Hmmm. Could be the power board. May I ask what region is your console? I used to have a problem related to the power board. My suggestion would be to try changing/repairing the power board. Not that it's easy to find one, though. There used to be many shops in Sg Wang that sell Dreamcast power boards.

It's a Japanese Revision 1 console.

I opened the Dreamcast, but up to the top cover to check if there was anything odd (I didn't dare go further) but there was nothing. Tried twitching with the switch plugs if there were loose but still no startup.

Is there any light on your Dreamcast? It could be your power board, you might probably fried it if you didn't use a stepdown transformer since your Dreamcast is the Japanese version using 110V.

Nah, nonsense, I know them personally, they can fix any consoles, if the repairs are expensive, they'll let you know. You can contact Ah Hin at 016-4815555 or his shop's number is 04-2623707. He many many Dreamcast spare parts including the optical lens, hope you can solve the problem for you.

There isn't any light. I used two stepdown transformers that are confirmed to work but it still doesn't power on.

Thanks heaps sunauto, I'll give them a call one day and see what they can do. I'm just hoping they don't charge a lot.

A week and a half till SPM's over... then I got all the time to fix it up.

Just gave Ah Hin a call. He said that the power board is most probably faulty, and quoted me RM170.

Maybe I misheard.

revision 1 ? hmm hows the cooling system on it looking like ?

According to a website, there is a single digit number that tell you what revision it is under the console, next to the PAL or NTSC label.

Just a simple 40mm x 40mm fan on the down right side with a small vent to the opening of the casing, that's all.

RM170? I think you probably misheard lah, the lens already RM150 only, how can the power board more expensive than the lens itself.

Alternatively, you can buy the power board yourself from AI Trading Hong Kong, http://www.goldenshop.com.hk and they carry all spare parts for it.


This post has been edited by sunauto: Nov 24 2006, 08:29 PM

The power board looks easy to replace... As an alternative I could order one from the site and do it myself, that is if the power board is the culprit.

Again, thanks sunauto.

i see. cause the earleir dreamcasts, had somesort of heatpipe cooling mechnism inside ,which was then switched to the thick thermal pad attached to big metal plate ,then cooled by the regular(noisy abit ) fan ..

its easy to replace, pop open a few screws here and there, release some clips, and your`re done .

Under Defeat is DAMN good!!

Sent my Dreamcast to DjiNn. Hope he gets to the root of the problem.

good luck.

dc is still active in my gaming diet. more active than xbox.

get = sega gt, msr, sword of the beserke, skies of arcadia, sonic (duh) jet set radio, tokyo bus guide, typing of the dead, pso..omg so many. my dc still can surf internet..

Crap, DjiNn just told me that the power board's dead, and there are no spare parts for it. Looks like I have to order one on my own.

This post has been edited by colinwong89: Dec 13 2006, 05:46 PM

why not you give me this week see I can get teh sparepart or not~. before you order the power main board?

Sure then, if it's cheaper than USD13... That's the price that they're offering me if I get it overseas.