keoni29 Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Hey, I just bought a box full of consoles, adapters and joysticks. A mega drive adapter I was going to sell to a customer appeared to be faulty. My question is: Is it worth fixing it? Are there known issues with these kinds of adapters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Mega Drive adapter of what type? AC? Power Base Converter for SMS games? Game Genie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keoni29 Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Indeed an AC power adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 It's probably not worth attempting. Do you have a multimeter or voltmeter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keoni29 Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 It's probably not worth attempting. Do you have a multimeter or voltmeter? I have both those and an oscilliscope, but I don't have the right inverted HEX bit required to open it up, so I wonder if its worth buying one (of course I will use it to open other sega hardware in the future if it's a sega-standard) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keoni29 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Hey I just found a really cheap megadrive on the internet, but it also has a broken ac adapter. That means I will have two broken ones and it might be worth buying a hex bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jferio Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 For me, it's really not worth fixing these. There was a period of time here in Denver, Colorado, USA, that I was able to "stock up" on spares... the spares have now been all assigned to various consoles. It just depends on whether or not it's worth the money to buy a power brick of the correct ratings, and the tip to go into the system. For the record, Master System, MegaCD and Megadrive Model 1 supplies are interchangable. Megadrive Model 2 and Game Gear supplies are also identical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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