Turbografx works, Turbografx CD base does not

[Xtrasmiley]

OK, here is my situation.

I have a Turbo Ever Drive (TED) 2.5, a Turbografx16 (TG16), a Turbografx16 CD ROM (TGCD) attachment, and a Turbo Express (TE). I don't have any Hu Cards, but I have CDRs of TGCD games.

The TED works great in my TE no problems.
The TED works for about 10-30 min in the TG16 before locking up needing a hard reset.
The TED works for about 1-3 min in the TGCD before locking up and needing a hard reset in either Hu Card or CD ROM games.
The TGCD works fine with no problems with an authentic CD System card (2.0), but sadly I can only test 1-2 games as the rest of my CDRs are CD System 3.0 games.
I don't have any Hu Cards to test at all.

All that being said, any ideas? I know the TED draws more power, so I'm wondering if my CD Dock power supply is not giving enough power, also maybe explaining why the regular TG16 lasts longer before locking up (it has a different power supply). Or do you guys think there is something wrong with the capacitors? I know the Duo has capacitor issues, but I'm told the regular TG16 and TGCD never did. Also, all my power supplies are the OEM ones, but I'm just saying maybe they are old and not working as well as they use too. Thoughts?

[Eddiesamma]

Are you using the official power brick for the dock ?

[Xtrasmiley]

Are you using the official power brick for the dock ?

Yes all original power adapters. The big one for the dock, the smaller for when the TG16 is standalone.

Do you think it's not getting enough juice?

[Xtrasmiley]

Can someone recommend an aftermarket CD Dock power supply that works 100% with the TED? I've asked around and most seem to think the caps in a CD Dock are not an issue, so it might be the power supply is weak and the extra draw from a TED just craps it out. I don't own any original games to test with either!

Argh! I'll get this damn thing to work!!!

[Bloufo]

Can someone recommend an aftermarket CD Dock power supply that works 100% with the TED?

http://www.retrogamecave.com/#/shop/4577155957/psu-turbo-grafx-16-cd-rom-system/11064428

It's in stock as of the time of this post.

[Xtrasmiley]

Can someone recommend an aftermarket CD Dock power supply that works 100% with the TED?

http://www.retrogamecave.com/#/shop/4577155957/psu-turbo-grafx-16-cd-rom-system/11064428

It's in stock as of the time of this post.

Thank you. I may order it to eliminate one possibility. See my next post.

[Xtrasmiley]

OK, here is my situation.

I have a Turbo Ever Drive (TED) 2.5, a Turbografx16 (TG16), a Turbografx16 CD ROM (TGCD) attachment, and a Turbo Express (TE). I don't have any Hu Cards, but I have CDRs of TGCD games.

The TED works great in my TE no problems.
The TED works for about 10-30 min in the TG16 before locking up needing a hard reset.
The TED works for about 1-3 min in the TGCD before locking up and needing a hard reset in either Hu Card or CD ROM games.
The TGCD works fine with no problems with an authentic CD System card (2.0), but sadly I can only test 1-2 games as the rest of my CDRs are CD System 3.0 games.
I don't have any Hu Cards to test at all.

All that being said, any ideas? I know the TED draws more power, so I'm wondering if my CD Dock power supply is not giving enough power, also maybe explaining why the regular TG16 lasts longer before locking up (it has a different power supply). Or do you guys think there is something wrong with the capacitors? I know the Duo has capacitor issues, but I'm told the regular TG16 and TGCD never did. Thoughts?

[Xtrasmiley]

OK, just to keep the thread in the loop (me and the 3 people who look at this one!), I've bought an aftermarket power adapter to test first. Should be here in about 1-3 weeks so I'll report back when I get it. I'm also trying to buy some real games, so I can post results when I get them too.

In the meantime, if anyone has an idea for something for me to try, please post!

[Lost Monkey]

I think the problem is your TED. I have an earlier revision which needs an update and it works only in an original TG16 hooked up via RF.  Even then it will fail after about 20 minutes.  If I connect any composite A/V or put it on a Turbo CD dock, it will not even start....

[Xtrasmiley]

I think the problem is your TED. I have an earlier revision which needs an update and it works only in an original TG16 hooked up via RF.  Even then it will fail after about 20 minutes.  If I connect any composite A/V or put it on a Turbo CD dock, it will not even start....

Thanks for the tip. Any reason why you would think that though? I have a brand new TED, version 2.5. That being said, what did you do? Return for another TED? Did they confirm your TED was bad upon return?

[Xtrasmiley]

OK, so the next update is I got a multi out power adapter. It does 9V and 12V with up to 3amps. At 9V same exact result with the TGCD, at 12V same result but seconds faster.

OK, I'm going to guess that something is wrong with the system at this point because the TE seems to work with the TED. Anyone have any ideas/thoughts?

Also, anyone recommend a US person who you trust enough to do the likely needed repair work that I'm looking at?

[Keith Courage]

I can't think of what would need to be done to the system in order to get the everdrive to work correctly. I've only come across some region modded systems that have had issues with an everdrive.

Maybe try to find someone willing to trade for the older V1 everdrive? They load differently and you may find that that type would work without any issues. The only downfall is the older V1 can't be used as a super system CD card. A regular 1.0, 2.0, 2.1 CD card would work with it though since they don't have any on chip memory.

Still wondering if there is something with with your particular everdrive. Have you been able to test it on another system? This would at least rule out if the system or the everdrive is at fault.

[Xtrasmiley]

I can't think of what would need to be done to the system in order to get the everdrive to work correctly. I've only come across some region modded systems that have had issues with an everdrive.

Maybe try to find someone willing to trade for the older V1 everdrive? They load differently and you may find that that type would work without any issues. The only downfall is the older V1 can't be used as a super system CD card. A regular 1.0, 2.0, 2.1 CD card would work with it though since they don't have any on chip memory.

Still wondering if there is something with with your particular everdrive. Have you been able to test it on another system? This would at least rule out if the system or the everdrive is at fault.

Keith, I started a thread in the TED forum, it looks like another guy who got 3 TEDs in the same batch as me has the same problem. I'll be getting a Duo in a week or so, so I'll test and post results. I hate to have to ship the TED back, but if it works on everything but the TG16, I might do so. I'm also kicking around the idea of tracking down an actual damn game, but they are hard to locate on the island...