atari-dna Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Thank you for the advice. So, I went ahead and followed these directions. Well, as best I could You are correct in that cutting the pin out first makes it easier to desolder. My main problem is that the cutting wheel seemed to be to big for the space and there was a bit of collateral damage…nothing major, thankfully. After getting a new chip installed though, I still have the same problem. The on/off switch does nothing. I had this problem for awhile and decided to keep playing around... …And now, I have a machine that won't turn off. It is always on, even without the flip flop chip in. I seriously don't know what I did. Does anyone have an idea? Is safe to use it like this and just use a power strip to turn it on and off? Hoping those new chips got fresh sockets, don't want to have to do any more desoldering than necessary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtshark7 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 If you're getting no power; ground pin 18 on the cartridge slot via spst switch. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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