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Sega — Saturn

Sega Saturn NTSC-J Model 2 Full Recap: The 3€ Find

July 19, 20222 threads~1 min readSuccessful repair
Corrupted graphicsStuck/frozen on boot
RecapOptical-drive serviceRetrobriteReflow / joint rework

A full recap on a three-euro Sega Saturn NTSC-J Model 2 that booted to corrupted, frozen graphics: PSU, motherboard and optical drive all seen to, plus a reflow and a retrobrite.

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July 19, 2022· Thread 1

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Quite the journey from working to dead to working for this 3€ Japanese Saturn. Worked fine, recapped PSU and optical drive (fine), recapped mobo (fine, I thought, except no). After setting date, no chime, stuck at initial logo. Couldn't figure out why. Months later VDP rework 🙂

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July 20, 2022· Thread 2· 2 tweets

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Day 1 with previously used hydrogen peroxide. @A3rgan This technique is really something. I don't know how degraded the H2O2 already was but it still had quite an effect. Trying again tomorrow with the same liquid again. #RETROGAMING #retrobrighting

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Day 2, made a difference but not as much as I was hoping for. Since most of this hydrogen peroxide has gone through 4 cycles. Maybe it's time to get some new one. #RETROGAMING #retrobrighting

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