Sega 32X - Won't Read Games - Fixing Ebay Junk
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2019
- I picked up a non-working 32X on Ebay. The seller says it woudn't read any games. Turns out to be a fairly common and easy fix.
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Thanks for watching - Hry
19:15 I appreciate you turning the screw counter-clockwise to not make any new threads in the plastic. A lot of people on CZcams don't do that.
Drop threading. :) I learnt to do that with RC vehicle builds about 10 years ago and now do it for every single time I put metal screws into plastic.
@@MV60 Yeah it's a good practice. I wish more knew about it.
@@inputfunny Yep, the plastic is kept in great condition. I've removed and inserted screws into the same plastic parts many times over and they're still in the same condition as when you remove or insert the screw for the first time. The little extra time it takes is worth it.
normal practice lol
@C B S How is your comment relevant at all?
Those ribbon cables are seated better than most monarchs throughout history!
IKR, it looked like it took a bit of force to remove them.
@@madmax2069 Depends on the unit. Mine weren't that hard to remove, but I don't think my 32x was in contact with much moisture.
Holy cow! I can't believe a simple cleaning and a ribbon cable reset fixed my 32x. Thank you
I haven't been able to use my 32x in 20 years, but you just helped me fix it! I feel like I got a part of my childhood back
Someone please explain why I am so captivated by this guy fixing things.. I have seen many repair videos of many things but this guy just has every bit of my attention!!
*Magic*
@@KISSbestfan i accept this answer
@Šháwķțhëhāwķ I accept this answer
@C B S sure it is ! Although being a cover, Ace surely gave it some great vibe !
if you follow the shielding grime/rust down you can tell somebody spilled something on this 32x and it got the ribbon cable dirty as even the shielding on the lower part of the 32x has that grime right next to the cable. Edit: timestamp where you can see the corrosion under the cable: 18:28
I just received a 32x off of ebay today and it had the same problem. I followed along with your video and was able to get it running again, thank you so much for making this!
This was just the video i needed to see. I had the same problem as described, same solution. Man, i was about to yell at the poindexter who sold me the thing! Great video! Much thanks!
I know this video is 4 years old and I doubt you'll see this but genuinely this video helped me so much. Thank you
Shoutouts to the dog nose sniffing around at 4:30
MAstER hAs BUY sOMe NEw STUff
@@kliop00023 more like, 'the fuck is that smell?!' = is isopropyl alcohol. Which is strong for us, dog probably thinks the house is about to explode.
It's always best to do your metal sanding over something non-electrical.
I wish the 32x got more love in it's day. It was amazing how absurd it was.
This saved my ass!! Thanks probably the most comprehensive you fix it video I've seen. Props and thanks!!!
Man your videos are so chill. It'd be sick to see you start uploading again
keep making videos i really enjoy them and learn how to fix my own problems thanks for all the knowledge you share
I really enjoy your Videos. Thanks and keep Up with the great Work!
This video helped me repair my 32x. Cleaned and adjusted the ribbons and cleaned the cartridge slot and Space Harrier booted up great!
Excellent repair. Well done all around.
Lol I dunno why but being American I always get a kick out of Canadian accents 😁 Great video as always! This will surely help a lot of ppl fix their 32Xes!
Usually it's just the two white ribbon cables that are the cause of most 32x issues.
I rarely comment on CZcams but I must say thank you so much! I suddenly couldn't play my games but this video saved the day.
extremely helpful! Helped save my 32x!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!! My 32x all of a sudden stopped working! It was the white ribbon connectors. Luckily, I was able to pull mine out easily and reinsert them. It's all up and running again!
4:20 dog [always forget her? name 4 remembering all cartilage names lol]:
*sniff* MAstER hAs BUY sOMe NEw STUff
Thanks so much! You got my megadrive 32x working again! Happily playing chaotix now LOL
i had the same issue on my uk 32x! very easy fix.great video
Extremely common with this. Other than that, you don't usually see a lot of problems with them
Heard of it in early 2004. It didn't matter if it was a brand new system (I got a brand new one in 2003, prices were still down then) these are just finicky in that way.
aaah the good ol reseating the ribbon cables trick I’ve worked as a tote man for many years and this was a very common issue with our wagering machines same thing applies to mostly any piece of electronics married via ribbon cable’s
4:40 "such doge, much love"
I've been watching your videos for a while now and i've been wondering, what is the most "complicated" problem you find in repearing those eletronic components? Also, is the newer hardware problems any different from the older ones?
