Hey guys! How is everyone doing?
Recently, I went back to homebrew development after a break of about a year or so. Previously, I had no issues in flashing my board and then running the code on my Famicom. However, since my return all I get from it is a blue screen (which is what you get if there is no cartridge inserted into the console and you switch it on).
After some detective work, here are the established facts:
Board: Retrostage's software detects, flashes to and dumps from the board itself without any issues.
Famicom: I've already tested a real cartridge and that runs perfectly fine.
ROM: After hours of examining the code (and the fact that it runs perfectly in WedNESday), I came to the conclusion that it couldn't possibly be that. I even flashed another ROM that I know already works but I still had the same problem.
However, since the board itself is 72-pin, I have to use an adapter to fit it into my 60-pin Famicom and I believe that this is the cause of the problem. I have included 2 photos below to demonstrate why.
www.frontendjames.com/pins1.jpg
In the first photo, one of the pins appears to have sustained some damage.
www.frontendjames.com/pins2.jpg
In the second photo, there appears to be some dirt running along the edge of the pins.
Could these 2 observations be the cause of the issue? If not, then what else could it be?
Recently, I went back to homebrew development after a break of about a year or so. Previously, I had no issues in flashing my board and then running the code on my Famicom. However, since my return all I get from it is a blue screen (which is what you get if there is no cartridge inserted into the console and you switch it on).
After some detective work, here are the established facts:
Board: Retrostage's software detects, flashes to and dumps from the board itself without any issues.
Famicom: I've already tested a real cartridge and that runs perfectly fine.
ROM: After hours of examining the code (and the fact that it runs perfectly in WedNESday), I came to the conclusion that it couldn't possibly be that. I even flashed another ROM that I know already works but I still had the same problem.
However, since the board itself is 72-pin, I have to use an adapter to fit it into my 60-pin Famicom and I believe that this is the cause of the problem. I have included 2 photos below to demonstrate why.
www.frontendjames.com/pins1.jpg
In the first photo, one of the pins appears to have sustained some damage.
www.frontendjames.com/pins2.jpg
In the second photo, there appears to be some dirt running along the edge of the pins.
Could these 2 observations be the cause of the issue? If not, then what else could it be?
Statistics: Posted by WedNESday — Fri Oct 11, 2024 4:17 am — Replies 3 — Views 133