Another embarassing newbie question: How to re-seat ROMs
Hi,
I have a Sega Turbo, when I bought it the seller brought it to my place and moved it into my gameroom. He fired it up and noticed that some of the cars on the screen had artifacts, sort of lines around them that shouldn't be there. He popped the back off and pulled out a ROM chip and set it back in, which cleared the issue up.
The little lines have returned around some of the cars, and I'm pretty sure I'm not such a clutz that I can't resolve this without blowing my house up, but I just want to be sure there's not some basic process in pulling out the ROMS I should be aware of.
Can I just literally grab them and pull them out? Or do I need to finesse them out with a small screwdriver? Once I pull one out, is there something I can do to improve the connection between the chip and the port it plugs into (bend the legs in a little, clean them somehow, etc)?
Obviously I'll have the game unplugged when I do this, and I'll be doing them 1 at a time, though I do plan to do all of them at once rather than doing 1, turning the game back on, repeat, etc.
Any advice on how to do this without making a total rookie blunder would be very much appreciated!!
Regards,
Ryan
Hi,
I have a Sega Turbo, when I bought it the seller brought it to my place and moved it into my gameroom. He fired it up and noticed that some of the cars on the screen had artifacts, sort of lines around them that shouldn't be there. He popped the back off and pulled out a ROM chip and set it back in, which cleared the issue up.
The little lines have returned around some of the cars, and I'm pretty sure I'm not such a clutz that I can't resolve this without blowing my house up, but I just want to be sure there's not some basic process in pulling out the ROMS I should be aware of.
Can I just literally grab them and pull them out? Or do I need to finesse them out with a small screwdriver? Once I pull one out, is there something I can do to improve the connection between the chip and the port it plugs into (bend the legs in a little, clean them somehow, etc)?
Obviously I'll have the game unplugged when I do this, and I'll be doing them 1 at a time, though I do plan to do all of them at once rather than doing 1, turning the game back on, repeat, etc.
Any advice on how to do this without making a total rookie blunder would be very much appreciated!!
Regards,
Ryan