Great content, keep it up.
The concepts for fixing these things stay the same, but with newer things everything gets smaller and smaller. Eventually you're trying to fix things you can barely see with magnification. There are some things I can't fix unless I don't have caffeine that day.
@@TravisFabel It's impressive things that are smaller than what we see in the video can be repaired by hand, of course with the right tools. Thanks for clearing it up, cheers!
Fantastic repair!
Awesome video as always 👍🏻❤️
Kona be like "you need me yet?"
Thanks for another interesting vid!.... I definitely prefer the console and controller repairs you do. Can you please do some ps2/ps3 vids?.... I have a bunch of both consoles and controllers in my collection I am trying to fix and some expert guidance would sure help!!!
THANK YOU!!! Just fixed mine with your help!!!!
Could be wrong, but my guess would be that since that foam is in the way of the screws it could be there simply as form of warranty indicator? Like if it's missing you know someone was playing around in there. Probably not, but it was a thought I had. Nice job anyway.
Your patch cable is 3rd party designed to work for the gen 1 Genesis. If you were using an OEM cable, it would be the patch cable plus a gen 1 adapter. In case someone is watching and wonders why their cable is different, or why there's won't plug into the Genesis 1.
Mine stopped working in 2003, I'll follow your procedure and see what I can get. Thankyou very much
$30-35 bucks great deal and a great find my 32X I wished cost that much when I bought one
I can smell the handle on that yellow philips screwdriver lol.
All. Modern games use polygons. It's just we can use far more many of them than back in the day. Good video.
Very true. Guess i meant early or obvious polygons. Very early 3d games look way worse than even mediocre 2d games to me. It definitely took a while until the tech caught up
Hey there buddy what’s going on we meet again have you got the PS2 that I was talking about?
Clean yur Segaaaaaa 🤣 Nice video as usually 👍👍
Wish I knew this back then.. I junked mine back in 1999. I thought it had something to do with the electromagnetic plates, no change... There was ONE day where Kolibri started working, but didn't work anymore after I powered off. F'ing wish I kept it all ughhhhh kolibri is flipping expensive now.
kona boy is back again!!!
What’s the brand of the precision driver?
Do you typically aim for cheap broken items to repair and resell or do you mainly just chase the challenge of it? Not sure about the value of a 32X, but $35 for a broken console doesn't seem like a great deal for reselling purposes. But I could be wrong. Great vid!
Mostly challenge, and i can often make it back through CZcams revenue, so i don't always look at what it would cost to fix/resell. From strictly buying, fixing, selling, there isn't a lot of money to make doing that unless you do a LOT of consoles.
32x on ebay are around 100$
@RetroRepairs When I turn My 32X on, the power button lights up, but nothing appears - not even the license information, just a blank screen. It doesn't work with Sega Genesis or 32X cartridges.
Also, I noticed when I press the power button while the 32X is in the cartridge slot, plugged in, and has the connector link cable plugged into the Genesis the console doesn't turn off (or at the very least the power light doesn't go off - no way to know for sure if the console is off, when it doesn't display a picture).
The only way to turn it off is to pull the power cable out of the 32X, remove the 32X from the cartridge slot, or remove the connector link cable.
Is this normal?
Curious would the RF shields come with your Ebay purchase because that was an issue for some back in the day.
You mean the clips that go beside the cart connector? Usually no. They're not really required, just to pass fcc testing
If the cart would not have shown the title screen I would has suspected it to be a region code or pal vs ntsc issue.
