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No, NOT a trick, a Halloween treat! Presenting the Dead of the Brain 1 English patch by David Shadoff for the DEAD last official PC Engine CD game published by NEC before exiting the console biz in 1999! I helped edit/betatest and it's also a game I actually finished in 2023, yaaay! Shubibiman also did a French localization. |
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Show posts MenuQuote from: blueraven on 11/12/2008, 11:32 PMI don't own one yet. Still looking for one under $100 shipped! I'm not cheap, just thrifty.same
Quote from: agt_dale_cooper on 12/19/2008, 11:23 PMI bought this, actually, and it's case is a little weird. I'd appreciate any comments from the experienced field.The Duo i was looking at wasn't on ebay but on a website called cheapassgamer. The user is based in Japan.
Here's what I've done:
1) Plugged in, tested. Screen says "Please wait a moment..." after hitting "Run". Disc does NOT move on spindle. Nothing happens, just hangs at "Please wait a moment..."
2) Came with laser pickup. Installed laser pickup into other PCE Duo I'm working on that has low/no audio. Pickup worked fine after proper tuning (with grey screw on pickup), but Duo still has no audio. [This rules out the laser pickup being the culprit for me...]
3) Removed this entire now-tuned assembly to the unit that doesn't play at all. In theory, these lasers should be directly interchangeable. NOTHING happens (screen says "Please wait a moment..." after hitting "Run". Disc does NOT move on spindle.), just as happened before.
4) Removed assembly from non-playing unit, put into no-audio unit. Assembly/pickup combination work fine after tuning. Replaced in original unit, still no worky.
Soooo, there appears to be something amiss on the board. Questions:
1) Anybody ever experience a unit with similar problem?
2) What was solution? Is cap replacement going to come into play here?
3) Anybody got a cap-specific short cut if so? [This would enable me to test before complete cap replacement.....I bought this board hoping to help me with other no-audio board, but it hasn't happened...RRRR!]
4) Is this just a laser tuning issue? Does each board have it's own specific read spot? Shall I continue trying to tune the pickup to the new motherboard? I inspected the three pickups I have, and they're all in roughly the same spot, so I'm inclined to think it's something on the board (can't be either pickup/assembly combo because they both work fine with the no-audio unit).
5) Nat, you've mentioned messing with the pots on the mobo. Have any insight here? Are these pertinent/can they be of assistance?
Thanks for any help....I'll keep pecking at both of these in the meantime....
[this is relaxing after dealing with chipping a Wii and trying to get "Bleach Versus Crusade" to work on it today.....still no luck with that &^%^%$ title, I do NOT want to have to resort to the softmod method! I didn't chip the thing to use a softmod on top of it!]