tripled79 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Bit of a long story, but I am new to the 32X. Just bought it. Came with no cables. Did a little bit of research, bought a power adapter, patch cable and a SCART output cable. Took a while for those things to arrive, so while I waited I decided to recap the board. Took it apart, cleaned it, finally put it all back together. Set it up after all the cables arrived. The system does not give any output when turned on. I tested the stand alone Genesis model 1 and it works just fine. The power adapter for 32X I hope is different polarity than the Genesis. Hmm.. The patch cord is a big model one male with 8 pins, the other end is 8 pins, smaller goes in the A/V in... I can't figure it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 The 32X PSU, at least for the Japanese one that I have, is the same one that's used in the Japanese Mega Drive 2, but it's also the same one that I use for the Nomad. If you have a Genesis 2 PSU, that should probably work for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 When you had the 32X open, did you reseat the ribbon cables? This is a common point of failure and will result in a black screen. I had to do this to my unit to get it functioning. Regarding the patch cable, it sounds like you've got it plugged in correctly. And yeah, the 32X uses a Genesis Model 2 power adapter. I'd just make sure you're using the right one. Feel free to snap photos to show us if you need. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 On 9/23/2020 at 10:00 AM, Austin said: When you had the 32X open, did you reseat the ribbon cables? This. I still to this day have never received or owned a defective 32X (and I have owned MANY) but I did have quite a few that displayed a black screen until it were opened, ribbon cables properly cleaned and plugged back it. The 32X is actually a pretty solid system except for the ribbon cable "creep" that happens over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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