Dreamcast MODE - revive a DC that only powers on?

[Rock Man]

Is it possible to revive a broken Deamcast that only gives you power through orange LED by installing the MODE?

I was going to send mine to a handy man so he could install a new lithium battery housing to make replacing a new one easy. He is going to replace the caps while he's at it. From there either I would have him install a new power supply OR I'll install the solderless DreamPSU

After these 3 things are done, I'm modding my DC with the MODE. But all this hinges on one thing, can I install the MODE on a DC with a dead optical drive that turns on?

[gray117]

Does it display anything?

If so, probably yes: we're totally just skirting around the drive issues.

If no probably not: there's more problems, maybe even critical ones.



Price wise... Easier to gamble on gdemu than mode?

[darcagn]

When you say "only gives power through orange LED" are you saying there's no display, no fan spinning, no GD-ROM drive spinning?

If this is the case -- I would NOT expect replacing the GD-ROM drive with a MODE to fix your system (although I have seen drive motor failures cause some of these symptoms, based on the info provided, this cannot be concluded).