do you know if there was a way to fix the Dreamcast laser? I was like 19 when mine started failing and I think I just kept turning up the voltage pot a teeny bit to fix it for a while until it eventually burned out.
I do not know, but I learned the ps2 method by searching on the internets. I hate to recommend YouTube and reddit, but those are probably your best bets.
If the laser itself is not salvagable, there’s always replacing the laser. I don’t know if it’s plugged or soldered in, but if it already doesn’t work, what more can you do to it?
PS2 also developed laser issues if used that way, I can’t recall PS3
ps2 developed laser issues regardless. i’ve tuned and cleaned so many of those. should have charged but i liked my friends.
We had one that had to be cleaned every 3 months or so. The laser would begin sticking on the guide rails and have to be re-lubricated.
I’d just refocus or whatever that white knob did, and clean the dust off the lens
do you know if there was a way to fix the Dreamcast laser? I was like 19 when mine started failing and I think I just kept turning up the voltage pot a teeny bit to fix it for a while until it eventually burned out.
I do not know, but I learned the ps2 method by searching on the internets. I hate to recommend YouTube and reddit, but those are probably your best bets.
If the laser itself is not salvagable, there’s always replacing the laser. I don’t know if it’s plugged or soldered in, but if it already doesn’t work, what more can you do to it?
I gave it away years ago once dreamcast emulation became a thing, I was mostly just curious!
PS3 originally had drives that failed anyway. Had to bake my OG, as well as replace the bd drive.