Typically the reason you see jumper wires attached like that is a cost thing. One of the biggest costs for mass manufacturing is tooling, as I'm sure you know. The jumpers can be for any number of things, including your guess about needing voltage. Obviously they'd rather just design it "right" the first time, but sometimes (using your example) it's possible that maybe the current isn't smooth enough, or there is too much voltage drop, or whatever. Instead of re-designing the board and then having to reprogram the part placement, which could ultimately cost a ton of money if everything needs to be scrapped, it can (and usually is, this case is no different) be far more economical to simply pay a guy to stand on the line and just solder in a jumper.
Pretty much ANY time you see that on a board, it's because they determined it was cheaper to just pay someone to hand solder in a patch than it is to revise the manufacturing process. Basically the only time they're ever going to redesign is because they found a way to produce it cheaper.
Can you tell me how to know if my sega 32x is working if I don't have 32x game? I only have sega genesis game. It work fine with sega genesis game on but have audio issue.
I almost thought you'd forget that little foam insulation piece at the end...
I was positive that i would too
You almost thought or you did think? If you almost thought it then you did think about it in order to type...
Maybe he thought about thinking about it, but upon thinking on it, he decided not to think i would forget?
So I cleaned it up, I see the license screen and nothing :( old or 32x won't work on it but the Sega CD will out put through the five 5 cable but no sound :( I plugged the high 5 cable in to Sega adapter cable and I can see the old games but now sound ... Only have sound if I use the coaxial cable .. and thoughts?
What do you do with all the stuff you fix?
Those ribbon cables come right out after spraying Deoxit on em
I have a SNES that has the same problem. When I power on the system, the copyright screen come's on, then it just sits still. I don't know what part I would have to check.
Cpu or ppu problem. It's dead. Save the shell if it's not too yellow.
I got mine on Christmas Day 94 and it never worked. It wouldn't play Doom. It had the stats bar at the bottom but the rest was a black screen. Then as an adult I heard that if you had the original version of Sega Genesis, certain 32 X Games wouldn't work.
i fixed 2 32x's in the same night by reseating those 2 ribbon cables on top, all i did. I guess heat builds up and they wiggle their way out of a firm connection.
Cool!
hi Retro Repairs. I have a question. I bought a Sega Saturn. He goes as far as when I insert a cd. He starts reading them and then the entire console freezes. can not do anything after about 5 minutes, the cd does not turn and it flashes the orange lamp. what do you think is the problem. when I screwed it on and hit the switch for the drive the laser lights up and moves a bit and the lens goes up and down. thanks in advance Miuga
Bad laser. They wear out. Not worth fixing. Save the unit there will be a modification board out soon that will covert it to read sd cards.
do you ever buy things and end up not being able to repair them, or does it almost always work out?
Sometimes there are some that i haven't fixed. A couple 2ds, some genesis carts and a bunch of snes consoles. With the snes, the effort to fix isn't worth it (need to replace the CPU, and the genesis are usually bad ROM chips which i cant reprogram
Depends on console. Newer ones tend to be unfixable. Original Xbox, NES, Atari, and slim PS2 has high repair success rates. Dreamcast bad lasers can be replaced with gdrom emulator. 360 and PS3 are impossible without expensive reflow equipment. Handhelds also vary.
I got an n64 cartridge and the actual board itself is broken where the pins are. I've seen you repair traces plenty of times but any suggestions on the board itself being broken?
Would be best to swap the board with a cheap game if it's a game you care about. It could be fixable, but it will never be as strong. Pretty much have to glue toe board back together then repair every damaged trace, and even still, it probably won't be a great repair.
@@RetroRepairs Thanks for the advice! That's what I was afraid you'd say though lol
That connector cables!
I don't know if you will see this, but I need some help with a 32x, I bought a 84000A recently and it seems to have a power problem, when I hook it up and power it on nothing happens on screen, and it creates a high pitched whine from the system itself, I muted the tv to make sure, and if plugged into a genesis model 2 it will often be forcing enough power into the system to keep it from turning off until I pull the plug on the 32x, do you think a simple recap will fix it, or is it likely a problem in its mess of components?
It's worth a try recapping it. That can cause all sorts of issues
@@RetroRepairs ok. I recapped it, still has the problem, but it only happens when I have the connector cable for video in place, could it be that something is grounded where it shouldn't which draws too much power? And after looking into it the whine could be from a bad voltage regulator coil, could that be related to my problem?
