Can this saturn be saved ?

It's a US power supply. The reason I knew that the moment I saw the photos was that it only has 4 pins on the PSU output - so not PAL (the PAL supplies have an 5th output pin used to supply 9V for SCART switching) - so it was either US or Japanese - but it has a black case and a black power button, so it had to be a US machine.

Incidentally, that "4 pin" thing only works that way round - all the early machines had 5 pin power supplies, so you can't infer that "5 pin = PAL / 220V".

 

UPDATE

Got the varistors today and placed 1 on the PSU.
With these results.

 

Cool, so now there's power - is there video?

 

No there is no video because the saturn is missing a ribbon cable.
Step 2 is finding one. But where ?

 

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OK thanks,
Time to buy a AV cable for the sega saturn then. A Pal or ntsc cable does not mather for that conection i gues ?

 

Yep. You can even build one. Pinout for AV are avadible

 

I got the AV cable in the mail today.





The saturn works !

I was suprised to see that you can set the language on a ntsc console.

Now i need a ribbon cable.
I also need to mod the console so that it plays pal games.

 

There's no need to mod - just burn PAL game as NTCS (patch before burn) and load via swap trick

 

fantastic outcome black sheep great persistence on this project , also phenomenal help from members of assembler

 

Hold on there. We are not out of the Woods yet.
I tried to play a audio cd on the saturn but it doesn't spin the cd.
I think this is because the ribbon cable is missing.

Swap with what ? I don't have any saturn games. This is my first saturn ever.

Looking on ebay for ribbon cables gave 0 results so i think i have to buy another broken system for parts.

 

i had a Sega Saturn ribbon cable problem a few years ago and some members of a electronic forum suggested that i could buy a 22 Way and cut off 1 conductor on each end giving me a 21 Way ribbon cable................


just a suggestion if you cant find a exact one

 

Here:
http://www.segastyle.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=52

But you can use any generic FFC with 21/20 pins - just go to electric shop and ask about FFC with 20/21 pins

http://www.tme.eu/en/details/mx-98267-0365/ffcfpc-ribbon-cables/molex/0982670365/#

 

Fanbloodytastic mate!

 

No ribbon means the laser won't do much of anything.

 

Those cables from segastyle are too short !!
I need a ribbon cable for a model 2 ntsc saturn. So that needs to be 21 pins .
But how long and wide does it needs to be ?

 

Depends, is it a 32 or 64 pin? 32 pin Saturns use a ribbon that's ~4" IIRC. Shoot me a PM and I may have one for you. Shipping a tiny ribbon across the pond shouldn't cost much and it'll be the right size.

 

I have no idea if this is 32 or 64

 

hi black sheep , the 32 or 64 Pin Chip is on the drive board..............you dont need to dismantle the drive just take a photo of the exposed part of the PCB for us

 

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