<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> 2013-08-09T22:20:57Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/11857/wax-seeping-from-the-chips-inside-a-cartridge/ <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> Chowdit1 wrote:
rainwarrior wrote:

Most likely just resin/rosin. It should be harmless to the circuit, but you can clean it with isopropyl alcohol if you like.

Well, I've been trying to scratch that stuff off with a pushpin, in between the chips. Also, it actually IS harming it, if there is too much coming out.

Resin itself is inert and entirely harmless.

I don't recommend trying to scratch it with a pin, as you are likely to damage the board this way. There's a chance you might break off a piece of the board that's stuck to the resin.

Isopropyl alcohol will slowly dissolve it, and it should come off safely with mild rubbing with a q-tip or something similar soaked in alcohol.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/rainwarrior 2013-08-09T22:20:57Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/180108/#p180108 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> Teh D3th St4r wrote:

I've read this entire thread... WTF?
The vaguest possible description of their problem and still no pic?
Who the hell doesn't have at least one digital camera at their disposal?

>_>

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Chowdit1 2013-08-09T22:10:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/180107/#p180107 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> rainwarrior wrote:

Most likely just resin/rosin. It should be harmless to the circuit, but you can clean it with isopropyl alcohol if you like.

Well, I've been trying to scratch that stuff off with a pushpin, in between the chips. Also, it actually IS harming it, if there is too much coming out.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Chowdit1 2013-08-09T22:09:13Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/180106/#p180106 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> if its the clear type stuff like the above pic, its flux/rosin leftover from assembly and you can ignore it all the same

]]> https://chipmusic.org/kitsch 2013-08-08T01:02:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179886/#p179886 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> I've read this entire thread... WTF?
The vaguest possible description of their problem and still no pic?
Who the hell doesn't have at least one digital camera at their disposal?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Teh+D3th+St4r 2013-08-08T00:23:28Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179882/#p179882 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> rainwarrior wrote:

Most likely just resin/rosin. It should be harmless to the circuit, but you can clean it with isopropyl alcohol if you like.

yup.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Alley+Beach 2013-08-07T22:32:29Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179873/#p179873 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> Most likely just resin/rosin. It should be harmless to the circuit, but you can clean it with isopropyl alcohol if you like.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/rainwarrior 2013-08-07T20:20:18Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179862/#p179862 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> nitro2k01 wrote:

Does it look anything like this?

Somewhat, if you were to count the GameShark cartridges, that were doing the same thing, but worse. (There's another post, about the GameSharks.) Here, it's AS bad, in the picture.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Chowdit1 2013-08-07T18:23:30Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179846/#p179846 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> Bit wish wrote:

I bet you, no troll, it's the cart battery seeping acid out.

Is that a joke? Or are you being serious? I know it's not the battery. It's coming out from the chips.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Chowdit1 2013-08-07T18:20:31Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179845/#p179845 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> SketchMan3 wrote:

wax hardens when it cools.

It is suspicious that all your carts are leaking "wax". You should probably quit whatever deviant behavior you are engaging in with your carts and get professional help.

If you mean that I maybe throwing the cartridges around, like a little kid, that's NOT what I'm doing. No, I never threw the cartridges around the room, like that. But, I have no idea, who could help.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Chowdit1 2013-08-07T18:18:47Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179844/#p179844 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> Does it look anything like this?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/nitro2k01 2013-08-07T18:18:10Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179843/#p179843 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> Saskrotch wrote:

yo it's 2013 how are you possibly unable to take a picture and post it for a week

*sigh* I'm going to borrow a camera soon. At the moment, I can't show what it looks like.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Chowdit1 2013-08-07T18:16:11Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179842/#p179842 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> Alley Beach wrote:

maybe your lsdj beats are too hot, it melts the cart?

Uh... actually I don't have LSDJ... at the moment.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Chowdit1 2013-08-07T18:14:49Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179841/#p179841 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> defPREMIUM wrote:

it depends on how hard u push the buttons i think

How would that affect it? O_o

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Chowdit1 2013-08-07T18:13:59Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179840/#p179840 <![CDATA[Re: Wax seeping from the chips inside a cartridge]]> nickmaynard wrote:

do the chips in a GameBoy cartridge actually get hot?

Well, I've never felt the GameBoy cartridges getting hot, but that is a good point. That might be the case. Who knows?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Chowdit1 2013-08-07T18:13:23Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/179839/#p179839