Nimtene Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 (edited) I was just playing Super Breakout, when the screen suddenly got slightly corrupted, the game froze up, and and random white pixels scattered around the screen where they shouldn't have been. So, I cycled the power off, then back on; Now, no games will boot up. It will power up, and it seems the system recognizes that a game is in the unit, but I get no picture or sound at all anymore! I get an orange screen with no game inserted, and a greyish screen with any game. Anyone had this happen before? Is there anything I can do about this? Help! Is my 5200 officially dead now? I've got the 4-port 5200 and so that uses a special switch box. Could it possibly be the switch box that died, not the system? Edited May 7, 2006 by Nimtene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 I had almost the exact same thing happen to me with my 5200, and funny enough it was when playing Super Breakout as well. It ended up being the 6502, but I have heard where the RAM goes bad as well... You can buy the parts from Best Electronics (that would be a risk buy without knowing for sure what's wrong). You might also consider getting another motherboard. I think thats around $35. -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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