Sega GENESIS / Mega Drive II | Black Screen of DEATH! & Bad Audio!
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- čas přidán 24. 09. 2021
- A friend of mine asked me to take a look at his Mega Drive 2, as it was only showing a blank screen and not playing any games! It also appears to have a problem with the sound, producing a beeping/crackling noise!
Let's see if we can repair it!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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I was literally yelling at my computer screen for almost a minute straight: "YOU REFLOWED TWO PINS TOGETHER" lol.
The most hilarious thing is that he still believes himself that the issue was because someone was attempting to mod it, while the truth is that the console just had dirty connectors and the shorting was caused entirely by him at 5:04. That guy need better glasses :D
Hi, if you get yourself a cheapish air compressor with a narrow air gun attachment they're invaluable when dealing with electronics. They blow away all the dust/ grime and detruis really easily. It gives you a nice clean area before starting any repair. Definitely worth the investment as cleaning the internals of any console/ computer is done in seconds. Love you vids by the way.
I hooked up the Mega Drive 2 recently and like the video I got the first screen and after that it went black. The air compressor did the job!
And a face mask.
The quality of your videos are excellent, the channel deserves so much more.
Thanks David, that means alot! 😍
the quality of your mom is excellent
Nearly 100k subs! 👍🏻
Just recently discovered your channel. I'm loving the content. Your videos are very informative and you're funny with your voiceovers and singing.
I did see in you video that you bridged the soldering and said out loud (to myself) that's going to cause an issue lol.
Keep up the great content. Still working through your catalog but already subscribed and looking at Patreon
99% Alcohol, microscope reflowing and metal detection... What's not to like? Good job man.
Thanks James! 👍
The stop motion was really fun to see. I love the genesis (mega drive). Great video.
Thanks Taylor! I've got a soft spot for the Mega Drive too... Some incredible games! 👍
Good video Steve, been waiting all week for it, going on CZcams between classes every day to see if you(or mymatevince) have uploaded anything fun/educational to watch since spending 15 hours on campus some days just suck and I definitely need that break between just to relax and watch these fixes, but I also understand that editing these videos can be an entire project itself and take time too and also that life gets busy, just keep focusing on givingus the same great contentyou usually do and don't worry about rushing for the video. Also I wanted to mention/thank you for having the wii-mote repair video I saw it a while back and I did end up with some broken wii motes and your video made fault finding some of them pretty quick, no way would I have found that fuse 1 on my own to test; I still have a few broken wii motes though that I can't figure out what's wrong with them so I'm gonna give 2 of them a reflow when I get a minute of free time, and there's another wii-mote (with motion plus) that had a smd capacitor explode and it caused a good bit of corrosion damage so that one's gonna be a fun fix, gonna have even more fun finding a replacement smd capacitor for it, but I suppose I can always steal one from the other two wii motes if I can't get them working; I'll probably give you an update as a comment in a future video when I eventually get it done, but for now I think it's gonna be a while since I ran out of space and have no deskspace for my new hot air reflow station
Thanks Jacob 👍 really appreciate that! I hope you can fix up those wiimotes, that does sound like a fun little project! Good luck and please let me know how you get on! 👍
Like I said earlier in other videos, you make it look simple, but you diagnosed the problem very very fast and accurately, and to do that you have to know what you're doing. Nice fix, Captain Bodge! I might have ordered a microscope just like yours. Guess who was my inspiration?... 😁😁😁
😁 thanks Pedro! I hope you enjoy the microscope, it helped me out loads when I first got it... I couldn't believe how clear the images were! Look forward to hearing how you get on with it! 👍
After spending the last 15 years only playing the Megadrive on emulators, it shocked me how much slower the real system runs when I bought one last year. I always thought it was a bit of an urban myth that the US version was so much faster but things like sonic are markedly different.
oh yeah it's a shock eh.
sonic theme tune on 60hz v 50hz is a great example in the speed between the machines.
nearly 30 years later I realised us in the UK got a very very raw deal with PAL games
On games such as NES Tetris they completely changed the gamespeed for NTSC vs PAL to sorta make up for it.
@@superamario6464 we got a better picture with more lines for a slightly slower speed. Aslo when computers where starting to gain popularity most programmers where in Europe using pal, so no we didn't get a raw deal, we got what was supposed to be and ntsc got it sped up
@@nicholasgreen2012 err yes we do.
You are talking about more lines being advantageous ...on a CRT...where the primary mode of connection was RF output? This argument stands for the original xbox 360 and 720p v 1080i/p but not for 16-bit hardware.
Also I prefer a faster game on NTSC format. Mario Kart, Streetfighter, Sonic...all faster on NTSC. I don't really care where the programmers where from and why they slowed down the experience.