@@RetroRepairs ok, I did track down the source of the whine, the voltage regulator chip was bad and it was blowing out the coil right next to the power plug, but it still won't read games and it doesn't get enough power moving through it to act as a video passthough unless I use a connector cable with a 5v pin still in it, (which means the genesis itself is supplying the 5v) and if I use the 3 way cable it draws enough power that the sega cd won't turn on half the time, and if I can get the 32x to pass power it only works on the 3way and is much darker than it should be and only shows up on a system with a rgb amp, nothing shows up on a model 2 other than a black screen
Genesis really does what Nintendon't, I will never understand what they were thinking with 32X and Sega CD all connected with each other like that.
Oh my God the SEGA Tower of Doom!!!
hey i have a game system with a screw that is stripped on the top so i cant spin it to get it out how could i get it out?
You could try drill it, or get one of the bits designed to bite into stripped screws
@@RetroRepairs it would be cool if you could do a video fixing a 3ds with a power shortage because there arent very many of those that arent like 240p
These things are beyond finicky. I had one when it first came out that stopped working after a couple weeks, exchanged it, and got a new replacement that also stopped working after about a month. So I boxed it back up in the original packaging, and intended to exchange it again, never got around to it, and by that time Sega discontinued them. That thing sat in one closet after another getting shuffled around, move houses twice, until finally I got a hair up my ass to do something about it. A few week ago I was setting up my retro games in my new house and decided to take a stab at fixing it. Push in the ribbons, tested it uncovered, and well... Holy crap it works! Put the thing back together tested it again, and... nothing......well, son of a bitch. Long story longer, it went back and forth a couple time with it, and just when I was about to give up and just play the thing without coverings it had occured to me that it inserted into the cartridge slot deeper when it was outside of the coverings. The edge connector on the PCB was making minimal contact with the socket, and thus would not work. So my next move was one I was hesitant to make, but I pulled out the old Dremel tool and started grinding down the lip on the bottom of the unit. For what ever reason the top cover of my model 1 Genesis was pushing out the 32x from the cartridge slot. Once I sanded that lip down a bit (take your time with it, please, lest you risk putting excessive load onto the top of the motherboard of you Genesis) everything worked fine. Hopefully that helps one of you guys out there looking to fix one of these. I have a deep suspicion this could be one of the major reasons these thing tend to stop working.
I found a Sega 32X in an old house nobody has lived in for over 20 years and it was caked full of rust which I cleaned up but it still won't read games and it only gives me a blank screen, pink screen, green screen, and orange screen.
My 32x doesn't work with my Everdrive anymore. It will play whatever game is already flashed to the cart but if I try to load another game it comes up with an error message. The Everdrive still works fine when the 32x is removed and I just use the Genesis. Any ideas?
I have cleaned all the slots and tried the 32x on multiple consoles with the same result. Any help would really be appreciated. 32x runs normal carts perfectly.
The ribbon cables come lose of need cleaning that’s usually what causes it not to work most of the time other than the obvious the capacitors need replaced
Yo, I hear a dog walking around
A bit of dust cleaning wont hurt
I get tissue and fold till it is thick enough to touch each side of the cartridge slot then slide it across.
That foam piece is suppose to be there. Mine has one too.
Did you ever fix your broken 2DS?
The 2DS isn't economic to fix. Broken screen units sell for 25. Replacement screen costs 25. Fixed unit sells for 45. Problems with the 2DS other than a broken screen are rare.
@@JohnGotts Just curious because I was given a broken 2DS for free and I can't get it working. I don't know how to troubleshoot it. I've never fixed a console before.
*at least he didnt shoot it with a flaming bow like the nerd did*
I really should be keeping my eye open for "not working" 32X's on ebay. It may be my only option for being able to afford one.
32x again. Oh well. This system definetly had got potential, especially when it comes to the 3D gaming. Sadly those were the times devs started to design the 3D games for PCs more willingly, because it was much easier, as you could use the pure power coming from the RAM, instead of pulling many tricks to make it working
As long as there are fans,
eventually people will make games for it again.......
