Game Gear problem - Help!

[Kialan]

Ok I have a game gear I bought new when they were still making them, it's run flawlessly over the years but I barely used it (lack of games on my part.)

 

The other day I cleaned my game gear carts with the 70% alcohol isopropyl like all my other carts, and I left one a little wet to clean the Game Gear's connectors. Now when I insert a cart, two thirds of the time I get either a yellow screen, pink screen (once), or the more disturbing turns on for a split second then LED and screen go off.

 

What is going on here?

 

And I can't open it up because I lack a security bit.

 

I doubt there are fibers from our q tips on the connectors, as I checked before I put any cartridge in after cleaning.

 

Looking with a flashlight I don't see anything wrong with the connector. Could it be something else? Also note I tried pressurized air, maybe it blew something into the rest of the console?

[Kialan]

I just also remembered, sometimes the "licensed by Sega" screen is scrambled or blocky or different colors...then the game starts up anyway.

[ApolloBoy]

My Game Gear does the same thing, actually. Don't worry, it's fine, try cleaning the cart connector again.

[BigFairy321]

hmmmm

 

my game gear seems to ficker for about 5 mins when first turned on, with no contrast adjustability, and then it goes ok.

 

whats wrong here?

[Kialan]

I tried cleaning it even more. It's not helping.

 

EDIT: After 'cleaning' it with my tightest cart (Pac-Man) and reinserting many carts over and over testing each time...it seems to happen 1/9th or 10th of the time now. Maybe less. But it may just be the evil game gear is trying to fool me.

[Rockin' Kat]

I tried cleaning it even more. It's not helping.  

 

EDIT: After 'cleaning' it with my tightest cart (Pac-Man) and reinserting many carts over and over testing each time...it seems to happen 1/9th or 10th of the time now. Maybe less. But it may just be the evil game gear is trying to fool me.

 

Maybe you should try using a toungue depresser(or a butter knife as I've used) and an alcohol soaked cotten rag....like maybe an old torn up t-shirt... just make sure the rag and toungue depresser don't add up to be thicker than a cart would be.

[Chickybaby]

For cleaning, Try using 90% alcohol when cleaning systems. You could also try using a plain kitchen sponge instead of Qtip. Good luck - game gear is one of the best systems IMO and you can never have enough games.

[Trooper]

Well I had probs with my GG the first day I got it. I could not get one single game to run, I kept getting yellow, blue or purple screens.

 

I finally retorted to stick a piece of cardboard (very thin) behind the cart when inserting it and it's been working like a charm ever since.

 

So my problem was bad connection but I don't know if that's got anything to do with your problem.

 

Cheers!

 

Trooper