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I'm guessing you can't send it back and get a refund ?
Other question, your TV is not one of those fast(er) CRTs that uses freq higher than 50/60Hz? I don't know about the older guns but my PS1...

Do you use the same power supplies when testing the genesis 2 + sega cd and genesis 1 + sega cd ?

I don't know the mods you did, but if possible disable one and see if it works. If not disable the...

I'm going to disagree with you on that. It's certainly not a professional, calibrated tool, but for the application it's used in it's more than enough.

If a cap measures 100Ohm ESR, I bet you it's...

I suggest getting one of those cheap component testers for max 15$ on ebay / aliexpress.
They do BJT, FET, MOSFET, diodes, caps, res, ind,... it can basically measure everything except ICs.
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From my quick search on google it looks like plasma is interfering with IR, but the fix is just using tape (?).

Quote is from a user on the avsforum. One of the first links I found on google.

Which ram did you try? Just the RAM or VRAM too?
If VRAM is fine then your issue might be the graphics chip, but I'll leave that to the experts here.

My guess would be VRAM.

Looking at this https://en.retrogamesupply.com/products/power-supply-for-sega-megadrive-genesis-1 , the original power supply is 9 to 10V and capable of delivering 1.2A.
Your power supply is not...

I don't think changing your voltage reg would cause something like that. My guess is your power supply is under too much load.
Anything getting hot in there when powering it up?

It's best to try with another 9V power supply just to rule out that yours is dead or not.
Best case scenario it's your power supply.
Worst case something is drawing to much current and that's why...

If you're only dealing with digital signals, low/high, then a cheap logic analyzer might be better (see aliexpress).
You can probably find some schematic on google to make a digital signal out of...

Did the same thing with a Sega Mega-CD that sat in a corner for a year or 2, although it wasn't used for salvage parts.
Couldn't get it to work the first days I tried and gave up. Later I managed...

4.45V is really low IMO. What's your input voltage?
Does the 5V regulator get hot, or anything else on the 5V getting hot?

Not sure how to check the oscillator without an oscilloscope. If you...

As segasonicfan mentioned, you might have H-sync issues, but those issues can be due to bad caps not working properly and not filtering power rails or other as well as they used to.

20 year old CRT? Open it up and check for bulging capacitors.

Check polarity on the capacitors you installed, maybe you misplaced one.
There are schematics available online.
Measure voltage to see if that's ok too.

Untested Sega MegaDrive 2 for sale for our friends in the UK :...

That Venus Fire sounds nice, well done!

Glad I could help :).


For that blob of solder try using desoldering wick, costs a penny online and should do the trick.

Whenever the MD is turned on, there's 9V going to a transistor on the Mega-CD, which switches the power going to the 5V linear voltage regulator.
This 9V from the MD is hardwired if I remember...

That looks like just a scratch on the trace. Test it with your meter on diode mode.

One thing I can see is that the 5th pin of the IC next to that scratch doesn't look like it's soldered very...

If I ever do that (probably not), I'd obviously use the service manual and my scope, no worries.

My brothers mega-CD has a similar issue where when it tries to play the intro video of sonic CD it keeps trying to load but fails and stops spinning.
I have to open the cd cover thing and close it...

Can't really seem to find a schematic for the CDX so it's not going to be easy to repair.
The good thing is you have 2 ports so you can measure on the working port and compare it with the...

Did you open the cartridge to see if there was any damage / corrosion inside ?

I think you wouldn't want mods to be "destructive" of the motherboard. Destructive might be a big word here, but you never know who's using a soldering iron.
Also, the mod looks fairly easy to...