dbstallman
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Ok, I have a Seibu SP1 Raiden Fighters 2 cartridge that is flakey. I have two different mainboards that I have tried it on and they both exhibit the exact same symptoms : the character sprites will change to gibberish unless the cartrige is in just the right position.
When it acts up, I can lift the cart up from the mainboard a little and it goes back to normal for a while. I have tried spraying the cartridge connectors with alcohol and then inserted and removed the cartridge about a dozen times to really work the connectors. I have even tried the same with spray contact cleaner. Occasionally the problem will get better for a while after I do that, but it eventually returns.
I am wodering if anyone knows of a really thin cleaner, sort of like a pipe cleaner, that I could stick in those pin holes to finally remove whatever the corrosion or oxidation is that causes this issue.
I will also add that it is definately this cart since I have a Raiden Fighters Jet, Raiden Fighters and a Viper Phase 1 that all work flawlessly on both mainboards.
Brian.
When it acts up, I can lift the cart up from the mainboard a little and it goes back to normal for a while. I have tried spraying the cartridge connectors with alcohol and then inserted and removed the cartridge about a dozen times to really work the connectors. I have even tried the same with spray contact cleaner. Occasionally the problem will get better for a while after I do that, but it eventually returns.
I am wodering if anyone knows of a really thin cleaner, sort of like a pipe cleaner, that I could stick in those pin holes to finally remove whatever the corrosion or oxidation is that causes this issue.
I will also add that it is definately this cart since I have a Raiden Fighters Jet, Raiden Fighters and a Viper Phase 1 that all work flawlessly on both mainboards.
Brian.
