Problem with super system card

[seieienbu]

So I was in Seattle a bit ago visiting some friends and they took me to a used game store, Pink Godzilla.  Lo and behold, they had a loose super system card for $60.  So I picked it up, and went on with my vacation.  A couple of weeks later I'm back at home so I try the thing out and it doesn't work.  After booting up the system the screen just shows white and nothing else happens, the CD never even spins.  My first assumption is that either it's broken or I have one from another region.  Well, there's writing on the back of the hu card that says the same stuff as the system card that came with my Turbo CD except for 3 lines about patents:
"U.S. Patents #4,462,076
#4,442,486 #4,454,594
Canada Patent #1,183,276

At this point I go online and look for some pictures to see if the American version has any of that stuff written on the back.  I could only find pictures of the front and discovered one thing, the Japanese version has an icon in the lower right whereas the American version does not.  The card I purchased does not have said icon, so at least I've got that going for it.

Anyway, does an American Syper System Card include the US patent stuff on the back?  Do I have like, a PAL system card or something weird?  Is the thing just broken?  

Thanks for your help.

[Tatsujin]

I think there never was no PAL sys card, and even if there were one, it would just be the very same as the US one.

[seieienbu]

Thanks.  So, I guess I just have a broken hu card?

[SuperDeadite]

white screen = no hucard detected.  meaning the contacts are dirty.  scrub that bitch.

[GameFreak]

^agree
clean the contacts! I bet it works just fine.

I've been to that store. It's a great place.

[Joe Redifer]

If I turn on the Turbo without a HuCard, the color shown is usually random.

[seieienbu]

white screen = no hucard detected.  meaning the contacts are dirty.  scrub that bitch.

Happy to try this!  However, I don't want to ruin it with my ignorance.  What should I use to clean it?

[Tatsujin]

take a simple rubber and rub over the contacts until they shine in your face like a morning sun.

[SuperDeadite]

take a simple rubber and rub over the contacts until they shine in your face like a morning sun.

He means a pink eraser, not a condom.

[PunkicCyborg]

Don't push it all the way in after you clean it. Push the hu card in then back it out till it is about where the power tab slides out.

[seieienbu]

Don't push it all the way in after you clean it. Push the hu card in then back it out till it is about where the power tab slides out.

This solved all of my issues.  A simple problem, I'm embarrassed that I didn't think to try this myself.  Now I guess I need to buy some more games!

Thanks for all of your help.

[KnightWarrior]

Don't be embarrassed about it, You didn't know

[thesteve]

take a simple rubber and rub over the contacts until they shine in your face like a morning sun.

He means a pink eraser, not a condom.

i thought about explaining that

[FiftyQuid]

He means a pink eraser, not a condom.

Wish I had seen this before I used a condom.

Great to hear you got the card working.  Great price on a SS card.

[SignOfZeta]

Don't push it all the way in after you clean it. Push the hu card in then back it out till it is about where the power tab slides out.

Again, he means with an eraser, not a condom.