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MegaDrive 1 Problem

Jacko - Apr 20, 2007

		Jacko	Apr 20, 2007
		Hey All, I bought a megadrive 1 today, plugged it in and all the pictures are screwed up. http://adelaideconcertband.org.au/md1/pics.html... please see the link above for pics. Could anyone tell me what is wrong or how I could fix it? Thanks Scott

		ExCyber	Apr 22, 2007
		My best guess would be that something's wrong with the video encoder (on my board it's IC13; Sony CXA1145) or the surrounding capacitors. It's also possible that something's wrong with the VDP itself (IC8; Sega 315-5313), but you'd need to check RGB output to determine that.

		Nadius	Apr 25, 2007
		Could this also be a result of an ac adaptor of incorrect voltage? I remember when I once used the wrong ac adaptor for my genesis, the colors were off, the image rippled a bit, and the sound was plagued with static.

		Jacko	Sep 14, 2007
		Hey folks, It ended up I could not get this megadrive working, thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up getting another 2nd hand one and it works great! Seeya Jacko

		dibz	Sep 15, 2007
		Awesome to see you finally got a way to play these old games. They're the best!