The light at the end of the tunnel, may be you.....
Point is.... Bought for 35 non working.. Sold for 65-70 working.. doubled money for a few minutes cleaning.
I bought a 32x on eBay and when I hooked it up it didn't work, and it was the ribbon cables.
It usually is
What happens if you stack multiple 32X on top of each other? I'd like to see what happens.
Opens up the wormhole to an alternate universe like in the old tv series "sliders".
I'd wager it just does a pass-through. I know if you stack multiple Sonic & Knuckles carts, it just plays one instance.
It's kind of like if kirby sucked up another kirby.
Mine powers on. But wont even. Display the sega boot logo. Any ideas?
Clean the cart connector first
The dog is at 4:32
Hey Retro Repairs! I'm hoping you can help me out in some way! I just bought an N64 off a co worker of mine. It came with all the necessary cords and controller, it will properly turn on but it won't read any games. I should point out that it is missing the flappy cartridge holder, that may have something to do with it. Anything you can do to help?!
Try a cleaning first. Clean the cart slot and the cartridges. Make sure the jumper pak is installed. Check that the reset button isn't stuck. Other than that, could be a number of things.
Try another jumoer pack. If you cleaned it with alcohol and replaced the pack it's not worth diagnosing further. Most likely video problem at that point.
Wait, all you have to do is wipe the ribbon cable pins with IPA?!
Dammit, someone get me a time machine so I can go back and save the 32X my brother threw out when it stopped working when we were kids.
Often, yep. That's a common point of failure
That's the common and easy fix for not only the 32x, but *most* cartridge problems. Mind, I said most; not all. But there are usually other ways to fix a game if it won't work, see RetroRepairs' other videos.
What TV is that?
Some sort of samsung. Fairly "modern" crt, it has component and s-video
I'm thinking those ribbon cables were locked into the slots with pinch mechanisms. I noticed tiny pin holes that probably need to be pushed to release the locks.
Those poor ribbon cables.....
I swear those were easier to open than this when I was 10...
P.S. On stuck ribbon connectors, they usually just need some form of lubrication. A Q.Tip and some rubbing alcohol on both sides usually lets them slide right out.
I swear he advertises "Isopropyl alcohol" *shows bottle* in all his vids.....a possible sponsor maybe....lol😂😂
I wish!
Lol, but honestly matey, love your videos please keep them coming, I fix electronics myself and have learnt a lot from you. Stay cool and keep fixing.
I kind of gathered from looking around in your room there that nobody ever sits on that couch because it's very dusty I think you need to dust your couch because I don't think anybody sits there and place your games I think the only thing you do is you you sit over in the table and repair them and nobody sits at that couch and plays the games because I don't think that couch has been sat on for a long time being that it's a little couch or pleather couch the dust is just very thick on it
Around the time this was made, that part was used for storage of cabinets and other stuff as I was doing a reno, so it got zero use.
damn you could of least of dusted of the Genesis
BRO!.
Do yourself a favor and get on a FORUM that specifically revolves around your system or has a section.....
Sega16.com is your friend.....
The knowledge in their Forum is infinetely superior to anything else when it comes to RETRO SEGA.
sega16.com does not exsist anymore try it
@@nithpro1385 The FORUM is still active and functional.....
@@nithpro1385 Sega16.com is not going anywhere anytime soon....
@@nithpro1385 The correct address is Sega-16.com
I think the correct link is sega-16.com
Why do people hate the 32X?
Simple.
In this world...
I t ' s k I l l o r b e k I l l e d !
*Omega flowey intensifies*
Those laminated plastic ribbon cables are fucking awful and I despise them.
Lexx quotes lol
Dude... Dust your couch!
Where did you get 99% Isoproply Alcohol ? The Best I could find was 91%.
Different areas have different regulations. I can buy 99 off the shelf at my local drug store.
You could also try a hobby/electronics shop. They might sell branded 99. Might be a bit more expensive than just the cheap medical stuff
Well if you want I can send you the game I am hoping you to fix...
OMG can you dust that magadrive is dirty ! does my ocd no good at all