Dreamcast Noise Questions

[NeoMaster]

Well, I just found out today my dreamcast makes weird sounds. When I first got it, it would make these grinding sounds whenever the console read discs, since I've never owned a DC before I thought it was normal. Anyway, recently I went to a friends house and his dc doesn't make the same noise, it makes a similar noise to a ps2 reading a cd. So I realized that mine is screwed.

 

It really doesn't bother me though, the games work fine and everything. I'm not really interested in repairing it or anything (usually when I try to fix things, situations become worse).

 

But I was wondering if I continued to leave this problem alone, will the dc get worse or possibly, will my Game Discs get screwed?

 

Thanks in advance!

[Corn99]

its normal when its reading burned games it runs smoother on original games but still make small grinding noise.

[Salem]

This is true. I generally only notice sounds when playing CDR games. Been playing it a couple years like that and never any problems.

[NeoMaster]

Yeah, even though it makes those sounds, nothing bad has come out of it. I was just curious to see if I was the only person experiencing this.

[ffynnon]

I noticed the grinding first with CDR games (think Soul Calibur). Then when I bought the real games, they still made a grinding noise, though perhaps not as much. Both my dreamcasts grind--both manufactured in Japan...

 

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Edited September 4, 2004 by ffynnon

[Shibathedog]

one of my DCs is pretty close to quiet, but you DO hear it, while another one i swear you can hear down the fricken hallway, but they both work the same, some are just louder than others.