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my DC can't read Shenmue 1 disc 1 !!!!
ninjakun - Dec 22, 2001
  ninjakun Dec 22, 2001
okay. the game is bought used but it's in perfect condition and there are no visible scratches on the shiny side of disc 1. so far, the game has booted exactly TWICE since I got it.

by the sound it makes, the laser simply can't find the tracks to read (TOC ?).

any help ? the DC is made April 2000 and it's US Shenmue.

 ninjakun Dec 22, 2001
oh, one more thing. disc 2 and 3 boots fine as well as Shenmue Passport (although this one hangs when certain movies/promo videos are played.....)

it affects none of my other games (legit and backups).

could this be the first example of backups damaging your hardware ? arrrrggghh, why me !

 SkankinMonkey Dec 23, 2001
boil the cd and it will work fine, i've experienced similar problems on other people's dc's with PSO, has nothing to do with piracy. just boil it, wipe it off, and play.

 MasterAkumaMatata Dec 23, 2001
Hehe, just make sure you're very careful and don't put the wrong side in or else you'll totally fuck it up, LOL.

 ninjakun Dec 23, 2001
do you mean:

1) boil water in pot

2) drop the disc in boiling water ?

MasterAkumaMatata: which is the wrong side to put "in" ?

 MasterAkumaMatata Dec 23, 2001
I've never done it before though, so I can't confirm if it really works or not. According to SkankinMonkey's suggestion, my guess would be to put it in boiling water with the laser read side facing the water (so as to clear away some layer of film on the read side?).

 SkankinMonkey Dec 23, 2001
yea, you drop it in and when it starts to warp, turn the heat off and let it cool and return to its normal form, it gets all the crap that they put on it off

 Cynnamin Dec 24, 2001
I prefer putting them into the microwave, shiny side up, for 3 - 5 seconds. Depends on the power of your microwave. Anywho, the heat from the microwave will totally destroy all the film on the cd's surface. This is better if you are hesitant about putting your cd's into boiling water

 MasterAkumaMatata Dec 24, 2001

  
	
	

		
		

			I prefer putting them into the microwave, shiny side up, for 3 - 5 seconds. Depends on the power of your microwave. Anywho, the heat from the microwave will totally destroy all the film on the cd's surface. This is better if you are hesitant about putting your cd's into boiling water

Oh, it will do that and more,

 Quadriflax Dec 24, 2001
Kinda reminds me of the time someone in alt.games.redalert2 said they tried to fix a scratch on their CD by putting it to a light bulb. *sigh...*

 MasterAkumaMatata Dec 28, 2001

  
	
	

		
		

			what is that broken pic of in your post Akuma?

It's an LOL emoticon from another message board. Sometimes it shows up, sometimes it doesn't; it's weird. If only the Admins added more emoticons, that would be nice, so I wouldn't have to steal them from other boards, LOL!

 paulpsomiadis May 9, 2002
Yup, you're another guy with GD-ROM laser reading problems. I had this with my first DC and some of the games.

But adjusting the GDROM BIAS POT makes even scratched discs easy to read...

Email me at: -

gppsomiadis@yahoo.co.uk...

and I'll send you a document on how to do this!

 SegaSaturnDDR May 9, 2002
actualy, i did have problems running an original of shenmue on my dreamcast, it just randomly froze at loading screens, the way i fixed it was buy downloading the backup, which had no such issues

 Funkstar De Luxe May 11, 2002
Have you tried an Audio CD lense cleaner? The one with the two little brusher that you put cleaning liquid on? Try this first before doing anything drastic, coz it worked for me.