Repair & Schematics
Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn Minimum Boot
1min
The Sega Saturn only requires the main motherboard and the 5V power in rail operational to boot to the BIOS and show video out.
A working Saturn in this configuration and running on just the 5V rail will draw around 1 Amp. Some revisions draw a few amps on first boot then settle down to the 1A power draw or less.
There is no need for a working coin cell battery or CD drive for visual output either.
Updated 03 Mar 2023
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