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ulyses31

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Hi everyone.

I've just seen on ebay a cart having some kind of "whitening" on the right of the board and I wonder if this can make a game unusable or not.

I'm not interested on buying it but I'm curious on how this can affect the circuitry of a cart

 
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I can't really see a problem there from that photo! I would just clean it up with some isoprop and ensure the cart edge connector is clean and it will probably be OK - assuming the cart works?
 
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I can see it and have seen a similar case but with a pinball board. The board was left out in humid conditions and the cabinet had mold, but I do believe the issue has to do with heat damage. I had the board repaired so it either (a) is only cosmetic damage, or (b) is fixable through correcting the affected traces.
 
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Thanks both for the info, that white plastic looks like if it was bent (of course it couldn't be bent here) so I think you're right Ash and it may be heat-damaged.

This is japanese Zed blade on ebay but it has been reposted at least 4 times and that was why I thought it may be damaged
 
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ulyses31 said:
Thanks both for the info, that white plastic looks like if it was bent (of course it couldn't be bent here) so I think you're right Ash and it may be heat-damaged.

This is japanese Zed blade on ebay but it has been reposted at least 4 times and that was why I thought it may be damaged
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Does the seller claim something about it's functionality?
 
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