Why won’t my system read cartridges
Every time I try and play a cartridge game, it never works I also hear this grinding sound, I have no idea why this is happening, can someone please help
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You can try replacing the cartridge slot. The grinding might be coming from thing on the pins or in the slot itself.
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Before replacing the slot, you could try a trick to clean the card reader pins first.
- get some isopropyl alcohol and thoroughly soak the contact points of any cartridge with a Q-tip.
- put the cartridge in the slot and insert/eject the cartridge repeatedly for about 3 minutes.
- try it again and see if that fixed it.
hope this helps!
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it makes the grinding when on and sitting on a flat surface?
there are no real moving parts in the console so it seems like the grinding would be coming from the speakers probably.
by Logixal
No, it’s when I put a cartridge in on any surface
by John Bitzas