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Sega Dreamcast Reboots / Cuts Out / Resets Problem - Quick & Easy Fix

Mark Fixes Stuff 8 min Published Jun 2014

About this video

Resets in the middle of a game on a Sega Dreamcast are traced to the power supply socket, whose pins are cleaned after the supply is lifted out of the console.

Good to know: Mains voltage inside the supply, and capacitors that stay charged after unplugging. Isopropyl alcohol is flammable and needs ventilation.

Why watch it

Random resets during play are the symptom, and the maker says the fault applies to every Dreamcast model, so the method is not tied to one revision.

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