Yes, which is why I wouldn't buy an "el-cheapo" one on ebay in hopes of using that. I could end up with less money and still no reliable Saturn between the two. I will probably eventually just buy a tested working Saturn and transfer my mod to that one. Perhaps using the A+B method this time (it should work on any Sat, its from gamegizmo).
But hopefully at some point Curtis will be struck by divine inspiration. My Saturn still works, and it isn't unstable once it is running, so I'm not in a rush. Just unhappy. It currently just takes 1-7 tries to get a game to load (originals or CDR, doesn't matter). Hopefully it won't degrade any time soon.