@@superamario6464 so pal having 100 lines more than ntsc meaning more room to display is better. You preferring a faster game means nothing to how the game is ment to be.
Awesome! The speck of stuff has gone!
Great repair too BTW.
😁 thanks Billy!
my bet is someone tried to mod it (thats why some of the solder looked reflowed) and shorted it in the process. they don't always have to be hard fixes to be good vids 🙂
Thanks Zed! Yeah, I think you're right. Someone had definitely attempted to do something in there before! 👍
No, you can see it very clearly at 5:04 how there's a metal piece coming out of the soldering iron and connects the pins(the 5th and 6th pins from left to right at the bottom) So you did this shorting accidentally, I guess the problem with the console was dirty connectors. @@StezStixFix
Nice simple fix. Congrats Steve.
Thanks RB. Yep, a straight forward one, I like those! 😁
excellent video! Decidedly far above average! God bless you and yours!
Good to see this Mega Drive II fix there Steve very interesting repair and good to see its now working -nice 1 mate 👍
Thanks Chris! 👍
Is that castle of illusion? Great job as always Steve! I really do look forward to your vids coming out mate. Great job on the consoles and the videos in general! #goals!
Cheers Wayne! Yeah, love Castle of Illusion! 😍
@@StezStixFix Oh the nostalgia! Playing Sonic on the MS2 the other day transported me back to being around 7 years old. Amazing!
The game used for testing was World of Illusion, the sequel.
Thank you so much, this helped me fix my own issues with my own Sega Genesis model 1 🤣
All I had to do was clean the back side of the board!
Great job and Better magic trick with the invisible hand moving the towel..💕💕💕
Thanks Lalo! 😊
Nice work. How can I have missed this video?! I´m always looking for "megadrive black screen" "genesis black screen", etc etc.
I was utterly excited when I saw you had the copyright message and then a black screen, as that is my exact symptom in my Model 1. Too bad (for me) yours just worked after that reset.
I´ll keep an eye on the channel.
PS: wow, that was an easily triggerable ocd
That's a licensing message displayed by the TMSS (Trade Mark Security System) which is in a boot ROM that's in Mega Drives made from September 1991 onwards (Model 1 VA5 onwards).
It checks for a "SEGA" text string in the game cartridge's ROM header, and the idea was, if that was present, that message "produced by or under licence from Sega Enterprises Ltd" would display (and the game would boot), and therefore the game publisher would be claiming to be one of Sega's licensed third-party publishers and that their game was licensed by Sega, so if that wasn't true they could take the publisher to court...
This was after a company called Accolade had reverse-engineered the Genesis and published unlicensed games that worked on Model 1 consoles up to VA4 (made until August 1991) without the TMSS boot room (the Model 1 VA2 Genesis had come out in August 1989, so the Genesis was made without TMSS for 2 years).
That mega games music takes me back
😊 Yeah, it's cool how you remember things like that and it triggers those happy memories!
LOLOL...I do find myself blowing my phone screen every now and again. Thanks for the edutainment!
you might consider your videos mediorcre but I find them to be fun and I have learned some things from ya while you yourself were learning! Although there have been a few videos where I knew what the issue was before you did, but that's a bit rare, or maybe you were playing it up for the camera.
That must be so satisfying when you get it working. I just got one and it's doing the Same thing so you've helped me on my journey to hopefully fix it. When you did that clean to the board at the end was that just the isopropal alcohol again?
1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth
Nice to see Dave in his Supervisory role Steve.
Thanks Davey! Yeah, he has assumed that role very nicely! 😁
Another great video. Thanks
When I first seen this this brother Steve! I thought' oh! here we go again CPU Swap time. You could have done the speed/region mods why you was in there 👍🏻
Haha, glad I didn't have to swap out the CPU on this one! 😁 I would definitely do that mod, but this one isn't mine so I want to give it back "better than factory" 😎. I might have a go at that mod on the other one I fixed though! 👍
Your new found friendship with Dave means the world to me.
You are the man! Would love to see some really challenging work! Videos 1 hour+.
Thanks Willy! I've certainly had a few of those in the past, I try to mix it up a bit! The XBox One S I did was a bit of a marathon! 😬
@@StezStixFix I see, it is a matter of editing I guess. Vince`s most entertaining videoes are the ones where he struggled for hours, back in the days. Sadistic?:-). These days he is a bit too skilled, but his videoes are still entertaining, must be noted.
@@willkra yeah, sometimes I'll have 4 or 5 hours of video to edit down, but a lot of it is just me bumbling around! The Switch one I did a few videos back was over 2 days! So it's hard to know how long they'll be once edited down sometimes 👍
Another enjoyable video.glad u saved another one from going in the bin
Thanks Will. 👍
I love seeing mega drives live to play another day
Finally I had time to watch your great videos! Great Fix!
