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SMS 2 freezing at the Sega logo...
 Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:23 pm
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Hello, my name is Chris.
I have a PAL Sega Master System II that I have owned from new in 1991.
I haven’t played it for many years, it’s been stored in a loft. I thought I would have a play on it so I set it up (which was hard enough to do with a modern digital tv!)
But when I power it on, the Sega logo comes up for about 5 or 6 seconds, then very briefly flashes off and back on again. And that’s all it will do.
I have taken it apart and given it a good clean, and it’s made no difference.
It has Alex Kidd in Miracle World built into it, but it does the same no matter whether I turn it on with a game cartridge in or not.
I just wondered if anyone had any experience of this, and if it’s a common fault that can be fixed or if my console is now destined for the rubbish heap.
Chris.
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Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:55 pm
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Could be lots of things but most likely is bad capacitors, if you can get them replaced it'll probably help.
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Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 5:35 pm
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the fact that the SEGA logo appears shows that most of the components on board are working properly - so it's probably worthy to try to fix it.
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