I Bought a RARE, Hello Kitty Sega Dreamcast - But It's Broken

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I Bought a RARE, Hello Kitty Sega Dreamcast - But It's Broken - There were only 2,000 of these Hello Kitty Sega Dreamcast game consoles made. It was a Japan only release and it will be worth about $200... if I can get it fully working. The seller said it was broken and when I test it, a disc won't play at all.
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[@12345.......]

I love the dreamcast

[@Tronicsfix]

Yep. I never had one but they’re cool!

[@IbsenRogerGomesRego]

Dreamcasts made me the gamer I am today. I have great memories of my uncle playing Code Veronica with a huge pile of paper where he printed the walkthrough.

[@74bobby]

Me too

[@newedgemustang7103]

@@IbsenRogerGomesRego agreed. “Please place all metallic items you have into the security box”

[@michaelmay9728]

Me also

[@BluesfireTV]

Great work! Alongside recapping the GD-ROM drive, I always add some lubrication to the rails of the disc drive as well before I go messing with the potentiometer, just since these things never really had appropriate lubrication, which is why it makes such gnarly noises. It still makes some noise post lube, but it's much improved over the stock noises.

[@Operational117]

Those sounds sounded almost like the lens (or something else) was grinding away on the disc surface. Good to know it’s normal (but improvable) behavior.

[@CaptainKenway]

A Dreamcast without a disc drive that sounds like it's in pain during operation is functionally broken and useless. It's an essential part of the gaming experience.

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

@@Operational117 The lens have it's own casing and cant come out of it at all above to those height levels where the disc would be. Something similar what you said actually can be happening with a ribbon cable on some disc drives, they come loose over the years (unglue) and start scraping the discs rendering them useless. You can still resurface the damaged discs but it's still damaged done to it. That is why it's important to test the device with a disc that is not important and not rare. The sounds you hear otherwise are the laser casing going alongside it's railing and that is all normal. Lubrication is advised just dont put too much of it and make sure you don't lubricate it with hard oil lubrications since they eat plastic. Use specific soft plastic lubrication pastes and you are good to go. If a console it maintaned right it can last you a lifetime. I still have a 1st gen PS1 and the only thing needed was a new laser after 20 years, the railing and all gears etc of the laser unit cartrige it's still all original. No recaps or anything yet. Just basic maintance of cleaning and lubricating every 3-5 years. (since my room is clean anyway so no grime or dust is present inside the consoles anyway)

[@rianray7565]

When a Dreamcast disc drive sounds like 800 year old gear grinding, you know hours of fun are ahead.

[@defpally2954]

Nah, that's when you replace the CD drive with a SD Card reader. Simple mod, gets rid of the drive noise, no disc changing again along and marginally faster loading all while playing on original hardware.

[@rianray7565]

@defpally2954 why would I want to ruin that nostalgia? If I want to play an emulator, I'll fire up my pc with every game from Commodore to Xbox360 on it. I want the real experience like it was then.

[@defpally2954]

@@rianray7565 it is not an emulator. It is actual Dreamcast hardware and the data is being delivered over the exact same bus, it just gets it from an SD card instead of a noisy GD drive. The same Dreamcast hardware is running the game, with the same controllers, same button response time, etc. If the grinding noise is the part of the experience you must have I do not know what to say to you. Maybe fire up a bench grinder next to you if you have to have it.

[@pikachu896]

​@@defpally2954 Using an actual copy of the game is part of the fun of using a console, in my opinion.

[@defpally2954]

@@pikachu896 it's 1s and 0s being processed in the same manner they are regardless. If it holds some mythical value to you then that's cool, lots of people like the experience whether it is functionally different or not. But the question at hand was he called it emulation which is significantly different because that makes a best approximation of hardware, including having to translate USB control signals (for example) that introduces lag. And many Dreamcast games will not function if they require Windows CE on many emulators. This is not emulation (beyond delivery of data to the bus, which has no effect on gameplay). In fact, even with the mod unless you pop open the GD lid or see the interface on boot up you would never know the difference beyond the absence of drive noises. Let's face it here, the GD drive is now almost a 25 year old mechanical device that was built as cheaply as possible and is no longer in production. If it fails it is not a cheap repair. Mechanical devices eventually fail and I'd rather still be able to use my Dreamcast when that happens. It may not be "pure", but it is fully functional.

