Is my Rayman DOA?

[EmOneGarand]

Picked up 3 games today at a sweet local game store that sells practically everything, picked up boxed copies of Super Burnout and Dino Dudes, but also snagged a loose Rayman cart for 15. Was excited to put it to good use in my Jag, pushed the power button and got the RSOD, I think not a problem happens sometimes, pulled it out and put it back in making sure it's seated properly now the system won't even turn on, this happens 3 times after reinserting the game. I then cleaned the contacts plugged it back it and this time the power comes on but the system doesn't boot, I get a black screen. Can't say I've ever had this problem with a Jag game, normally all I get is the RSOD on a bad game... it's just weird but looks like I'm gonna have to return it Anybody else have this problem with used Jag games?

[Atari5200]

i get the rsod on almost any game I play, but after a quick clean, they work fine. So at least in my experience, if you've already cleaned the game and it still does not work, i would say there's a good chance your cart is defective.

[Gunstar]

Clean off the cartridge edge with a pencil eraser and then some rubbing alcohol, it should work then.

[EmOneGarand]

Clean off the cartridge edge with a pencil eraser and then some rubbing alcohol, it should work then.

I cleaned it pretty throughly, still didn't work, so I returned it. Not much else I can do now hah. Was just surprised to buy a bad Jag game, even the RSOD means the game COULD still work, but a black screen? Didn't wanna take the chance and get stuck with an interesting coaster.

[Gunstar]

Clean off the cartridge edge with a pencil eraser and then some rubbing alcohol, it should work then.

I cleaned it pretty throughly, still didn't work, so I returned it. Not much else I can do now hah. Was just surprised to buy a bad Jag game, even the RSOD means the game COULD still work, but a black screen? Didn't wanna take the chance and get stuck with an interesting coaster.

 

Well. since you returned it, it doesn't matter much now, and I'm not even sure if this is possible with the PCB of a Jaguar cartridge, but I had a 2600 cartridge once that didn't work, even after a thorough cleaning, and so I decided to take it apart to see if there were any cold solder joints, etc. It turned out that someone had previously taken it apart, someone who shouldn't have becuase they obviously didn't have a clue; the PCB had been re-inserted UPSIDE DOWN. I re-installed it right side up and the cartridge worked fine. I don't suppose that Rayman cart's label didn't look perfect or the screws were exposed were they?

[EmOneGarand]

Clean off the cartridge edge with a pencil eraser and then some rubbing alcohol, it should work then.

I cleaned it pretty throughly, still didn't work, so I returned it. Not much else I can do now hah. Was just surprised to buy a bad Jag game, even the RSOD means the game COULD still work, but a black screen? Didn't wanna take the chance and get stuck with an interesting coaster.

 

Well. since you returned it, it doesn't matter much now, and I'm not even sure if this is possible with the PCB of a Jaguar cartridge, but I had a 2600 cartridge once that didn't work, even after a thorough cleaning, and so I decided to take it apart to see if there were any cold solder joints, etc. It turned out that someone had previously taken it apart, someone who shouldn't have becuase they obviously didn't have a clue; the PCB had been re-inserted UPSIDE DOWN. I re-installed it right side up and the cartridge worked fine. I don't suppose that Rayman cart's label didn't look perfect or the screws were exposed were they?

You have to either peel up the label or punch holes in the label to do that, the cart was loose though so it could have been dropped or taken some kind of trauma, but didn't look tampered with. Oh well.