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So, a while back, I had issues with a black screen and junk graphics on my 4 slot and couldn't play games at all. I got plenty of help here, and as such, cleaned the board, removed the BIOS chip and cleaned the pins, and took a pink eraser to all the contacts. Now, with a little luck and a few restarts, (sometimes it starts properly on the first go) I can get the system to turn on. Here's the problem (besides having to do multiple restarts most of the time): I'll be playing a game, and usually within about 5-10 minutes, my screen goes haywire, my credit LEDs start flickering, and I hear a 'de-de-de' sound (can't think of a better way to describe it) from the speakers. I can't usually get more than 2 matches into MotW, RotD, past the 2nd (sometimes 3rd if I'm lucky) level of MS5, and the same goes for Blazing Star and Pulstar. I got lucky one afternoon and the system stayed glitch free long enough for me to beat PI2, but 5-10 minutes is usually all I can get.
Could my harness be at fault? The whole thing seems to be very sensitive to vibration, like the harness will jostle and it will work suddenly, that kind of thing.
My other issue, and I've read about this with some searching here in the tech thread, is that the game in slot 4 will come on first (game depending, like Andro Dunos), but when I cycle through and try to come back to the first selection (the game in slot 4) it's 'disappeared' and I can only select from the other 3 titles.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated as my wife and I just want to play some games and not have to wonder if it's going to crap out on us in the middle of a good run.
On the bright side, I'm getting really good at the first few levels of all my games, lol.
Could my harness be at fault? The whole thing seems to be very sensitive to vibration, like the harness will jostle and it will work suddenly, that kind of thing.
My other issue, and I've read about this with some searching here in the tech thread, is that the game in slot 4 will come on first (game depending, like Andro Dunos), but when I cycle through and try to come back to the first selection (the game in slot 4) it's 'disappeared' and I can only select from the other 3 titles.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated as my wife and I just want to play some games and not have to wonder if it's going to crap out on us in the middle of a good run.
On the bright side, I'm getting really good at the first few levels of all my games, lol.