Thanks Wolli! A nice easy one in the end, but still very satisfying! 😊
Got to love the simple fixes :D
Thanks Tony! Yep, sometimes the easy ones are the most satisfying! 😁
Play so much on this console Sonic and Robocop. Nice fix!
Love Robocop! 😍
Nice video Steve. This was an easy one :)
Thanks Kiki! Yep, love a good easy one from time to time! 😁
@@StezStixFix agreed 😀
Nice fix Steve, but you have got to start listening to me when I am shouting at the screen "THERE'S A SHORT"
Haha! I'll put me hearing aids in! 😂
I have a Sega model one that had a black screen. I simply cleaned it and the games themselves and it works just fine now. Clean your consoles/games people. It’s usually that simple.
👍👍👍
👍😊 thanks Vince!
OMG you are a master ❤
Im from Argentina and got a clone last week, it had terrible difficulty to boot up cartidges until it definitely stopped, and now went into black screen of death... im gonna try the reflux thing on the cartidge slot pins. Got nothing to lose rn
great video can i ask what microscope you use
many thanks
This fix was hard to find. Good job! Now you can play Mickey Mouse!
Nice one 👍
Cheers Jonathan! 👍
i know this vid is a year old but i think putting this here is the only place to make you catch it and understand what im talking about lol.... to clean a cart slot here is the most effective method... get an old cartridge junk one pull the board out of it and use some 2 micron lapping film wrap around the cartridge pins soak in 99% iso and put in and out repeatedly .. bingo the 10000 grit of the lapping films knocks off the corrosion and does not affect the slot pins! ..
keep up the good work!
A thin bit of paper towel or gauze with iso on it wrapped around one edge of an old bank card slots in nicely and cleans the cart slot a fair bit.
nice video and congrats on the fix i wish i do it next.
i have a q what psu and av cable did you use on mega drive and where did you get it ?
and can you get a Japanese og xbox and convert its psu from 100v to 220-240v or do you have any idea how to do it ?
I remember opening a Mega Drive 2 a few years ago and found that there was a spider's web inside it. A spider was living in it at some point and it still worked.
Cor blimey mate if people with OCD could see my workshop thay would pull there eyes out for sure :-) . thanks.
I'd been wondering about the rest of the bottle quietly evaporating while you used the cap,
It’s weird not seeing Dave in his epoxy bubble
Wow this is amazing! In my case each time I touch the video cord (Heprkin HDTV Cable ) where it connects to my Sega Genesis 2, the colors on the screen get screwed, or I get the black screen or no sound. Could that be the actual connector port on sega genesis?
Hey bro ! Thanks for the video ! I have same issue to my sega MD console that sometimes it works sometimes not ! It is always show the sega words at the beginning then turned full black screen ! Any idea how to fix it !?
have you considered getting a hobbyist air compressor and like an airbrush or something? when I want to quickly and fairly deeply clean electronics I use my airbrush and it blasts everything except THE most stubborn junk away. Just getting into your vids they are great.
Your funny dude you do make me giggle peace bro
😁 thanks David!
I've got 2 I'm hoping to fix soon. I really hope it's the cartridge reader because I'm not hot with a soldering iron (yet).
congrats mega drive uncle
What if I have pic but no sound? Is it a cap or a resister some where I need to check? Maybe the connection in back?
I don't have any isopropyl alcohol, would methylated spirits work the same for cleaning?
Hey. I have a question. I tried to do a 50/60hz mod like 10 years ago on a snes console. I was inexperienced and screwed it up. I bridged 3 pins and then in my panic (mega idiot) turned it on and of course it didn't work. I tried to desperately remove the solder but made it slightly worse (might have bent a pin a little bit), I didn't have the right equipement and only did some soldering before my attempt (not sure why I thought this was a good idea lol). Could I still save my SNES or is it a goner? I would've linked a pic, but youtube really doesn't like linking.
It is on S-PPU2 chip, pin 30-28.
Wow externally it seems as new without any scratches.
Hi Tony! Yeah, it's in really good condition this one! 👌
Please state what microscope set up you have, it's fantastic
What do you use for connecting to a TV without composite?
I just found my mega drive 2 and original leads and controller in mums attic will it work I found out soon ??
Hi watched this , got 2 Sega mega drives I’ve set 1 up works good , but the other one plays black and white picture only …and only changed console No wires . Any clues please
I loves a bit of Streets of Rage I do.
