overheating Dreamcast

[mezzanine]

I swapped over a power supply board from a UK DC (bought from ebay for a few quid) that wasn't loading games to my NTSC Dreamcast so I don't have to use a stepdown adaptor. Anyway I did this sometime last year and the console hasn't seen much use until recently...

After about say, an hour and a half of play the inside of the disc tray seems too hot and when I take the discs out of the machine they're very warm. Anything to be concerned about? I don't remember game discs ever being noticeably hot when taking them about of my old UK DC when I still had it a few years back.

[VR46]

my DC disc's don't get hot, shouldn't worry about it (until it goes bang). Don't mean to insult you but take it the fan is connected and working OK

[mezzanine]

Yeah, the fan was one of the first things I checked. No problems there.

It can't be good that the inside of the DC feels more like a radiator than a games console though. Maybe I should try another replacement power board.

[sj33]

I have had 6 Dreamcasts in my time.

4 have died of overheating PowerVR chipsets, and I take good care of my units, for the most part.

....

[stoofle]

I did exactly the same thing with my dreamcast a while back, and it seems to be fine. I'll try playing it for an extended period over the weekend and let you know what happens. i am a little worried now though...

[Kron]

and I take good care of my units

Not if you've killed 4 you don't.

[sj33]

Not if you've killed 4 you don't.

Lol I know, it's quite baffling. But trust me, I really do. I can only put it down to overuse or something.

[Kubrick]

Never mind

[MikeRox]

I've had 2 Dreamcasts overheat on me... but I think I abused them with 15 hour solid play for weeks on end :P especially when PSO came out...

[Lyris]

Yeah, during the PSO days I had mine cut out on me. Never had it get very, very hot though.

[dj898]

my overclocked DC can get very hot - you can't out the hand on the side for much longer without feeling of burning... but it seems ok as I used it for several hours long Shenmue II session with no poblem - though I don't use it for daily. I have few normal DC for that.