mmmonkey

Sega Saturn Modchip

If you want a pain free way of playing CDr discs on your Saturn, then I think the easiest way is to install a modchip.

If your Saturn has a CD drive that attaches to the motherboard with a 21 pin cable, then you're in luck, there's a few shops selling a suitable modchip and they usually provide excellent online guides for installing it.

If you have a CD drive that attaches using a 20 pin cable (Model 1 Saturns with oval buttons, and some very early Model 2's I think), then it's a lot more difficult.  I haven't seen a suitable chip for sale for years.  You can mod your modchip though!

Here's the best guide I've seen for it, along with some more info.  Here's a PDF copy of the original guide should Sega Style ever vanish,

This chip would be a nice find though!

Thanks jeimuzu_uk for finding some of the links for me :-) 

 !! H E L P !!

Game console modifications