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The Little Fella in your CD-ROM Drive
The Little Fella in your CD-ROM Drive
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Hello! I’ve finally decided to join the magic that is ODE’s with the relatively cheaper option that is SAROO. While I only had an hour and a half with it today, as I’ve had to leave for a vacation, I was met with severe issues.
THE PROBLEM:
My cart would have the red light flash and also a green light, which indicates power was going to it, but it never booted. I also tried a 4MB Expansion game in the CD drive, and it spat out the “insert ram expansion” error on me. It seems the SAROO itself just wasn’t booting.
USEFUL STUFF:
Here are screenshots of my SD path:
Here’s the link I bought it from:
I just found this on AliExpress: $71.21 | Saroo ODE Sega Saturn Optical Drive Emulator, SD HC TF Card Reader, Replace CD Laser Lens, DIY Console Mod 1.37 https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqFsDnn
(Boy, I sure do love that it defaults to a massive ad for AliExpress when I give people a link. -_-)
My console is a Japanese model 2. I’m unaware of which motherboard revision, which I’ve just been made aware may be a concern. I’ve done a thorough scrub of the contacts of both cart and system, as well as checking a different cartridge I use on my Saturn. The Action Replay worked like it always has, which singled out that at least the cartridge slot works fine.
CONCLUSION:
My end goal is to workshop this with people over the next week, getting a plan of action for when I return home from my trip. I’ll be kinda boned if it’s an issue with the system itself, but if it’s not than I hope this thread will be what I need to get my SAROO up and running.
IMPORTANT STUFF I FORGOT TO ADD:
I downloaded the 0.8 firmware that TPUnix put out earlier this week, as I wanted to be on the most recent firmware. I’ve found very little documentation of that firmware online, so that was, in hindsight, probably a bad move. I also grabbed the “game covers” .zip file from the 0.7 update, since that file wasn’t contained in the files for the 0.8 update.
THE PROBLEM:
My cart would have the red light flash and also a green light, which indicates power was going to it, but it never booted. I also tried a 4MB Expansion game in the CD drive, and it spat out the “insert ram expansion” error on me. It seems the SAROO itself just wasn’t booting.
USEFUL STUFF:
Here are screenshots of my SD path:
Here’s the link I bought it from:
I just found this on AliExpress: $71.21 | Saroo ODE Sega Saturn Optical Drive Emulator, SD HC TF Card Reader, Replace CD Laser Lens, DIY Console Mod 1.37 https://a.aliexpress.com/_mqFsDnn
(Boy, I sure do love that it defaults to a massive ad for AliExpress when I give people a link. -_-)
My console is a Japanese model 2. I’m unaware of which motherboard revision, which I’ve just been made aware may be a concern. I’ve done a thorough scrub of the contacts of both cart and system, as well as checking a different cartridge I use on my Saturn. The Action Replay worked like it always has, which singled out that at least the cartridge slot works fine.
CONCLUSION:
My end goal is to workshop this with people over the next week, getting a plan of action for when I return home from my trip. I’ll be kinda boned if it’s an issue with the system itself, but if it’s not than I hope this thread will be what I need to get my SAROO up and running.
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IMPORTANT STUFF I FORGOT TO ADD:
I downloaded the 0.8 firmware that TPUnix put out earlier this week, as I wanted to be on the most recent firmware. I’ve found very little documentation of that firmware online, so that was, in hindsight, probably a bad move. I also grabbed the “game covers” .zip file from the 0.7 update, since that file wasn’t contained in the files for the 0.8 update.
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