Can't Play Anything Anymore

[AngelzStylez]

Ok, heres the problem:

The dc loads up to the the dreamcast screen and goes to the options screen with play game, settings, music, and vmu setup but -

1) My dc cant read any of the games ive burnt anymore (they used to work so well)
2) I even tried a music cd, and it wont play that either

Is my dc fried? i really dont wanna get a new one, any ideas anbody?
Please email me if u have a worthwhile suggestion, any help is appreciated.

[kevinflynn]

Be specific always. WHAT EXACT CDs and types?

Anyhow, have you tried ORIGINAL GAMES or an ORIGINAL MUSIC CD? If it DOES work with those, then perhaps some of the games that are out there are FLASHING THE MAIN BOARD of the DC?? This is just speculation , but it wouldn't surprise me.

[AngelzStylez]

Sorry i can't play any burned dc or music cds and im talking any . . . like nrg, cdi, bin, wateva, any and all games, whats this ur talking about flash? is there anyway to fix it? ill try a real music cd in the mean time, thanks

[AngelzStylez]

ok i jsut tried a real music cd and it works, What is the problem?!?! help me please >'(

[webber]

i think that it is the speed which you burnt at, anything over 1x will not work and will ruin your dc after a while, especially home made games and home made audio cd's
sorry,
i know others will disagree with me but my experience in industry should be enough for you to believe me, and if you don't and doubt i really don't care,

here... try an original dc game and if it boots then your problem is the laser on your dc, the dc laser is designed to read pressed games not burnt games, so to improve you can boost the potentiometer (pot) that regulates the laser power (strength) use a digital multimeter to adjust the resistance seen by the pot,

don't ask me how to adjust the pot, search the forums i have previously answered this before and gave the exact resistance values in ohms which should be reported by the multimeter

regards
webber