed it was the power supply
> > giving out, or perhaps
> > > one of the other components. By "bending the six
> > > contacts", are you refering to the pins where
> the
> > > power supply is conected to the motherboard? I
> > could
> > > have swore there were more than 6.
> >
> > Actualy Rich, it is 6 pins. (not a jab) I'm
> looking
> > at one right now.
> > I've had this prob before. As Cyber mentioned a
> good
> >
> > contact cleaner should work to give a snug fit.
> > Another cause of this prob could be a degradation
> > of the CD eye. That can lead to a breakdown in the
>
> > power supply if it goes unchecked.
> > Peace ,G
> >
> >
>
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