Dirty Get Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 New Atari user here and enjoying my new VCS I just want to check i purchased the console off ebay brand new and noticed the paintwork on the console has bubbled, is this normal ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I will have to look again but I have three VCSs and haven't ever seen that bubbling. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Get Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 You have to look pretty close to see it looks worse on camera. Cheers for looking appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeatari1 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I have two VCS and have never noticed that either. I am usually pretty critical when I take something new out of the box. I'll have a look later when I get home too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Looking at two of the three I have as one is not in the house my Onyx has a few minor spots in the plastic molding similar to the first image in the thread, but not as pronounced. You can only really see it in reflected light, but it is there. My original Collector's Edition has nothing like it, just the Onyx and a small amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Get Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Agree you see it much more in the light. I have the onyx edition too so must be a common thing maybe. Cheers for checking appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Get Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Not the best start to my vcs Is there alot of trouble with sleep mode. Sometimes when I put the vcs into sleep mode my tv turns off and the vcs is still on but nothing on screen. The only way to get it working again is by pressing the power button on the back for 5 seconds. Is this a normal problem. Also when turning on sometimes the controllers won't pair or work, I have to plug them back in to get them connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I have 2 VCS’s and both are flawless so I don’t think it’s a common problem with the finish on the VCS. I don’t think it’s anything to worry about thiugh, it could be caused by dusting the unit using the wrong type of duster etc I imagine that could have an effect? . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THX-1138 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 It's not paintwork it's plastic although there may be some very slight variation from the molding process? I've double-checked mine, no marks or blemishes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Dirty Get said: Not the best start to my vcs Is there alot of trouble with sleep mode. Sometimes when I put the vcs into sleep mode my tv turns off and the vcs is still on but nothing on screen. The only way to get it working again is by pressing the power button on the back for 5 seconds. Is this a normal problem. Also when turning on sometimes the controllers won't pair or work, I have to plug them back in to get them connected. Sleep and standby modes on PCs have always been problematic. All except for the most tested and vetted configurations have any hope of working right. And VCS is nothing but a PC. FWIW.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Get Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 Thanks for all the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirrell Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I find it weird because I have had good luck with my controller waking the system but often, after that, it has trouble pairing the same controller via Bluetooth. It just communicated with that same controller… Controller issues have been a problem for sure. Many people (including me) have run into an issue where a controller stops working in a game but works for the system UI. In that case, to fix, the controller needs to be forgotten in the system settings and then re-paired. They also need an easy way to set the order of the controllers (1, 2, 3, 4). I am hopeful they will address some of these issues with an update. All that said, welcome to the VCS. I have had a lot of fun with it and hope you enjoy yours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Get Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 So would other people say they have had trouble at all with the sleep mode. It's just when I press sleep mode the console turns off and the Atari sign is on and not flashing like it should. I then can't wake the machine even though the Atari light is on. I have to press the power button to get it to respond. Anyone else had this at all If I reset my settings it seems to work for for a bit then goes back to playing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirrell Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 32 minutes ago, Dirty Get said: So would other people say they have had trouble at all with the sleep mode. It's just when I press sleep mode the console turns off and the Atari sign is on and not flashing like it should. I then can't wake the machine even though the Atari light is on. I have to press the power button to get it to respond. Anyone else had this at all In my experience the logo always flashes when I put it to sleep and the screen is turned off. When I hit the Fuji button on a controller, the unit wakes up and will go through the Asteroids animation and then to the login screen. I often find that it takes a while to re-pair the controller that I used to wake the unit. In the test I just did it worked perfectly - the controller got paired as the Asteroids animation was playing and was ready when I got to the login screen. But many times it seems like the unit does not re-connect to the controller and I wind up turning the controller off and back on to get it to pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Get Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) It's a strange one I don't get how it works sometimes. I have even done a restet and it hasn't helped. Is there a way to do a full factory reset as when I go to reset the full factory reset is faded out and won't let me select it. Edited August 19, 2022 by Dirty Get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 10:28 PM, Keatah said: Sleep and standby modes on PCs have always been problematic. All except for the most tested and vetted configurations have any hope of working right. And VCS is nothing but a PC. FWIW.. That's definitely been true in the past. It depends on having hardware that can deal with it properly and the right software. But the VCS is highly integrated, and AMD-based consoles (PS4, Xbox One) have had working sleep modes for years now, so I would expect that it should work on VCS. That said I don't use it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 You don't use sleep mode.....or the VCS? Ba-dump tishhhh! Mine has sadly been gathering dust, not because of it but because I don't have time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I never use sleep mode now on any of my consoles thanks to the PS5! Every time my PS5 goes into sleep mode upon waking the system it becomes corrupted and I need to reformat the data base, no idea the situation on sleep mode on PS5 these days after all the firmware updates but I’d never use it again and same with the VCS I wouldn’t bother with it either, best thing is to disable it in my opinion and turn the console of when not in use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said: I never use sleep mode now on any of my consoles thanks to the PS5! Every time my PS5 goes into sleep mode upon waking the system it becomes corrupted and I need to reformat the data base, no idea the situation on sleep mode on PS5 these days after all the firmware updates but I’d never use it again and same with the VCS I wouldn’t bother with it either, best thing is to disable it in my opinion and turn the console of when not in use. Never ran into this issue. Has this occured recently? I know there were corruption issues with early PS5s that were addressed with firmware updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, zzip said: Never ran into this issue. Has this occured recently? I know there were corruption issues with early PS5s that were addressed with firmware updates. I haven’t had the problem since last late year and I’ve not tried sleep mode ever since but hopefully they have it resolved with firmware updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, Atari_JaguarVCS said: I haven’t had the problem since last late year and I’ve not tried sleep mode ever since but hopefully they have it resolved with firmware updates. I think it was resolved. When I first got my PS5, I had read horror stories online. But I also noticed that these reports were all posted several months prior and at some point people stopped reporting the issue. I avoided rest mode at first because of that, but eventually I started using it with no ill effects 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Get Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 So anyone had this before when vcs was going into sleep mode 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_JaguarVCS Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 That looks like a GPU issue, but obviously can’t be if it only happens in standby mode lol? but it does remind me of one of my old GPU’s that started artifacting before it died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 11 hours ago, Dirty Get said: So would other people say they have had trouble at all with the sleep mode. It's just when I press sleep mode the console turns off and the Atari sign is on and not flashing like it should. I then can't wake the machine even though the Atari light is on. Yeah, sleep mode is busted as hell. Once in a while I can get it to go to sleep and then wake up, but only if I wake it up pretty recently after sleeping it (hours may work, days never). The controller stuff is also all messed up as people mention. I want the system to work, and the games and content there is are pretty good, and the UI looks pretty nice overall, but the under the hood OS polish is very poor, no way around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Get Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Be bloody typical if it's GPU trouble. Anyone else seen this before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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