[@user-hd9xd2qm3s]

i have restored a number of these and most all of them just needed the laser adjusted when it came to reading the discs. i would start there when it came to getting the drive up and functional before moving on to gd-rom drive replacement or repair. the dreamcast is a tough and very well built system. they hold up over time and rarely need major parts replaced except in obvious cases of broken controller ports and stuff like that. never had a single one out of nearly 200 worked on that needed a single thing on the board replaced except for an odd port or battery replacement. sega had these made exceptionally well.

[@louism771]

As someone who owns and has repaired multiple DCs I must say this Hello Kitty edition looks mint. Love it. Great job on the repair! This form of BIOS mod was quite common back in the day and also leads to the main menu saying "1.031.00" in the upper right, which is missing on stock systems. Also the ML2032 battery is soldered directly to the board by default. It is a common mod in the DC community to install a battery holder as it makes future replacements very easy. Edit: DC disc drives are loud and sound a bit like a printer or an old fax maschine. Its normal. Yours does sound a bit too rattly for my liking but I can confirm this is pretty common wear and tear and usually doesnt effect functionally. Though you can try lubricating the drives rails to make it at least a bit less rattly. Thanks for the video!

[@arturoorutra61]

I don't know if you are talking about the noise in 11:33, but if you are talking about that noise, that is not the disc, that noise comes from the console fan, and you can change the fan. I kinda like that sound, is iconic, like the PSX after reading a game, is part of the experience. but there is at least one fan mod for the dreamcast out there "Noctua Silent Fan".

[@ramgine]

As a fellow DC fan who's repaired a few you have great information.

[@ramgine]

Noctua and silent fans will fix so much stuff lol @@arturoorutra61

[@Jearrohawk]

the company i repair for still uses this way to region change because DreamShell is super consistent

[@Richie5903]

Don't worry too much about the odd CD behaviour and noises .. the dream cast copy protection made the device do some weird things during boot up

[@olie3146]

Ahhh memories, I had the blue hello kitty dreamcast, I had a complete pal collection of games along with so many rare items collected over the years, sold the entire collection 10 years ago and always regretted it. Still have my store demo kiosk

[@kevinwoolford123]

You didn't swap the battery but when you do make sure it's a rechargeable one or it will go pop 😂

[@intoxicode]

Those consoles are notorious for laser failures and out of alignment issues.

[@perplxxd]

yep. we bought a Dreamcast that wouldn't read games. fortunately, it only needed a realignment

[@oOignignoktOo1]

I ended up ditching my GD-ROM for a chinese clone GD-Emu board. Dreamcast games are stupid expensive to collect anyways but you can't beat real hardware and a GD-Emu if you want to play the games cheaply on native hardware. With that said NullDC has come a long ways as an emulator.

[@scott9050]

I still have my Dreamcast and have the Saturn I bought in 1995 after my daughter was born. I have all games, controllers, paperwork etc. It has been in storage for years.

[@David-ec2qp]

This breaks my heart. I remember owning a Japanese Dreamcast on release and loving it. Joined the military in 2001, came home a few years later to find all my old consoles binned by my parents. The day I put them both in an old folks home will be payback and that day is soon! 🇬🇧

[@LagrangePoint0]

dam son

[@izhamsham843]

What? Do unto others what you want to be done unto you, mate. Perhaps your grandparents binned your parents ancient consoles back in the day (😅), so they by default did it to you. Do you want to continue this pattern?

