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I imported a white Sega Saturn HST-3220 for Chrimbus. Yesterday I was playing some Panzer Dragoon and decided to move the Saturn from my desk to my entertainment center. Some way some how between my disconnecting it and reconnecting it, something must have went wrong, because now it refuses to boot up. The access light is on, it's getting power, and the screen seems to recognize it as something, but all I get is a black screen. Looking into it, a common problem apparently is the CD drive having a poor connection. I disconnected and reconnected the ribbon cable inside and no luck. What's wrong with my Saturn?
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>>3728016
Do you have sound?
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>>3728019
No, disc drive doesn't spin either.
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>>3728016
black screen of death is a common issue. Not much you can do other than recapping it and hoping for the best, perhaps maybe reflowing the solder on the chips.
White saturns and all model 2s should boot up with the CD drive disconnected, they'd just get wonky sound and deformed cubes in the cd player. It's only the very very very early launch models, which will boot to black screen if the drive is not connected (almost mistook my unit for broken because of that after some tinkering).
You could also try removing the battery, leaving it like that for a few minutes, then trying to boot it up.
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>>3728016
>I imported a white Sega Saturn HST-3220 for Chrimbus
Where was it assembled?
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>>3728046
Holy shit thank you so much.
Removed the battery and it worked instantly. Is it safe to assume the battery is corrupted? Put it back in and it asked for the date again. So much for my Christmas Nights Intro Dreams presents and PD high score.
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