Dreamcast blue screen VGA

[Wilco]

My OSSC has just experienced a bit of a meltdown and I’m wondering if anyone else has had this fault. I was experiencing a bit of noise through the picture when running through the OSSC’s VGA input so I decided to check the cable by running my Dreamcast straight into the VGA input on my monitor. The picture was perfect with no visible noise, I then reattached my cable to the OSSC and now everything on the screen has a blue tint. I then tested the Scart input with m Gamecube and that was fine. I detached and reattached the VGA and the problem of the blue screen still remains. Is this a hardware failure of the VGA port? has anyone else had this problem. I bought my OSSC back in July, would I still be covered by my warranty if it is a manufacturing fault?

Cheers.

[SRRAE]

It looks like the VGA port has lost red. Do things on the screen which should be red look black?

[Wilco]

Yeah? Is that a problem that a novice could fix or do you think i’d need to return it? Yeah, the Red is showing as black. The flickering still remains as well so I imagine this problem is also connected to that.

[nmalinoski]

Depends by what you mean by “a novice”; a soldering novice could likely fix the problem, assuming it’s just a bad through-hole joint.

[Wilco]

I’d probably prefer to return it for a fix rather than risk buggering it up any more with my lackluster soldering skills. I’ll contact Bucko and see if I’m still under warranty. Cheers for your help 🙂

[timson72]

Just tested my Dreamcast and it’s the same through VGA.

[JoeTheUseless]

You get 1 years warranty with the OSSC so don’t worry just issue a replacement. I have read about this issue before and the last person had to do a return 🙂

[SRRAE]

Take a look at my post a few months ago.

VGA input seems to have lost red

This is what happened to mine. It looks almost exactly the same

Mine was replaced and was a very quick turnaround.

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[Wilco]

My OSSC has just experienced a bit of a meltdown and I’m wondering if anyone else has had this fault. I was experiencing a bit of noise through the picture when running through the OSSC’s VGA input so I decided to check the cable by running my Dreamcast straight into the VGA input on my monitor. The picture was perfect with no visible noise, I then reattached my cable to the OSSC and now everything on the screen has a blue tint. I then tested the Scart input with m Gamecube and that was fine. I detached and reattached the VGA and the problem of the blue screen still remains. Is this a hardware failure of the VGA port? has anyone else had this problem. I bought my OSSC back in July, would I still be covered by my warranty if it is a manufacturing fault?

Cheers.

[SRRAE]

It looks like the VGA port has lost red. Do things on the screen which should be red look black?

[Wilco]

Yeah? Is that a problem that a novice could fix or do you think i’d need to return it? Yeah, the Red is showing as black. The flickering still remains as well so I imagine this problem is also connected to that.

[nmalinoski]

Depends by what you mean by “a novice”; a soldering novice could likely fix the problem, assuming it’s just a bad through-hole joint.

[Wilco]

I’d probably prefer to return it for a fix rather than risk buggering it up any more with my lackluster soldering skills. I’ll contact Bucko and see if I’m still under warranty. Cheers for your help 🙂

[timson72]

Just tested my Dreamcast and it’s the same through VGA.

[JoeTheUseless]

You get 1 years warranty with the OSSC so don’t worry just issue a replacement. I have read about this issue before and the last person had to do a return 🙂

[SRRAE]

Take a look at my post a few months ago.

VGA input seems to have lost red

This is what happened to mine. It looks almost exactly the same

Mine was replaced and was a very quick turnaround.

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