[@David-ec2qp]

@@izhamsham843 nah, you think I’m doing back to back tours of Afghan and Iraq coming and be told “Oh while you were away we had a little clear out”. They never wanted me to join the military and said as much so this was intentional. Don’t worry they’ll have time to think it over sitting in front of a window all day.

[@izhamsham843]

@@David-ec2qp I feel you mate.. I wasn't close with my family as well, until recently, that is. In fact I didn't want to go back to my home country after I finished my studies in Scotland about 20 years back because of some/a lot of beef I had with my parents.. had a job, a wife and new baby there.. but I think last two years I softened, they softened, so I'm now trying to be that filial son. I feel you, but I do hope somewhere along the way you guys can be close again, and both sides can forgive & move on.

[@David-ec2qp]

@@izhamsham843 thanks bud, for your kind words unfortunately my father and I are opposites, especially with political views over the last few years. I’m happy you are getting things sorted with your family but for me it ain’t happening.

[@ianburkard]

The recap was worth it for sure. They looked ready to pop! Avoiding reflowing the region free mod makes sense... tempting to tidy it up though. :D

[@lookitskazzy]

Recapping the GD board was the right call, I noticed at least two bulging caps as soon as you opened it, and capacitor plague was in full effect during this era. The drive noise is normal for Dreamcast. These consoles are just loud! I'd also recap the power supply since those are known to leak. Also clean the pins on the power supply molex Connector with deoxit (the long vertical pins where it connects to the main board).

[@ohandanotheronebitesthedus6247]

2:16 your a tinkerer you just wanted to have a gander were all guilty of it 😂

[@leandrogtabak]

Beautiful work! nice fix!

[@xbGuardOnTop]

this was my first ever console back in the days, loved it

[@BraynDedd]

I love how you could tell it had been modded the second the lid came off and the CMOS battery wasn't welded directly to the board

[@heyjustj]

Oh man! Those disc drive sounds are bringing back memories. This thing always sounded terrible, but had some fantastic games with HOURS of fun. Loved my Dreamcast and sad I don’t have it anymore. I bought up SO much stuff when they discontinued it and everybody was liquidating DC stuff for dirt cheap.

[@stuartleckie]

Nice work Steve. I still have my Dreamcast. It’s got a cool looking clear smoke grey shell, and runs with an hdmi connection. Very curious about that region free mod though. 😃

[@pita4525]

I'd love more videos about Dreamcast, because I'm stuck with an issue and no one on Reddit could help me. I see that many commenters here have already repaired Dreamcasts so I give it a try : I have two consoles : one working PAL and one faulty JPN. On my faulty console the intro logo is not animated, and is stuck for long minutes before displaying the menu with the "disc being checked" error. I have the message, with and without disc in the console. - Put the GD-ROM drive from the faulty one to the working console : it works. - Put the GD-ROM drive from the working console to the faulty one : does not work. So it could mean that the GD-ROM is not the cause of the problem. Capacitors on motherboard and GD-ROM look good to me (but I'm no expert). It seems to get better according how tight is the GD-ROM screwed to the motherboard. With only 2 screws instead of 3, console booted instantly and I could navigate in the options Menu without being interrupted by the "disc being checked" message. So I cleaned contacts between motherboard and GD-ROM : nothing happened. Would that means that GD-ROM apply to much pressure on a chip beneath ?

[@joecody252]

Still have my dream cast set up. Same with atari, turbografx 16, Nintendo, super Nintendo, Sega and some other classic consoles. Even the game gear and nomad. Kids love them just like I do.

[@andrew11ds41]

The dreamcast disc drive always sounds like that, such an iconic sound!

[@lukehyoshy]

Is amazing how old tech are so simple and the boards have so many information!

[@colinboneham7387]

Wow Steve you must have one hell of a collection of consoles and to get ur hands on this one sure is sweet.

