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So, I've been using this Japanese Saturn on and off for a year. About a month ago I noticed that I'm receiving a black screen when I power on my saturn 2 out of 5 times.
The LED will be on, and I can hear the disc spinning. Once I power the saturn off and then back on, it will boot up and work without problems at a 100% rate.
A few weeks ago, I removed the battery from my console to see if being brought directly to the date/time menu would have any effect on the start up process. It seemed to help significantly and I hadn't received a black screen until today. So, any idea would the culprit could be? I'm guessing it's the laser, but maybe it's a bios problem?
For the record, I've tried this saturn with/on different
Power supplies
Monitors
S-video cables
Composite cables
Games
The console has never been modified.
I do have a 4mb cartridge in the slot.
Thanks.
The LED will be on, and I can hear the disc spinning. Once I power the saturn off and then back on, it will boot up and work without problems at a 100% rate.
A few weeks ago, I removed the battery from my console to see if being brought directly to the date/time menu would have any effect on the start up process. It seemed to help significantly and I hadn't received a black screen until today. So, any idea would the culprit could be? I'm guessing it's the laser, but maybe it's a bios problem?
For the record, I've tried this saturn with/on different
Power supplies
Monitors
S-video cables
Composite cables
Games
The console has never been modified.
I do have a 4mb cartridge in the slot.
Thanks.
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