Accually I had just replaced my damaged Duo with one from TZD. When I ordered the $50 only covers the system itself, no cables or a/c adapter. They also state this on there website.
It is still a good deal. You would have a brand new Duo for a total of $70, A LOT less than what most people pay for a used unit.
Steve
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xxxxxx@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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I had the same thing, I bought a broken duo for $30.00... I was toolazy to
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take a look at it, so I just sent it into Turbo Zone Direct, and they
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replaced the system for $50.00.� The $50.00 replaces the System, the AC
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Adaptor, and the AV Cables and covers return Shipping! Not a bad idea.
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www.tzd.com
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------Original Message------
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From: "TurboGrafx H.Q." <xxxxxx@execulink.com>
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To: <xxxxxx@yahoogroups.com>
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Sent: April 7, 2001 9:08:55 PM GMT
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Subject: [NEC_Avenue] Repairing A Duo
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Hi everybody, Mack here.
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About a year ago I purchased a semi-broken Duo for parts from a guy for
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$20.. Now the reason that I say semi-broken is, because when I bought it, he
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made it clear to me that the CD-ROM drive did not work, but the Hucard port
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did. So I was fine with that due to the fact that the hucard game port was
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operable and I was getting a spare: Duo controller, A/V hook-up cable and
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A/C adapter, well worth the $20. So I brought the system home and decided to
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test the CD-ROM drive anyway. Well as luck would have it, when I fired it up
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for the first time, it worked! What a steal! I'm guessing that the reason
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that it worked again was because of any vibration that the system might have
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encountered during transit it somehow "fixed" whatever was wrong, such as a
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loose wire or something. So, I decided to play my most recent acquisition at
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that time, and that was Ys III. Well as it turned out, a week or so later,
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about half way through the game, the CD drive decided to stop working again
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:^( Being that I was not finished playing Ys III yet I was rather pissed
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off, even though I new when I bought it, that it was damaged. I kept getting
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a message on the screen saying to "please set disc". Well, it was set! Why
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doesn't it know that, I kept asking myself (and the Duo) :^) So like I said
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I was kinda pissed off at it so I gave the system a few smacks, nothing
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still. So I lifted the front only of the system about an inch, and then
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dropped it back onto the shelf that it was on. IT WORKED! Not a big impact
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mind you, but not something that I wanted to do every time the system
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"conked" out on me. Well sure enough a day or so later it happened again,
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"please set disc" ARGH! So I tried lifting the front of the system again and
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dropping it onto the shelf. This time it didn't work and I didn't want to
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get in the habit of dropping it over and over and over in fear of REALLY
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screwing it up permanently! So I decided to store it away until I could land
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one of those EXPENSIVE 4.5 mm external line head security device bits,
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thinking that I would someday be able to open it up and hopefully fix
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whatever is wrong with it. Well that day has finally come as I have recently
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purchased one off of eBay for $7 including shipping. A little pricey for one
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small bit but, if I can fix my poor Duo it will be well worth the price! Ok,
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so I opened it up hoping to find a loose wire or anything that looked out of
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the ordinary and of course, nothing that I could see. Now the laser is
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operating as it does go up and down attempting to read the CD but after
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about 3 attempts it gives me the same message "please set disc" So now I
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have hit a roadblock and was hoping that maybe someone here at NEC_AVENUE
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has also had this problem before and was successful in fixing it. Any
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suggestions or advice would be REALLY APPRECIATED.
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Thanks in advance,
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Mack
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