Sega Dreamcast Reading Problems

I picked up a second hand Dreamcast today, cleaned it and fired up a few games. Unfortunately it seems to have a problem with reading. When I insert a disc and turn on the console, it takes me to the bios menu, the message "Please wait checking the disc" keeps coming up every few seconds. At first I thought it was a laser, but once I opened it and held my finger on the open/close lid switch it actually reads discs fine.

Has anyone else experienced this problem, how do I fix the eject switch? Soon as I put the top cover back on same thing happens. I've cleaned the dust and nothing appears to be broken, etc.

Thanks

 

You can take it apart completely and wash the case to remove completely all the grease and dust.


Try to do a test with the case of another dreamcast, I suspect that the top has a broken part.
See also if everything is perfectly keyed and screwed, and if the open/close lid switch is with broken weld.


You can take it apart completely and wash the case to remove completely all the grease and dust.


I hope that resolves.

 

Thanks for your reply. In the end I just ended up using a bit of tape on the top case where the eject lid pushes back the plastic bit sensor on the motherboard. It now works alright

 

Very good, Pikmin!
So it was just a internal part worn of the case. \o/

 

It didn't look worn when I opened it up but wasn't pushing it back enough, so that extra bit of tape did the trick. Ty