Well, here's the situation -
I just got my Saturn recently (a dirt cheap model 1), and decided I'd mod it to play burnt games. I had BIN/CUEs of Panzer Dragoon Saga, so I looked up the swap trick and taped the internal switch accordingly. The system now boots up fine playing commericial games, both with the lid open and closed.
I made my first copy of PDS: Disc 1 using Alcohol 120%, and proceded to try it out, but to no avail - I was confronted with a "Game not suitable for this system" error. I checked my BIN and discovered that it was patched for Europe (it was the NTSC game, though - it's marked as MK-81307, without the -50 the PAL version has). I quickly fixed the BIN up, clearing the E country code and replacing it with a nice, shiny U. I burnt again, but the result was another coaster. Growing increasingly frustrated, I attempted to burn the game using CDRWIN as opposed to Alcohol. Still, however, the burn didn't work (and after waiting so long, burning at 1x! 🙁 ) To check to make sure that it wasn't a fault in my swapping, I attempted to load the game up in Giri Giri, but I met with failure. Another coaster.
I was desperate now. I checked here for help, and lurked around through topics grabbing whatever insightful information I could find. I tried loading the image up in CDMage, which found two corrupted sectors - 150 and 151. I suspect this has to do with my patching of the game's country code, so I didn't repair them.
I then tried to convert the game into ISO/WAV format, and did so with BINChunker. I then grabbed Easy-CD Pro 95, and burnt another copy of the game. I quickly decided to test the game in Giri Giri before going to my Saturn. Success! The game booted perfectly. I was ecstatic. I dashed to my Saturn and began the swap trick like normal.
But this time...something was different. My access light flashed a bit longer than before, with the coasters. Regardless, as soon as it stopped I quickly snatched the CDR out and popped in NiGHTS. Again, however, something was different - and more disconcerting. My Saturn just sat there. Sure, the disc began to spin, but it was halted at the Saturn logo (the gray one - before the black one), and the access light wasn't coming on at all. I tried again a few more times. It still didn't work.
What next, then? I tried doing the alternate swap method, where you insert the burn, let it bring you to the BIOS, swap discs, reset, swap again la. However, when I tried this...it would say "Checking disc format" spin and spin for a while, and then lock up entirely. Even the little animated cursor stopped animating. I then tried it again, this time holding down 'A' while booting. Again, I got a "Checking disc format", but this time it was successful! So I yank out my CDR, pop in NiGHTS, reset, and I'm good to go, right?
Wrong, of course. The Saturn just sits there idly as before, spinning that disc but not once flashing that access light to let me know it's reading it, since it probably isn't.
So, now, I implore you. Do any of you fine folks have a suggestion? Should I adjust my laser power so it may read the media better? Should I try a different 'real' game (NiGHTS has two data tracks, so that might be screwing it up)? Could it have something to do with burning (even though Giri Giri runs it fine)?
I'm at a loss here, and I hope you fine folks could help me in some way.
Much thanks in advance.
I just got my Saturn recently (a dirt cheap model 1), and decided I'd mod it to play burnt games. I had BIN/CUEs of Panzer Dragoon Saga, so I looked up the swap trick and taped the internal switch accordingly. The system now boots up fine playing commericial games, both with the lid open and closed.
I made my first copy of PDS: Disc 1 using Alcohol 120%, and proceded to try it out, but to no avail - I was confronted with a "Game not suitable for this system" error. I checked my BIN and discovered that it was patched for Europe (it was the NTSC game, though - it's marked as MK-81307, without the -50 the PAL version has). I quickly fixed the BIN up, clearing the E country code and replacing it with a nice, shiny U. I burnt again, but the result was another coaster. Growing increasingly frustrated, I attempted to burn the game using CDRWIN as opposed to Alcohol. Still, however, the burn didn't work (and after waiting so long, burning at 1x! 🙁 ) To check to make sure that it wasn't a fault in my swapping, I attempted to load the game up in Giri Giri, but I met with failure. Another coaster.
I was desperate now. I checked here for help, and lurked around through topics grabbing whatever insightful information I could find. I tried loading the image up in CDMage, which found two corrupted sectors - 150 and 151. I suspect this has to do with my patching of the game's country code, so I didn't repair them.
I then tried to convert the game into ISO/WAV format, and did so with BINChunker. I then grabbed Easy-CD Pro 95, and burnt another copy of the game. I quickly decided to test the game in Giri Giri before going to my Saturn. Success! The game booted perfectly. I was ecstatic. I dashed to my Saturn and began the swap trick like normal.
But this time...something was different. My access light flashed a bit longer than before, with the coasters. Regardless, as soon as it stopped I quickly snatched the CDR out and popped in NiGHTS. Again, however, something was different - and more disconcerting. My Saturn just sat there. Sure, the disc began to spin, but it was halted at the Saturn logo (the gray one - before the black one), and the access light wasn't coming on at all. I tried again a few more times. It still didn't work.
What next, then? I tried doing the alternate swap method, where you insert the burn, let it bring you to the BIOS, swap discs, reset, swap again la. However, when I tried this...it would say "Checking disc format" spin and spin for a while, and then lock up entirely. Even the little animated cursor stopped animating. I then tried it again, this time holding down 'A' while booting. Again, I got a "Checking disc format", but this time it was successful! So I yank out my CDR, pop in NiGHTS, reset, and I'm good to go, right?
Wrong, of course. The Saturn just sits there idly as before, spinning that disc but not once flashing that access light to let me know it's reading it, since it probably isn't.
So, now, I implore you. Do any of you fine folks have a suggestion? Should I adjust my laser power so it may read the media better? Should I try a different 'real' game (NiGHTS has two data tracks, so that might be screwing it up)? Could it have something to do with burning (even though Giri Giri runs it fine)?
I'm at a loss here, and I hope you fine folks could help me in some way.
Much thanks in advance.
