Dreamcast problems

[That Guy]

So I bought a Dreamcast off Ebay and it's not working too brilliantly. It'll load up games fine most of the times, but if a disc has the slightest of scratches then it wont play properly. Soul Calibur despite being in perfect condition will sometimes take a while to load between fights and the music skips a lot. NBA 2K will only load occasionally, and Crazy Taxi comes up with Disc cannot be read when it loads the Bad Religion song. and the graphics go all glitchy and the roads disappear.

I think there may be a problem with the laser but I'm not sure and I've tried a laser cleaning thing but it doesn't work the laser just moves back and forth and the tracks wont play.

Anyone got any ideas?

[Sabre]

If you had money to burn you can send it to Sega for repair; look on Sega-Europe.com for info

[Cheapshot]

Dreamcast's can be found cheap as hell... just buy another.

[moorek]

My Dreamcast would regularly reset itself to the frontend even on a perfect condition disk.
I found it was the lid , so instead of closing it fully i rest a cd case on top just so it holds the lid down far enough to think it is closed. All my games now work fine.
Give it a try!

[khilafah]

i am telling you, its so worth getting a brand new Dreamcast from lik-sang. £60 for a US Dreamcast which is chipped.

trust you wont regret it..