mxpxpxpx Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 My friend found his Sega Master System in his attic (it has been there for a long time). I can not get it to read cartridges, cards work. It turns on and hang on, safari hunt works. I can also do the hidden maze. It just seems to be the cartridge slot. Also the controller ports seem broken. I have to hold the connection down to get the controller to work. I have tried all his games and controllers on my working SMS and they work fine. I also cleaned the cartridge slot with a credit card cleaning pad. Any help would be great. Thanks Matthew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyo5050 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I had a similar issue with one of mine and it turned out to be some broken solder points on the cartrdige connector. I re-flowed the solder and that fixed the problem. May or may not be your issue and depending on your skill it may or may not be an easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxpxpxpx Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Thanks again for the response. I have no idea what a broken solder point looks like. Everything looks good on the circuit board. I have a solder gun and can try to repair it. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxpxpxpx Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Thanks again for the response. I have no idea what a broken solder point looks like. Everything looks good on the circuit board. I have a solder gun and can try to repair it. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxpxpxpx Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Thanks again for the response. I have no idea what a broken solder point looks like. Everything looks good on the circuit board. I have a solder gun and can try to repair it. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxpxpxpx Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Thanks again for the response. I have no idea what a broken solder point looks like. Everything looks good on the circuit board. I have a solder gun and can try to repair it. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxpxpxpx Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Thanks again for the response. I have no idea what a broken solder point looks like. Everything looks good on the circuit board. I have a solder gun and can try to repair it. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxpxpxpx Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Thanks again for the response. I have no idea what a broken solder point looks like. Everything looks good on the circuit board. I have a solder gun and can try to repair it. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxpxpxpx Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 Sorry for all the responses. I kept getting errors and thought it did not post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust3dstr8 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Just shotgun all the solder joints on the controller connections to be sure. Put a dab of flux on each pin and reflow with a bit of fresh solder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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