Sega-Naomi

Two nights ago, I powered up my Triforce for the first time.



Worked great, played a few games of Virtua Striker 2002 (by the way, does anyone have any English gameplay instructions or a manual?)



Powered down when I was done.



Last night, I powered up the cabinet, and the power worked fine, but on screen, the message said, "Error 24 - GDrom not found".



Now I didn't touch ANYTHING between Sunday night when I played, and last night, so I don't know what could have happened.



I disconnected the SCSI cable, and reconnected. Opened the GDrom drive and removed the disc, put it back in, and screwed on the lid.



I powered up again, and got the same thing.



Checked all of the connections, and everything is fine in that respect.



Ran a test, and the DIMM checked out okay, but the GDrom said, "BAD".



However, the drive was spinning, because I could feel it.



Can anyone give some insight here? I don't know why it worked perfectly the night before (first time I played it), and last night I get an error, despite changing/touching nothing.



If anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it.



Thanks,

Steve

Error 24 is purely GD-ROM drive related.



http://triplemoonstar.brinkster.net/seg ... error%2024



Might be time to find out what GD-ROM unit type you have, and buy a replacement lens/motor unit from ole geez

AndyGeezer wrote:Error 24 is purely GD-ROM drive related.



http://triplemoonstar.brinkster.net/seg ... error%2024



Might be time to find out what GD-ROM unit type you have, and buy a replacement lens/motor unit from ole geez

Is it possible to work the first time I used it, and to then not work anymore the next time I turn it on?

Orrimarrko wrote:

AndyGeezer wrote:Error 24 is purely GD-ROM drive related.



http://triplemoonstar.brinkster.net/seg ... error%2024



Might be time to find out what GD-ROM unit type you have, and buy a replacement lens/motor unit from ole geez

Is it possible to work the first time I used it, and to then not work anymore the next time I turn it on?

Yep sadly so, used GD-ROM drives are very unpredictable.

I had the pretty same symptom you describes... sadly old laser = random go wrong

footix wrote:I had the pretty same sympton you describes... sadly old laser = random go wrong

Ahh, for fuck's sake...



This is so frustrating.

Orrimarrko wrote:

footix wrote:I had the pretty same sympton you describes... sadly old laser = random go wrong

Ahh, for fuck's sake...



This is so frustrating.

part of the fun i think :smt005

Hve you tried cleaning the laser lens with some alcohol ?

Ordyne wrote:Hve you tried cleaning the laser lens with some alcohol ?

You could also tweak the little calibration pot on the lens, but TBH both will give short term results.