Glitched Hu card

[Jibbajaba]

I've got a copy of Maniac Pro Wrestling that I can't get to work at all.  I'll try a few of the suggestions in this thread, but my system works like a champ with everything else that I throw in there.

Chris

[moonwhistle]

Thanks for the further advice but I'm now certain that this card is dead. I tried the putting electrical tape behind the pins to make a tighter fit but it made no difference. As I said the game will always start fine and will usually let me play for a bit but sooner or later it crashes. Sometimes in very interesting ways:



This might just be the fabled 6 player split screen beta edition. Will trade it for a regular version + cash if anyone's interested?

The music glitches are really weird to and it starts playing random music tracks or beeps on top of each other. It crashes 100% of the time on the password select screen. I don't think it can be my cart slot pins on my core crafx as I've got 20 odd other games which all work perfectly.

I'm giving up on this one and I'll stick up a wanted ad for a loose US Dungeon explorer.

[nat]

Watch the next copy do the exact same thing...

[moonwhistle]

Watch the next copy do the exact same thing...

Are you saying that my core grafx 2 is at fault even though it plays all my other games perfectly? If so, is there a guide anywhere to cleaning the slot? Is there any chance the region mod could be the problem?

[spenoza]

I think the suggestion isn't so much that your core is definitely at fault so much as you can't be sure until you test that particular hucard in another system. Good troubleshooting is dependent upon good testing. It would certainly suck if you procured another copy and the same thing happened.

[thesteve]

well said
it is always best to try swapping apples for apples first, to properly identify a rotten one




PS your region mod could be at fault, if its causing data degradation.

[nat]

Indeed, I've seen region mods do this exact sort of thing, especially if there is a poor connection on one of the data lines. As a matter of fact, I missed any mention earlier in the thread that this system had a region mod on it.

The region mod would've been my #1 suggestion to check had I realized you were working with a system that had a region mod.

Still, the best thing you could do at this point is try the cart in a different, non region-modded system and see what happens. You might be surprised at the results.

[moonwhistle]

Indeed, I've seen region mods do this exact sort of thing, especially if there is a poor connection on one of the data lines. As a matter of fact, I missed any mention earlier in the thread that this system had a region mod on it.

The region mod would've been my #1 suggestion to check had I realized you were working with a system that had a region mod.

Still, the best thing you could do at this point is try the cart in a different, non region-modded system and see what happens. You might be surprised at the results.

I forgot to mention the region mod, sorry. Unfortunately I don't have access to another console to test the game on. The only other US game I have is splatterhouse and that plays perfectly. Dead hu cards may be rare but in my short time with the system I've already had another broken card, it was a system card 3 that definately was dead.

[spenoza]

Japanese or US system card? If you already had another dead card it almost makes me more suspicious of your particular hardware setup.

[nat]

Oh, geez. Yes, indeed.

How did you determine the System 3 card was "definitely" dead?

[moonwhistle]

The system card 3 was Japanese and I sent it back to the guy who traded it with me. He confirmed it was definately broken beyond use despite looking perfect. I've got a replacement now.

[LameKat]

Finally getting around to a follow up on the games I have that are glitched. I've cleaned the cards, rubbed them with an eraser, opened the system and cleaned the shit out of it, applied a little pressure to each connection point of the system that makes contact with the cards and tried the tape trick. None have worked. Here's some pics of the cards as well as screen shots. I did'nt take screen shots of the final Lap twin card (which is alot more yellowed than appears in the pic) due to the fact that I either get a blue or pale yellow screen for about a second before the screen goes black. The other games can actually be played but you can't really make out what's going on. Here's the pics:

Cards in question


Bravoman being played


Bloody Wolf being played


Ninja Spirit being played

[DragonmasterDan]

Finally getting around to a follow up on the games I have that are glitched. I've cleaned the cards, rubbed them with an eraser, opened the system and cleaned the shit out of it, applied a little pressure to each connection point of the system that makes contact with the cards and tried the tape trick. None have worked. Here's some pics of the cards as well as screen shots. I did'nt take screen shots of the final Lap twin card (which is alot more yellowed than appears in the pic) due to the fact that I either get a blue or pale yellow screen for about a second before the screen goes black. The other games can actually be played but you can't really make out what's going on. Here's the pics:

Have you tried these on more than one system?

[LameKat]

I don't have another system. I just sent a message to another member that I know is local, we'll see if I can give it a shot.

[bust3dstr8]

Ok  I'll dig out the Turbo. I am not sure where the AV and power is so bring those. I have Tuesday of and will be free from 3-6 and 8-whenever.