Hi!

I have got Wario Land for the Virtual Boy, but it doesnt work: no picture and no sound. All other games are working, so it is a problem with the cartridge. Do you have any idea, how can I fix it? Or do you think its impossible?

Maybe there is an unclean contact inside, but I dont have the right screwdriver to open it. Do I need an external Torx driver? And which size is it?

Thanks for help! 🙂

e5frog wrote:
Have you tried inserting and pulling it out of the VB a few (or a lot of) times, that might wear through possible oxidation.

Also, opening the cartridge will not help you get closer to the contacts… Besides, they’re actually little tubular sockets, so you can’t really clean them, anyway (other than with the VB itself, as the others have said).

You may be able to clean them chemically, but I have no experience with that, so I can’t really advise (actually… I advise you not to attempt that :-P).

Have you tried inserting and pulling it out of the VB a few (or a lot of) times, that might wear through possible oxidation.

I tried it more than a few a lot of times 😉 But I doesnt help.

Also, opening the cartridge will not help you get closer to the contacts… Besides, they’re actually little tubular sockets, so you can’t really clean them, anyway (other than with the VB itself, as the others have said). You may be able to clean them chemically, but I have no experience with that, so I can’t really advise (actually… I advise you not to attempt that ).

Ok… So its only a piece of plastic now?! I dont want risk my life for that and dont try to clean it with chmicals 😉

I have a better solution now: I will get a new cart for free 🙂

Thanks for help!

My Mario’s Tennis has that problem, but it may be fixed. Nintendo stuff seems like it tries to fix itself, like my Gameboy is trying to fix it’s screen problem with little success. I had a copy of Mario Clash that didn’t work, but it worked the next day. Just try waiting, it will fix itself. 😉

GabrielHanson2000 schrieb:
My Mario’s Tennis has that problem, but it may be fixed. Nintendo stuff seems like it tries to fix itself, like my Gameboy is trying to fix it’s screen problem with little success. I had a copy of Mario Clash that didn’t work, but it worked the next day. Just try waiting, it will fix itself. 😉

Yeah, maybe wacky Wario is blocking my cart… I hope he changes his mind in a few days. I will let you know, when its fixed 😉