curtisloew88 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I bought two Atari 5200s. One works great the other one no so great. One of the Ataris will turn on and show a picture on the tv. But its not showing the Atari logo like the other 5200 does. All it shows is the name of the game and sometimes will go to another screen but still wont really work. I figured maybe it was the game connector but i cant find where online i can get a new game connector. Someone please try to help me out here. Thanks, Trey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Did you try cleaning the game cart? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Try cleaning the cartridge with a qtip and rubbing alcohol. Leave the rubbing alcohol on the cartridge and insert it into the 5200 wet several times and see if that helps. It has worked for me sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 try a different cart also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisloew88 Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 I have took apart the game and cleaned it with some paste i use for my nintendo games. The game works fine in the other 5200. Ive tried about 15 games in this 5200 and they all do the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) I think most of the 5200 chips are in sockets. If your comfortable doing so, open both systems and one by one replace each chip from the good 5200 to the bad one. Test after each until you find the problem chip. Edited October 16, 2012 by Official Ninja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzzed Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 A chip may need to be reseated... good luck, and let us know your findings... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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