Hello, I wanted to ask you the name of your test monitor? I always see a fantastic picture on your old consoles. What resolution does it support? Greetings from Germany ;)
Hi Gute! It's a generic one from Amazon, it supports up to 1080p, but it has composite and VGA in on the back, so comes in handy. They don't seem to stock it any more, but it's very similar to this one: amzn.to/3yiWIzK 👍
Just bought sega 2 and not working 4k tv bought adapter for the yellow and red plug still not working any other tips you could help me with to get working
Oooh! A Mark 2 has bad audio, well ....we all know that.
Easy to knack up the video out port & the Mark 2 hasn't got the audio chip that is in the Mark 1, it's a more crappier cheaper chip, my least favorite Mega Drive is the Mark 2!😅
8:20 this might leave your room a funny smell
My room stinks anyway 😁
Nice one. I like working on these Megadrives, really easy to take apart and there's no ribbon cables! Can you tell me the model no. of the monitor you're using for testing please?
Thanks Phil 👍 It's a Kenowa 10.1". Doesn't appear to have a model number! I got it for £60 a few months back, I've just looked on Amazon and it appears to have increased to £105.99! I think you can probably get better for that kind of money! It's this one: amzn.to/3AMGCg8
@@StezStixFix Wow that's quite an increase. I'll keep looking ha ha
That dirty board needed a bath in an ultrasonic cleaner.
I have the same issue on a Genesis mk-1631, any tips (no game in the slot)
why is there a wire making a bridge in this megadrive ? strange, but i still have my problem with mine, anyway
Just like my grandpa, his cold joints need a bit of a soldering 😂
Haha, brilliant! 🤣
@@StezStixFix Nah brah you are brilliant. Keep up the good work and remember to clean your soldering iron tip 😂
🤣 🤣 yeah, I do have a habit of leaving the iron. I've got all the cleaning bits and bobs on hand, but I just forget! 😊
Is that liquid you put at 5:00 heating soldering wire or what is called that ?
It’s called flux
I have the same issue with my N64. I wonder if this will fix it.....?
It's weird seeing Dave outside his resin home.
5:06 there is a bridge on bottom row
Well done!
After all that hard work you deserve a big bag of pork scratchings and a pint of cloudy scrumpy.
at 5:05 you seem to have soldered 2 of them together!
5:05 😅That short.
You should know all you needed to do was blow on the cartridge slot, always worked lol
2/3 of issues is caused by internal video encoder, just install a RGB bypass, this solve the issue
I just realized that the system is called Mega Drive outside of the US.... Hearing it called Mega Drive instead of Sega Genesis feels strange to me.
You should have “almost” removed the crud from your microscope! It would have made me feel very satisfied
My OCD is this….
Dave was looking a little pesky today. Maybe spruce him up a bit for the next video? Take him out for a beer maybe?
Other than that…. I’m glad Billy is happy now….
😁 an excellent suggestion, Guy! I'm sure would love a good pint of IPA. 👍
Not the stuff I use for cleaning, obviously. But the Pale Ale variety! 😁
Damn……I just took a shot of the cleaning fluid…..
Now I feel like Dave looks…..
@@guywilton7471 🤣
Can you clean a board in dipping it in IPA and let it dry.
Yeah, you can do that, I've been thinking of getting an ultrasonic cleaner and trying that out👍
Easy peasy :)
If you stroke it on the upper left side & say i love you! It will regenerate and start working again, i have been in the business field to long not to know!
Call it Jeff. Jeff Bridges.
💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤
Before Dave ended up like Han Solo
I used to own this awesome game console... But when I was 13 years old, I made a HUGE mistake: I sold it :(
😲 OH NO! That definitely was a mistake. I did something similar with my Game Gear - wish I'd have kept that thing!
@@StezStixFix , Now I'm looking on the eBay to buy one! And a GameBoy as well!
Gooby pls
You would of saved way more time if you'd just blown in the cartridge..
Maybe invest in an air compressor. Or at least a can of compressed air
Why not just buy a cleaning cartridge
I'm not sure it wouldv'e worked here with the cold solder joints, plus no point spending money on one of those when Isopropyl Alcohol does the trick.
@@StezStixFix if it wasn’t the solder which you did a good jot of and luckily you was rite about it. To clean the cartridges I clean the contacts on cartridges I open them up and rub gently with a pan sponge scrubber I find they come up like new
@@michailokeefeMooMoo that's a good tip! thanks Michail 👍
And the stupid game???
"stupid piece of metal"
Finally someone from 2023
You don't clean with ipa, it is for flushing the cleaning fluid out. Ipa is good for sterilisation not cleaning
The problem is you in the wrong region...lol.
Shave that beard off, no real reason, or have an isopropyl beverage n coke