Finally received my pc-engine flash card

[sideshow]

It could be my contacts are damaged on the PCE side of it but it doesnt make sense to me cause I alwasy treated that thing as an infant baby due to fact it cost me over 100 bones.

[Paisa49]

There's no way that the contacts are that delicate. Mine was a new one, and after working for a while, it just stopped.

[nat]

I filed my contacts down a whole bunch to try to get it to work on my TG-16. It still didn't.

Despite this, it still plays great on my Duo. If the contacts can withstand a brutal filing session, they can withstand air. It's highly unlikely the contacts have anything to do with it.

[turbokon]

That's good to hear the contacts are not that delicate.

[malducci]

Nat, I think I posted this somewhere else in the forum but..

 The flash card more than likely requires more power than the typical hucard. It's more than just flash rom, it has a special chip that's needed to simulate the SF2 bank switching and other logic. You should try a different power supply for your TG16 and/or try it on a different outlet.

[nat]

No, I know that. I did the filing/testing/etc all before I figured out what the problem was...

I was just making a point to these guys that the contacts aren't flimsy.

[turbokon]

Sideshow, I received your flash card on Monday.  I tried it on my turbo duo and te but just got a blank screen.   Can I peel the decal to look at the component?

[Paisa49]

Sideshow, I received your flash card on Monday.  I tried it on my turbo duo and te but just got a blank screen.   Can I peel the decal to look at the component?

Turbo, I can't wait to see your findings on this. Definitely keep us posted.

[sideshow]

Sideshow, I received your flash card on Monday.  I tried it on my turbo duo and te but just got a blank screen.   Can I peel the decal to look at the component?

By all means, do what you feel is necessary to find the problem.  I feel so much better that it isnt just me who cant get the flash card to work anymore.     I do like that theory of using roms with the modified region code may have damaged the flash card because I did modify several of my US roms to play on my DUO RX.

[turbokon]

No, I know that. I did the filing/testing/etc all before I figured out what the problem was...

I was just making a point to these guys that the contacts aren't flimsy.

Nat, you said you figured the problem.  What was the problem?

[nat]

Well, my problem may not be the same problem some of you other guys are having.

I have a flash cart that only works in some of my consoles (others it will boot to the blue menu screen, but hang when you try to start a game). The flash cart uses more power than a normal cart and we determined the power supplied by these other systems just wasn't enough to run the bank switching.

For example: it works 100% fine in the Duo and in a GT (JP TurboExpress) when powered using the AC adapter.

It will not work in a TG-16 core at all, or the GT when powered by batteries.

I found out after testing that the folks that sell these didn't actually have access to a TG-16 or TG-CD deck for testing, only PCEs and Duos. Which explains why many people report problems with the carts when trying to run them with a TG-16 core.

Overall, I'm still happy with my purchase because the cart is technically just fine, and I can play it flawlessly in my Duo 100% of the time. I just can't use it in my bedroom where the TG-16 core is.

However, if this cart you've got isn't powering up at all, on any system, anytime, it sounds like it's fried.

[ceti alpha]

Overall, I'm still happy with my purchase because the cart is technically just fine, and I can play it flawlessly in my Duo 100% of the time. I just can't use it in my bedroom where the TG-16 core is.

Are you trying to make me jealous that you have a NEC console for every room?   

[turbokon]

My card works on both my turbo duo and turbo express even with batteries.  The card I got from sideshow doesn't work in my duo or my TE even with the AC plug.

[nat]

Sounds like his is fried then.

[sideshow]

Just as I thought.  Still if you want, you can use my flash cart as a bookmark or maybe to scoop up peanutbutter to make a sandwhich.