dead dreamcast? repairable?

I think this is the newsgroup I've been on on the past with people who know a
little about repairing Dreamcast problems. Mine appears to have died, but I'd
like to resurrect it if I can. At first it was getting flaky loading games (1
in particular), then last night it would freeze on the "Dreamcast" Screen most
of the time. You could hear the disc spinning slowly, but without the usual
noisy access sounds. I opened the case to see if the gears were jammed or it
was something else I could fix. I couldn't find anything wrong, so I put it
back together. Now when the power button is pushed the light flashes for a
second, then nothing. I've checked all the (few) connections, but can't find
anything loose. I seem to remember someone mentioning a fuse or breaker of some
sort in the Dreamcast, but I can't find anything - and the light shouldn't come
on at all if that was the problem anyway. Anyone have any ideas? I know it
would probably be easier to get one off of ebay, but money's tight at the
moment.

Thanks,
Bert

Hknabejr wrote:

>I think this is the newsgroup I've been on on the past with people who know a
>little about repairing Dreamcast problems. Mine appears to have died, but I'd
>like to resurrect it if I can. At first it was getting flaky loading games (1
>in particular), then last night it would freeze on the "Dreamcast" Screen most
>of the time. You could hear the disc spinning slowly, but without the usual
>noisy access sounds. I opened the case to see if the gears were jammed or it
>was something else I could fix. I couldn't find anything wrong, so I put it
>back together. Now when the power button is pushed the light flashes for a
>second, then nothing. I've checked all the (few) connections, but can't find
>anything loose. I seem to remember someone mentioning a fuse or breaker of some
>sort in the Dreamcast, but I can't find anything - and the light shouldn't come
>on at all if that was the problem anyway. Anyone have any ideas? I know it
>would probably be easier to get one off of ebay, but money's tight at the
>moment.
>
>Thanks,
>Bert
>
Your DC is repairable. Just depends on whats wrong. Places like
http://www.Lik-Sang.com have whole drives, fans cases & control bits.
True for $20 -40 bucks you could just get another Which is why I have
two now. It seems like maybe the drive is going on you. Let's see what
others have to say?