Freelancer
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- Apr 16, 2003
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Went to play some Metal Slug 5 on my trusty MV-1F board this weekend. I plugged the board into my Supergun, powered it up and proceeded to play my game. At the character select screen, the game froze up. So I turned off the power, let it sit for a few minutes and powered back up. Only this time, I was greeted with a screen of yellow graphical gibberish (similar to the green screen you get for the first few seconds upon powering up your MVS board).
I'm at a loss as to what could be wrong here. I tried the usual remedies such as trying a different game, reseating the cart connector portion to the board, inspecting the board for any burned chips, resistors, etc. No improvement (or signs of damage are evident).
I then unseated the BIOS chip (stock bios, no unibios) and powered up the board without the BIOS in the socket and I get the same yellow graphical gibberish! Is my BIOS chip dead? Or is there something else that's damaged?
I'm at a loss as to what could be wrong here. I tried the usual remedies such as trying a different game, reseating the cart connector portion to the board, inspecting the board for any burned chips, resistors, etc. No improvement (or signs of damage are evident).
I then unseated the BIOS chip (stock bios, no unibios) and powered up the board without the BIOS in the socket and I get the same yellow graphical gibberish! Is my BIOS chip dead? Or is there something else that's damaged?