[@MadManDarkJedi]

I am happy to see your great job and fixed dreamcast console. want to see more.🎉

[@FernandoRivero80]

oh the wait was worth it, I love videos about classic consoles like the Dreamcast

[@hawkfeather6802]

Nice job getting it to work!

[@rich35ukuk]

Do more deamcast videos it's a good console with some great games love to see more of it on your channel 😊

[@burdanglarul]

I love that you had fixed a dreamcast! Really like your videos 😌

[@PurpleSanz]

Man, I was hoping to hear the light saber sound effects from that fume extractor! 😥

[@JohnnyInJapan]

Glad to finally see this video uploaded! Been waiting on it.

[@GeneralMalice]

I brought the same console back from Japan this year but complete in box. My wife loves it

[@karthikeyan-th1ct]

Awesome work Steve 🎉

[@alexanderdiaz0512]

Its always the potentiometer. I've fixed so many of these. I finally bought two for parts systems and put one fully functional together. Best part, all US systems can read your disc backups so you don't mess up your expensive library.

[@gavinrfuller]

LOL, you haven't been shocked until you've shocked by a CRT lofting coil. Thanks for the Dreamcast vid, best console ever.

[@x1ic1x]

Thanks for the idea using the multimeter now I can fix my ps1 slim never was able to fix it until now because I never took the time to look up how to fix it I always thought I needed a oscilloscope to fix it

[@KenSch2020]

I like seeing you repair a Sega Dreamcast that is one of my favorite gaming consoles. If you get another one can you do a modding video with everything from a Disc Drive emulator to a HDMI port to a new Shell for the console.

[@henry961]

I love the Sega Dreamcast, I remember having one when I was a child, I have golden memories of that console, please bring more videos!

[@dmsparacording7983]

Fantastic video! Thank you! Absolutely LOVED the Sega Dreamcast many moons ago! :-)

[@juanma1129]

I love the sega dreamcast. Nice job!

[@gm2543]

You never do the most ovs clean the lazer with a bud omg them test ot wow 😅😅 good vid x

[@curtislee6242]

Great video. I still have a working Dreamcast that I've had since new, that I bought in HK. I also did the region mod. 😂

[@Darxide23]

This fixes most early disc based consoles. Especially PS2s. They are notorious for faulty laser assemblies that wear out over time and need the potentiometer adjusted. Eventually, though, the laser emitter will just get weaker and weaker and will give up the ghost entirely and will need replacing.

[@elipsorange]

I love the dreamcast but I was burning gdroms like a madman for all my friends back in the day. So simple with DiscJuggler! Great times

[@sirflimflam]

Same... Honestly for every legit game I had, I had 3 burned discs. It was way too easy to copy discs when pretty much anyone with a cd burner could do it. It did make dreamcast homebrew extremely approachable. I was in that scene for a while.

[@IppiopaidFEEDBACK]

Electronics fascinates me! I’m starting to love this channel.

[@cd5sircoupe]

Nice, I've got a few bad GD drives that could potentially be brought back to life. I never got into soldering, but I've got a few people I know who are damn good at it. I figure if I ever decide to try fixing them I'll start with the potentiometer before the capacitors. It's not a priority at the moment, one of the dead drives is basically in a dead parts console I put together out of a haul of four, made three good working Dreamcasts out of them. The other dead drive was from my original Dreamcast in high school, swapped in a GDemu before the market spazzed out. That one got the full mod treatment, short of soldering native HD output onto the motherboard, I believe that's the only untouched oem component left in it. Thankfully the rest of my DCs all still read games fine, I think I have about a dozen consoles or there about. However, only one of them reads every single one of my 35 games. The rest of them all have trouble with one specific game I have, which is in virtually pristine condition. Now the Sega CD on the other hand, I know I have a dead Model 1 for sure. I have two Model 2s but I think one of them works? I'm not sure if I have any of the cables, or at the least I'd have to dig around for them. I think I tested them back maybe a decade ago but I can't remember.

