>press power button
>BEEEEEEEEEEP
>Ryuichi Sakamoto starts playing
>WHIIIIIIRRRRRRRR
>press power button. >BEEEEEEEEEEP. >Ryuichi Sakamoto starts playing. >WHIIIIIIRRRRRRRR
>press power button
>BEEEEEEEEEEP
>Ryuichi Sakamoto starts playing
>WHIIIIIIRRRRRRRR
I'm glad I fixed how loud the system is when it's on
What does the beep mean? I picked up a Dreamcast recently and I had to set the clock after hearing the beep. Is the beep normal? Does the clock stay set if I leave the system plugged in?
How did you do that? It's almost as loud as a PS4.
get a noctua 5v fan and replace the fan
there's even a special mount you can buy to fit in there
it's dead silent now and also runs cooler
That's amazing, I'll look into it.
Is it easy like the Saturn or do I need to open the whole thing up and break out the soldering iron?
My vmu has batteries. The beep is coming from the console.
I guarantee it's your VMU
take out the VMU and startup your console and see if it still beeps
also make sure you buy the correct fan if you do, I made the mistake of getting one that was the wrong voltage
yes, you need to solder to replace the battery in the console
I would recommend doing one of these
also the beep is the VMU flat battery
>Does the clock stay set if I leave the system plugged in?
Nope, not unless you replace the coin cell battery in the console that saves the date/time
What's that
>...
>Ryuichi Sakamoto starts playing
>WHIIIIIIRRRRRRRR
>goes on to subvert techno/pop music
>appear/compose music in commercials for Nissan, Budweiser, and Toshiba
The fan isn't as loud as the fricking disc drive.
a non issue with an ODE, however I disagree on it being annoying
>non issue with an ODE
Dreamcast has such a simple ODE installation too, there's no reason to keep the original drive in there.
Not like the xStation for the PS1, having to fricking lift pins, a wire jumper, AND a quick-solder board? Ain't nobody got time for that.
I mean, I did
It’s not the fault of the ODE, you can blame Sony for that
I do recommend it if you want to use real hardware though
I mainly said it for the meme - I did an xStation too.
But the day before it arrived I pulled out an old ethernet card and practiced a couple hours, dialing in the temperature and learning what it feels like when the pin is going to release.
The original hardware just feels right.
I know emulators are easier, faster, space-efficient, and more reliable.
But there's something about pushing that Power button and using original controllers that appeals to me.
Is using a VGA to HDMI adapter instead of justVGA a big deal?
The true Dreamcast experience is the console randomly rebooting because the hardware is so shitty a dozen different things go wrong with it over time and you have to apply every fix until it stops rebooting. This thing is less reliable than a launch 360
That is outright false.
Just clean and slightly bend the 6 pins connecting to the power board and make sure there's a good connection.
I've had my Dreamcast since launch day and had to do this once about 10 years ago.
This sounds like you’ve broken the solder joints on the power connection, probably from pushing it in too hard