+MacRorie Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 So, I got a copy of Towers II today. It loads fine with the CD Unit *not* connected, but with the CD unit connected, I just get the JagCD ? symbol. Other carts work just fine. Is there a reason for this? Something wrong? Any help appreciated. Want to play it, but not by taking CD Unit on/off all the time. -MacRorie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serblander Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hmm... don't recall ever having that problem. I'm planning to set up the Jag/CD to suss out a few incoming games and will take out Towers II to test. Now i'm curious if this will happen to mine as well (though doubt it as it's probably something to do with your Towers II cart connector). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruimtemuis Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It is probably something to do with the connectors on your CD unit actually. I would try cleaning them and reconnecting it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I play towers II through my Jag CD unit with no problem. Just clean everything, that has solved 100% of my Jag/Jag CD problem. No dust, no grime, no red screens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Yep, I have this happen occasionally when playing carts in my Jag CD. Clean the cart connector and you'll be good. Or just try reseating Towers a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Highly doubt it's a Towers II only thing... mine never exhibited that problem. Gotta be dust and crap in the connectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Okay, so here's the results of the cleaning and the testing: 1. Still only works without the CD attached. 2. Every other cart works fine. No problems whatsoever. 3. The JagCD is practically brand new, so there cannot be anything IN the slot. Other thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Okay, so here's the results of the cleaning and the testing: 1. Still only works without the CD attached. 2. Every other cart works fine. No problems whatsoever. 3. The JagCD is practically brand new, so there cannot be anything IN the slot. Other thoughts? I had this happen with my copy of I War. It would load sound only but no picture in the jag cd, worked fine in the jag. I cleaned everything (again) very thoroughly with alcohol and distiller water mixture, all slots, positive and negative, and cart, and gave everything a day to dry. Has worked fine ever since. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 In other words, Summer Eve or Massengill... your choice! Not like Telegames releases have a slightly thinner circuit board like 2600 Activision carts. Or, do they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 So, all works now. Not sure what happened, but I disconnected it again. Cleaned everything (again) and reseated it. Now everything works. In fact, CD-Rs that were not working before without a bypass cart no all work fine. It's weird, but I don't care: they work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 With some carts and some Jags, certain carts will not load with the JagCD connected. This has been discussed in the past in some threads, try doing a search. IWar in particular is known for this; not sure about Towers II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 In fact, CD-Rs that were not working before without a bypass cart no all work fine. It's weird, but I don't care: they work. And some time from now they might mysteriously stop working so well. This is something you might have to get used to. You could try keeping records of the moon's phases, day and night temperatures both inside and outside, the value of the Swiss franc relative to the euro and correlate all that in some form of Polygon-style lolchart. It won't help, but it might take your mind off things. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 So, all works now. Not sure what happened, but I disconnected it again. Cleaned everything (again) and reseated it. Now everything works. In fact, CD-Rs that were not working before without a bypass cart no all work fine. It's weird, but I don't care: they work. I knew it!!! Lol..... Like I said, 100% of my Jag CD problems have been solved with a good cleaning.. I too have the B&C bypass cart and you never can tell what's going to need it and what won't. I think at this point I only have 1-3 CD's that require it.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 And some time from now they might mysteriously stop working so well. This is something you might have to get used to. You could try keeping records of the moon's phases, day and night temperatures both inside and outside, the value of the Swiss franc relative to the euro and correlate all that in some form of Polygon-style lolchart. It won't help, but it might take your mind off things. Nice. Well, at least I will be learning something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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