[@PatSmashYT]

I remember when I was a teen taking apart consoles and handling the power supplies without any care in the world. Somehow doing that didn't backfire on me

[@Stu98765]

Man I got a dreamcast and a ton of games when Sega discontinued it. Probably one of my favorite consoles ever.

[@MarioSratss]

Great little fix. Unfortunately I never had a Dreamcast.

[@Bugrim]

Еще стоит многоразовая картека для смены аккумулятора, тоже такую ставил, автор конечно не заметит такого. А вообще надо ставить GDEMU и не заморачиваться лазерами☺

[@DreamGrandDragon]

Word of advice if you put the lid back on the Dreamcast, make sure the lid is open because you’ll break the little plastic detector switch on the board. They’re very fragile.

[@liviosiqueira161]

3:02 The easiest way to remove the flat cable is to remove the 2 screws on the plastic cover that protects the optical lens

[@Marvel-Rogue]

It Figures very freaking common the damn loading dock 😢 for most systems like the playstations .

[@MR82ad]

Those disc reading sounds bring back beautiful memories. No other system could tell you that it was reading a disc quite like the Dreamcast.

[@sammydavis3796]

Brother how did you get so goods at fixing these things love your videos

[@CLC-1000]

Cute Dreamcast, love the colour too. 👍

[@HaloinfiniteEternal]

Dreamcast is pure nostalgia even though I never had the pleasure of owning one of them but still it’s so nostalgic just thinking of that time and era of gaming and one day I’d love to eventually pick up a brand new or like new condition one with hdmi adapter and some games for sure

[@_DanielPrieto]

I replaced my Dreamcast laser with one from an old creative CD ROM drive and it worked perfectly. Such amazing console.

[@winchestersingerharvelle83]

I love Sega Dreamcast. I still have mine from back in the day. It's right in my room. Only I can't find games I had. I do know it works though. Also games are really expensive for it these days, just like in the past. They always cost a lot, has t changed....... Lol 😂

[@paincreatesfame]

My local retro game store has one of those for sale! Didn’t know they were that rare.

[@tinocarbajal4445]

dreamcast damn miss that system thank you for fixing it

[@kassiebriley6188]

I messaged you about 2 controllers I have to fix or for sale on your website special edition controller and standard one love your videos

[@zey2k]

I just did the same fix to mine this weekend 😅

[@Davi-jt1hp]

I played a Lot of Quake 3 on this bad boy. Good times.

[@TheZerokool187]

I’ve always said that the Dreamcast is of the best consoles of all time !! I still remember getting it for my 19th birthday

[@johndigregorio8609]

For your 1st time fixing a Sega Dreamcast excellent job

[@nikolaszisoudis8408]

These videos are so nice

[@Kakeen]

I recently replaced my GDROM with the GDEMU mod. I kept the optic drive just in case. It still works but I need to replace the lever that tells the DC when the lid is closed.

[@megloton]

That semi transparent top plate is killer

[@brett9000]

I might have to look at the ugreen usb c docks for my steam deck. I got a jsaux dock but if I plug in my wireless keyboard and mouse dongle on it own its fine but if I connect anything else like a USB stick then the dongles range drops to a few cm also if I use the HDMI port on it with anything else it cuts in and out I think they didnt put proper shielding on the dock I bought.

[@shona-sof]

The dreamcast laser assembly was really loud and grindy when they were brand new!

[@bananafriend2264]

Hello steve i was wondering how much it coat for you to fix things i have some psps i was hoping to use as chriatmas gifts but they need some reparis and i would love to see it done on your channel

[@thesafdie]

For your next video, I want you to buy a bunch of gba sp boards that are out in the wild, with no shell, buttons or speaker. You must bring these systems back from the actual junk pile.

[@zakuguriin4521]

The Dreamcast had some gems on it. I recommend Skies of Arcadia if you enjoy RPGs.

[@MichaelaM03]

Do i have to open the whole switch oled to replace the non slip pads at the bottom One of them got cut while removing my case and i cant find a single video on those..

