Recent content by Phil

you cant. going into test menu does not show a game being installed. even though there definitely is one there. And you cannot reinstall off dvd as it errors 66 before it starts.

i replaced the IDE cable too just to check.

Thanks or the info. I've tried a replacement HDD from another system and another NOS drive. Even if I connect up an external DVD to reinstall from disk it does the same thing. The reinstall is never initiated and it displays a 66. Kind of points to the area of the drive controller.

Cant reinstall from the disk. it initially accesses the DVD, but then goes through 'validation' then just errors with a 66. Also tried swapping in another CF card too but get exactly the same result. its a mystery!

irepair sega does Lindbergh hardware but the cost of sending a well packaged board from UK to USA and back plus repair costs just does not make it worthwhile. Andy has stopped doing them now as far as I know. I have fixed motherboard in the past, dead with shorted power rails, but partial...

tried it with a couple, HOD4, ABC, always does the same thing. even from install disks.

I confirmed its not a HDD issue, tried known working HDD that has another game installed on it and also a blank one that I got to install a new game and is exact same make/model. Sort of leaves me with motherboard problems I guess. Bad dipswitches I have had before on a Chihiro filter board...

Has anyone solved the Error 66 boot issue on a Yellow? Got 2 that do this now. Tried all the usual card swapping, drive swapping, cmos reset, no IO card etc but always get an Error 66 after SegaBoot. the sequence is: Switch on Machine starts to boot White Lindbergh screen is shown Goes...