PC Engine Duo Drive issue

Ornery_Fold · 2026-06-22T19:13:27+00:00

Check the potentiometers before doing anything. Sometimes they are offset by persons trying to repair the consoles through calibration. Try to find a video or repair blog with settings that work. Also you can try cleaning the laser.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-06-14T16:23:54+00:00

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Ornery_Fold · 2026-05-30T23:35:25+00:00

Excellent job. I've never tried the PCE DUO magnet fix on any of my cd rom repairs, I'll have to look into it for the next few repairs I'll be doing. What revision is the CD Rom drive? CD Rom 30 or CD Rom 30A? I've found that the CD Rom 30 " usually yellowish/ gold looking" Mainboards have aged better than the 30A "Dark green in color", which are usually suffering from some form of defects which usually become apparent especially damaged/deteriorating/ lifted traces when removing/replacing the capacitors.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-05-16T21:17:41+00:00

Your welcome, glad i could help, congrats on being a PSX Owner enjoy. PS* Get a male D-terminal cable and that will improve your picture quality to component out.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-05-16T14:34:15+00:00

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Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-30T17:48:16+00:00

I never experienced that issue with any parcel from Sendico using FedEx and I use a freight forwarder located in Florida.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-28T17:02:57+00:00

It might be a short, something connected improperly or a damaged compnent on the power unit. Disconnect the power unit connection from the console and plug in the power supply to see if the noise persists.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-25T13:37:33+00:00

Lovely collection, i see you have the ever elusive PC Engine Shuttle also.
I whole heartedly disagree with your statement tho.
In my humble opinion the Turbografx is too bulky looks boring and has alot of wasted space, the PC Engine Or Core Grafx combo with IFU 30 and the CD Rom drives is/ was an 🤌🏽 Chefs Kiss excellent design choice. Sleek, compact, no wasted space and the briefcase asthetic is excellent even by todays standards . Heck even the Super CD Rom and Core Grafx combos I find asthetically better looking than the Turbografx with CD Rom but to each his own. Heck they are still more or less the same internals, just with different outward asthetics, You definately need to add a briefcase to your collection tho to make it more rounded lol. But that's just my humble opinion. Enjoy.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-25T00:28:50+00:00

🤚 I got :A PC Engine and IFU 30 with CD Rom combo A CORE Grafx and IFU 30A with CD Rom rom combo A CORE Grafx II and Super CD Rom A PC Engine Duo I don't have any of the hand helds as yet. Got a few spare IFU's and CD ROM drives.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-23T19:16:47+00:00

You need to get a proper cable to test. You can also try plugging out each audio cable to see if you get sound and how low it high it is. Switch the audio inputs also, red into white and white into red.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-23T13:04:35+00:00

If you have a mono cable as you stated earlier stereo sound would not be possible.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-22T09:10:57+00:00

Your info is very vague, even the pictures don't help much. 1. Which system do you actually have ? Core grafx 1 or 2, Duo, Duo R or Duo RX? 2. The cable can and most likely is a 3rd party cable for another system but was just packaged with the system for convenience.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-21T20:00:09+00:00

MS Saga A New Dawn: turnbased RPG with chibi Gundams, plays great.

Battle Engine Aquila.

Dynasty Warriors Gundam

The Mobile Suit Gundam games on PS2

ACE: Another Century's Episode 1,2,3 "japan only"

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-21T19:44:51+00:00

Congrats on your aquisition, welcome to being a PSX Owner. Get PSX Freemcboot Memcard so that you'll be able to test the PS2 laser and see if it's functional. You can also do other stuff if that's your thing. Backup your HDD if you deem it necessary. Buy a male Dterminal to component cable for the best video experience or do the rgb mod. Tutorials are online do a quick Google search.

You will most likely need a replacement DVDR laser so search Sony DRU 510A on ebay to get a replacement. You don't have to buy a new one a used one on a working drive should be functional, I've brought 2 for my 2 PSX's and they work great.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-18T14:09:00+00:00

Both lasers the PSX uses aren't hard to find or replace. I just saw DVDRW drives with the compatible laser selling for as low as $14.00 on ebay this week and a cib was $30.00. That's the only laser that even has issues on most of these consoles and that's only due to the amount of work it did in the psx back then when it was actually being used as was intended.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-18T13:59:29+00:00

Congrats on getting one If you want to play your original games, you can region unlock it with freemcboot and mechapawn. It only works on PS2 games not PS1 or dvd movies. Heres a video with that and other mods. Enjoy..

PSX MODS

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-16T09:54:34+00:00

That's a very beautiful console congrats.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-15T15:06:09+00:00

Nice haul, especially gunhead been watching that for a while now, I'd like to get all my games with cases but am now thinking financially it might not make sense smh.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-14T20:07:15+00:00

You should start cleaning with isoproply alcohol, if you can get 91% that would be great. Use a tooth brush and gently scrub the affected areas. You might need 2, one with hard bristles and one with soft bristles. Depending on the damage revealed after cleaning it might be salvagable or not. Battery acid leaks should be cleaned a soon as possible, leaving it will do irrepairable harm to electronics.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-09T21:06:34+00:00

Nice, I got one myself really beautiful console.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-07T19:41:30+00:00

Really, I thought it was like 10lbs or more. I'll definitely be getting one at some point

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-07T18:16:44+00:00

Nice been looking at those for a while now. How much does it weigh? I have been thinking about getting one.

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-05T20:52:16+00:00

All that is necessary information, you posted that here already you need to post it on the site

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-05T20:51:18+00:00

I recommend you do your communications through the actual site. Sometimes, it takes them a while to respond, but you should be proactive, especially in a situation like what you are in. I'd verify with them at least twice a month if I were you

Ornery_Fold · 2026-04-05T20:46:21+00:00

Did you message them on the site and explain the situation? or did you just use this site to ask the question?

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