I think I destroyed my DC

[charlesr]

I'll take some photos now.

[charlesr]

Remove the modem to reveal 4th screw.

Unclip at the 2 arrows.

Unscrew at the circles.
The block with the hat on is attached to the power board, so careful.

While the power board is removed, you will see 7 vertical pins (just the right of the bottom circle in the innards pics. Scrub them with some wire wool or scrape with a something to remove residue build up.

[dataDave]

My mates have blown my Dreamcast up twice, the first time it happened the price of the import console was still like ?250.

I hate the smell of a fried DC.

[anephric]

While the power board is removed, you will see 7 vertical pins (just the right of the bottom circle in the innards pics. Scrub them with some wire wool or scrape with a something to remove residue build up.

Bending them "a tad" helps improve connectivity too, I believe. Worked for me.

[charlesr]

Yeah. Make sure you "bend" them the right way. Bend= nudge a bit whilst being scared. If hey actually visibly stay bent then, back to Russia with you....

[Big Seany]

Thanks for all your help and support guys. You lot on here are teh ****in' BEST!

[Strider]

Sean's PC is playing up so he's asked me to ask the following.

He's replaced the Japanese Dreamcast Powerboard with a UK one but wants to know if he can plug it straight into the UK mains or if he still needs to use the stepdown converter.

[Pavey]

Straight into the wall now mate. The UK PSU is a 240v so fire away.

I have exactly the same setup on mine.

[Strider]

Cheers Nick, I'll let him know

Edit - It's working fine now

[stoofle]

A friend of mine did exactly the same thing...plugged his JP Dreamcast straight into the mains and fried it. I was told it was mine if I could fix it. Tested it with a PAL power supply and it works fine. It's a nice feeling not having to worry about blowing it up again . I'm sure you'll be fine changing the power supply over Sean...I had no idea what I was doing when I opened it, but it's all straightforward. Just don't lose the screws

[Big Seany]

Took me five minutes to do in total. Yesterday was a first for me - my first ever technical electronic-y repair/modification, and now my first ever imported console!!

After I got off the phone to Darran I was like a kid in a sweet shop, re-discovering all my games via the glorious Jap hardware. My only bugbear is that I have to change from RGB to RF if I want to play Vampire Chronicle - booo. Other than that - awesome.

Again, thanks to all you lot on here and especially to Darran who I anxiously pestered at work because I was scared the console was going to explode when I switched it on!!

[randombs]

congrats m8

[Papercut]

* Boooom! *