[@Knightdrac321]

Hello tronicsfix I have a question for you I have a starfield watch that I managed to get working again but I’m having a issue with just one of its buttons it’s small SMD button that is like a 4x4x0.8 that is unresponsive and is connected to a ribbon and I would like some advice

[@Retroloft556]

That grinding sound of death is just the Dreamcast working as intended.

[@KELLZdaLOUTheProducer]

The Dreamcast is a cool system!! Loud but cool!

[@pablopenguin24]

With the revo dock pro, would i be able to plug in two USB C webcams and record from them simultaneously?

[@marktueller6481]

I got a couple dreamcast I have to change the disk reader and controller port

[@GavinColbourne]

off-topic but have you done a video on the different variants of PS5 controllers namely the BDM-010, BDM-020 and the BDM-030 because I know physically the BDM-030 actually has 4 wires connecting the L2 and 4 to the R2. I know this because I recently purchased a faulty BDM-030 that the R2 wasn't working (needed either resetting or the ribbon re-seating) but when I noticed that it had 4 wires either side and couldn't find a video (including yours) that showed the BDM-030 I was confused.

[@seikoofu2595]

I still play my dreamcast. The disc drive noise is so nostalgic. Never bothered me tbh. Dreamcast still probably my fav or second fav console next to ps2

[@ZiggyOwlGG]

Fav console didn't know they made special edition ones. Most underrated console not sure why if it was just bad timing when it came out or what.

[@Muddy.Teabagger]

not finished yet but from the sounds of it the lens is going on the DC, its a comment thing to happen, playing copy's on it can do it as the lens has to spin faster to read the CD as the DC is using a GD-ROM and that spins slower. sorry if bits are wrong this is just wat i remember from 20 years ago lol

[@oOignignoktOo1]

taht controller board is modded the stock console does not have a battery holder. Hopefully when it was modded they added a diode to the resistor to disable the charging circuit so you can use standard CR2032 batteries. Stock dreamcasts must use ML2032 or LIR2032 batteries if you use a standard CR2032 the charge circuit will cause the CR2032 batteries to blow up.

[@SCorpG22]

What is the spikey metal tool you use? It almost looks like a dental scaler, but I'm not sure whether it is, as I would like one and can't seem to find that exact one. Thanks.

[@tomng1907]

can you do a video on Acer Predator Helios 700 for keyboard replacement?

[@GenGamesUniverse]

It's a bonus that you got the region free modchip with that dreamcast!

[@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch]

The Dreamcast was the 1st console to use hall effect sticks in the controller

[@bmw575]

Don't recall you cleaning the lens or the lens track which could've been part of the issue as well.

[@micheledeconti7535]

I got a Dreamcast a time ago, and the sound the disc drive is let say, quite particular...

[@narutouzumaki1472]

What memories playing crazy taxi with my friends :,)

[@gdoug1529]

I have a Dreamcast I modded with a GDEMU, PicoPSU, Noctua fan, and clock battery holder. It's a dream to play, pun intended :)

[@matthewelliott2213]

What a great console! That's a rare one!

[@alan.smitheee]

Mine had same issue. Faulty capacitors on psu result in not reading disc until 5 min on.

[@LurchNZ]

Miss my dreamcast, had the keyboard and everything. Amazing console. Modded it to take SDCards and had it upscale to HDMI. Shouldn't have sold it.

[@JoseMedina-hs9st]

If your dreamcast was manufactured from 1998 to 1999 to 2000 of September. You could play backup games. Because in October They put a anti-piracy.

[@pneuma7183]

The DC is sooooooo easy to work on. I had a blast modding mine.

[@ztxq0]

That is a temp fix at best. I had the same issue, did the same solution, and it died eventually. I would have to replace the drive eventually

[@robertrosalez6560]

I had two of them in the past I bought it for Shenmue and Resident Evil:Code Veronica great games