Trouble booting up old SMS carts, any ideas?

Post by **lordofduct** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:41 am

Scooter wrote:Well, they are all Sega brand carts but I've no idea when they were manufactured. Regardless, I can now get them all to boot using a trick told to me on another board. Weird, but I'm just glad they all work.

What is this trick?

Post by **Scooter** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:44 am

Doing the unspeakable, turning on the machine and THEN inserting the cart:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3631

Post by **lordofduct** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:10 am

Scooter wrote:Doing the unspeakable, turning on the machine and THEN inserting the cart:

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3631

hrmmm...

that is odd (good ol' sega16, I haven't been there in like 2 years... I should pop my head back in and say whats up!). It might have to do with the ground and power pins if that is the case.