chip leakage in games?

Nash

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i just got a prehistoric isle 2 MVS cart; it's legit and it works fine. however, there seemed to be some sort of leakage or something from one of the toshiba chips. i opened it to inspect its legitimacy and noticed that there was some dark, dried up residue that looked like it came out of the chip. also, the board area around the chip was kind of sticky, and there was some oily residue on top of the chip. so i'm wondering if there was some liquid that leaked out of the chip, and if so, will it affect the cart in the long run?
 

norton9478

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Sounds like solder resin...

Is the chip macine soldered?

Maybe the soldering machine farted resin all over the board... it halpens sometimes..
 

Arakon

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yup, sounds right.. chips don't have anything that could leak.
 
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