SEGA Mega Drive Console

Black screen fix

Repair Service

This is a general repair service for SEGA Mega Drive consoles that are not booting or working on your tv. It's very common for these old console to not boot at all, or just display a blank or black screen. No audio, etc. are all common faults.

Let's quickly start with some basics.

SEGA Mega Drive 1 - This is the long, rectanlge shaped console. This one has a rear socket and simply plugs into your TV with AV cables. If this one isn't working, we recommend you clean the game carts first and try again. If not, send it in for repair.

SEGA Mega Drive 2 - This is the 2nd release console which is small and square. This one has a common power issue where the power cable and socket crack and are loose. If you have an interrmittend power issue, you'll need to send this in for soldering.

Typical issues

• Mega Drive not reading games
  
• Mega Drive black screen
• Mega Drive not working
• Mega Drive no video
• sega Mega Drive not reading games
• sega Mega Drive not turning on
• sega Mega Drive wont tune in
  
• Mega Drive no power fix

We give your console a once over and repair anything we find that needs doing. We treat this repair as a diagnostic best effort, as sometimes its not possible or not viable to repair all consoles due to cost or availability of chips and parts. 

Simply buy this service and post your console into us. We'll get to work and aim to repair it. We will keep in contact with you as we go.

Costs

There may be further costs for the repair, but we will not bill you a cent extra until discussing the findings of this initial service. 

What to post in?

For this job, we recommend sending in the following items as the fault can be with one of them.

• Console
• Games (It's common for your games to be dirty and be the underlying cause of the blank screen, so send one game which we'll clean properly and and use as the test cart)

How does the process work?

1. Buy the kit from the maker (Optional)
2. Buy this repair service (return shipping is calculated at checkout).
   
3. Print our address from the "Print Address" button on screen.
4. Post in your console, the kit, accessories and a test game.
5. We repair your console.
6. We post your console back to you with the prepaid shipping costs from checkout.

Who pays for postage?

• You organise postage and ship your console in.
• We calculate the return postage at checkout and this is how we get it back to you.