Sega-Naomi

Hey there guys. A lot of you here are experts when it comes to arcade machines so hopefully you can answer my questions for the CPS-3 and the CPS-2.



1. For the CPS-3:



Right now running in my third strike cabinet I have version 2 of third strike (990608) which has no unblockables. In a box in my room I have another arcade/CPS-3 third strike CD. I want to change the CD in my cabinet and put the one I have in my room inside my CPS-3 so I can see if I get the unblockable version (990512). What I'm worried about however is that the CPS-3 is a delicate machine. I have already have one CPS-3 third strike die on me. I'm worried that if I try to change CDs that I might kill my board. So my questions are:



If I swap CD's on my CPS-3 third strike board is there a chance that I might kill it? If so what is the likelihood of that happening? Would you do it?



2. For the CPS-2:



I also have a cabinet with a phoenixed Street Fighter Alpha 2 inside. My problem is that I cannot do the codes to pick Evil Ryu and Old Zangief/Dhalsim. In other words the codes don't work. I tried to do the codes in every region (USA, Japan, Asia, Europe, Hispanic, and even Oceania) and nothing works. It sucks to have an arcade version of Street Fighter Alpha 2 but not being able to pick Evil Ryu or Old Zangief/Dhalsim.



My question is:



How can I be able to play my Evil Ryu and Old Zangief/Dhalsim on my phoenixed version of Alpha 2? How do I make these codes work?



Thanks. You guys are very helpful.

Changing the CD media on CPS3 is easy, and doesn't require you to touch the board itself. The only reasons these die is:



1)You shorted or overpowered the board

2)The CPS3 cart goes 'suicide'

3)You bent or dropped the system (unlikely, but possible)



I've removed the CD with no problems and never heard of a board dying because someone ejected the CD. :smt045

Help! Help! Help!



Well I tried it and my Third Strike is not working. It's not re-writing. The CPS-3 Boot Up/Menu Screen is still on. The screen is not black or dead like it was when my last Third Strike died. When I changed the disc it says it cannot re-write so I put the original disc back in and it won't rewrite that.



It keeps saying:



ERROR: Unable to rewrite. Please try again. If problem persists please contact Capcom or your distributor.



ERROR: 23









Well I tried, I gambled, and so far I lost. I think it has to clear the old data inside the cart and then rewrite it but it has a problem doing it. I keep turning it off and turning it on. Only one time did it start to boot. It showed the minutes counting down but then it stopped and said ERROR. Now it doesn't even show the minutes counting down it just keeps saying ERROR.



The CD's are clear and there are no scratches on them. So anyone know what to do?

sounds like its corrupted,i am not familiar with cps3 but is there a ram clear in the test?