Sega Saturn replacement laser lens help!

[neogeostyle90]

Hi!

I need your help to find the correct laser lens model for my white japanese Saturn. Cd doesn't spin at all and I need a new laser lens.
Anyone can help me?

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

It's the white Sega Saturn HST-3220:

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[neogeostyle90]

Yes, it's a 3220 model, however I have another 3220 but the laser lens and its mechanism are totally different...

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

Remembered wrong thought there were only 3 different drives but it was only 3 different lasers. JVC, Sanyo and Samsung. What is exactly written on the Sanyo? Could be this one:

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[Neodogg]

Could always get an ODE for this and buy a new JP if you have discs you want to play...

 

[HornheaDD]

Honestly man it's just not worth it anymore, get y'self a MODE, or a Fenrir. The drive is gonna die again anyway.

 

[DaisyAge]

Honestly man it's just not worth it anymore, get y'self a MODE, or a Fenrir. The drive is gonna die again anyway.

Seriously he's right, I replaced my drive a year ago and it's begun to fail again. Saturns are notorious for this. It's time to go ODE

 

[Neodogg]

I have a Fenrir in one of mine, it’s cheap & easy...

 

[ggallegos1]

I can send you mine for the cost of shipping

 

[HornheaDD]

I have a Fenrir in one of mine, it’s cheap & easy...

I just recently got a MODE for my Saturn, so I put my phoebe up on ebay. But I also came into possession of a Model 1 Saturn. No way am I going to luck into finding a Rhea like I did a Phoebe (Friend gave me the homey price), so I figured I'd just get a MODE for it, but the Fenrir is so much cheaper.

 

[Heinz]

Just MODE it and never look back. I did mine before I sold it, was a brilliant way to play Saturn games and then you only have to worry about the mainboard failing which is a far more unlikely event.

 

[SignOfGoob]

Honestly man it's just not worth it anymore, get y'self a MODE, or a Fenrir. The drive is gonna die again anyway.

Before that new school flash crap? I don’t know. The OG is 25 years old.

 

[HornheaDD]

Less moving parts, man. Less parts to fail, easier to source if they do.

 

[SignOfGoob]

Less moving parts, man. Less parts to fail, easier to source if they do.

Yes, you’d THINK that and conventional gamer group think agrees...but my own personal experiences are that every flash doodad I’ve ever had over the years has eventually died and both my Saturns still play discs perfectly...so does my Gamecube, my Dreamcast, my Duo R, even my PSOne. This probably has a lot to do with quality control differences between 1990s made in Japan and whatever sweatshop shit hole they make Game Doctors in.

In fact I’ve only had two optical drives fail on me ever. One is the SuperDrive built into a 2008 unibody MacBook and the other is the OG PC Engine CDROM2 which was the first consumer CDROM ever made...croaked on me in like 2015 I think.

 

[Neo Alec]

No. You must submit to the groupthink. You love Sonic Mania.