malignantpoodle
Robert Garcia's Butler
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This information may already be here in bits and pieces, but I just wanted to share the solutions I've found both on here and on my own to solving issues with finicky multislot boards.
I have the MV-2F and it has been ok. I've run into a few problems from time to time and have seen others posts with similar issues. Here's what I've done;
Cleaning the contacts for the carts will solve 99% of your problems. This goes for vertical lines, lockups, reboots, etc. While there are different methods, I've found one that works best for me, and that comes in the way of Lysol disinfecting wipes, the "dual action" kind. I've had carts with vertical lines and sprite glitches that I've cleaned with alcohol, benzene, erasers, and the like. Using the Lysol fixed issues where the others wouldn't. Using a q-tip, saturate it with the fluid from the disinfecting wipe, and scrub down the leads on the cart until no "soot" is left. Do this by repeated passes with the q-tip until it comes out clean. Allow to dry fully and these do not evaporate quickly like alcohol.
It also helps to clean the slots on the board. For that I use the rough side of the disinfecting wipe directly, but only after I wring it out because otherwise fluid will drip down as it's saturated and you don't want that.
Bear in mind that not all slots are the same. Some games will have issues in one slot, where they might not in another. You may even have a different cart that is just the opposite (i.e. works well in slot 2 but not slot 1 whereas other carts prefer slot 1).
Some games just don't work well together. This is especially true of big and small games. The games that say, "max 330 mega pro gear spec", often don't get along with those that say, "giga power" in an adjacent slot.
So those workarounds have fixed my issues thus far; cleaning contacts with the lysol wipes, switching slots, being mindful of which games are slotted together. All of my carts are original, no boots.
I have the MV-2F and it has been ok. I've run into a few problems from time to time and have seen others posts with similar issues. Here's what I've done;
Cleaning the contacts for the carts will solve 99% of your problems. This goes for vertical lines, lockups, reboots, etc. While there are different methods, I've found one that works best for me, and that comes in the way of Lysol disinfecting wipes, the "dual action" kind. I've had carts with vertical lines and sprite glitches that I've cleaned with alcohol, benzene, erasers, and the like. Using the Lysol fixed issues where the others wouldn't. Using a q-tip, saturate it with the fluid from the disinfecting wipe, and scrub down the leads on the cart until no "soot" is left. Do this by repeated passes with the q-tip until it comes out clean. Allow to dry fully and these do not evaporate quickly like alcohol.
It also helps to clean the slots on the board. For that I use the rough side of the disinfecting wipe directly, but only after I wring it out because otherwise fluid will drip down as it's saturated and you don't want that.
Bear in mind that not all slots are the same. Some games will have issues in one slot, where they might not in another. You may even have a different cart that is just the opposite (i.e. works well in slot 2 but not slot 1 whereas other carts prefer slot 1).
Some games just don't work well together. This is especially true of big and small games. The games that say, "max 330 mega pro gear spec", often don't get along with those that say, "giga power" in an adjacent slot.
So those workarounds have fixed my issues thus far; cleaning contacts with the lysol wipes, switching slots, being mindful of which games are slotted together. All of my carts are original, no boots.
