161 in 1 freezing up on selecting a game. But was working fine at first

[Gunsmith801]

Good day everyone

Last week I purchased and Neo Geo MVS 4 slot, this is my first arcade cabinet that I have ever bought. At the time of purchase it included five original games plus a 161 in one cartridge. The 161 in 1 cartridge worked fine for a few days and then decided to start freezing up on selecting a game. I've been looking around online and on the forms but I can't seem to find any information or if anyone else having this exact same problem.

This cabinets is pretty original I don't think anything has been changed on the motherboard itself. Neither the bios or the back up battery seems to have been changed or replaced. I found an original date of 1992 inside the cabinet

Just to recap
161 and one was working fine for the first few days.
Then decided to freeze up on selecting a game. Cabinet works fine with original games.


Could the cartridge have gone bad, should I upgrade the bios, is there anything I should be doing


Thanks

 

[JoeAwesome]

Good day everyone

Last week I purchased and Neo Geo MVS 4 slot, this is my first arcade cabinet that I have ever bought. At the time of purchase it included five original games plus a 161 in one cartridge. The 161 in 1 cartridge worked fine for a few days and then decided to start freezing up on selecting a game. I've been looking around online and on the forms but I can't seem to find any information or if anyone else having this exact same problem.

This cabinets is pretty original I don't think anything has been changed on the motherboard itself. Neither the bios or the back up battery seems to have been changed or replaced. I found an original date of 1992 inside the cabinet

Just to recap
161 and one was working fine for the first few days.
Then decided to freeze up on selecting a game. Cabinet works fine with original games.


Could the cartridge have gone bad, should I upgrade the bios, is there anything I should be doing


Thanks

It could be what slot it's in, or what other games are in the other slots. I don't have a 4 slot, but these are common things people mention in the 161 in 1 sticky thread in this section.

 

[red impact]

The 161-in-1 cart I had came with instructions saying no other carts to be inserted on 2 and 4 slot boards...

 

[Gunsmith801]

Again I just find it weird how the cart was working fine for a few days and the previous owner didn't have any problems, and then two days later the cart doesn't want to work

 

[GadgetUK]

Could be dirty connections on the cart PCB edges, bad solder point on one of the chips, low 5v level, or the 161 in 1 PCB sides need shaving down (as they are normally too wide for the slots). Could also be something has failed on the cart.

 

[dragonpt]

For that cart to work on my 4slot:

- all other slots MUST be empty
- And keep in mind this cart requires a good psu, since it requires more juice

Hope it helps