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Basicly everytime I switch my DC off, one of my VMUs does the 'bleep' noise, and goes to the menu where I have to set the date and time on it.
Any ideas why this is happening? Thanks Last edited by X on Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:48 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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| Dead battery - replace. | ||||
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The VMU is new (from ebay) and works when its not in the controller. | |||
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It's possible that the battery is just going dead, but not completely dead yet. | |||
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i had a vmu like that i bought fresh batteries for it and yea it kept doing that everytime i shut off the dreamcast except mine didnt make a sound it just turned on, so the batteries died after like 3 or 4 days. who actually uses the vmu's standalone features anyways. | |||
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| Change the DC's internal battery. It has nothing to do with the VMU. | ||||
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SNK 47 wrote:
Change the DC's internal battery. It has nothing to do with the VMU. I'm not good with these things  is it definitely the internal battery? |
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| Fairly sure. It's not that difficult a job - maybe get a friend to have a go if it's beyond you ? | ||||
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what the heck kinda batteries does the dreamcast have? are they special order things or could i walk into radioshack and some? | |||
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Is changing the Dreamcast's internal battery like changing the saturns? Or does it require soldering? | |||
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It requires soldering. The battery has two metal leads soldered onto it and then that gets soldered directly to the board. See this picture I found for a reference.
You might want to go to Radio Shack and get one of those button-cell battery holders and put that in there so you don't have to resolder anything. Just open the case and pop in a new battery.  |
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Another VMU (new) I bought from ebay arrived today and its not doing the bleep. So I think its just the batteries in the other VMU, or something else related to that VMU. | |||
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Just so nobody gets confused : The loud Beeep/Squeal you hear is the VMU battery needing replacement.
The Date/Time settings on screen are a result of the INTERNAL battery failing. |
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SNK 47 wrote:
Just so nobody gets confused : The loud Beeep/Squeal you hear is the VMU battery needing replacement.
The Date/Time settings on screen are a result of the INTERNAL battery failing. thats what i thought, and the dreamasts internal battery is rechargable which recharges while you play. it lasts for something like 2 weeks is why when you buy a used dreamcast it usually displays the date/time settings is cause you gotta recharge the battery by playing for at least 2 hours. |
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Well there's a message there - play your DC over and over !
In my experience, regarding charging the internal battery, it can charge and give you a good while longer or just die. Not unlike an automobile battery ?. If a good session cures it then that's fine - no problem. |
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