Earthbound Official Cart Not Working.. (please help me)

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?50621-WTB-Earthbound-SNES
So it didn't work reliably after all, huh? Pity. Best of luck getting a working one.
At this point you might consider getting a repro done and putting in the original shell, seeing how the original board seems thoroughly 'fixed' anyways (it's probably salvageable by someone skilled, but that's not gonna happen if you just chuck it on eBay...).
Just please don't sell the cart without mentioning its condition (broken or repro'ed).

 

I do not like the way he modded his SFC.

Aesthetic reasons.

 

It does work reliably now, ive put it in a good 30 times and its perfect every time now

 

Or if this happens again, I'd desolder the earthbound maskrom and put it on a madden board. They share the same board type.

 

Well i just purchased a multimeter, but yeah, the traces were a bit corroded. The paint did the job but i'm questioning how long it will last.

Once i get a super ufo pro 8, i'll back up my EB save, and then redo the job more reliably, at the temporary sacrifice of my save data.

Thanks ASSEMbler youre a lad, youre words were all so helpful throughout this thread!

 

i never actually thought of that...

do you think if i went to my local electrical store they'd do it for me if i offered them my monies?

 

In my opinion, considering you don't have that much experience with it and seeing that it should be a fairly easy job, I would be sending it to a local member who does repairs, shouldn't cost that much to get it fixed properly.

They might, but then again do they have any more experience with SNES carts than you? Find a reputable member who does repairs and send it to them I reckon.

 

If it's working, don't do anything for now. If you get problems, someone could solder a couple wires in easily. Do not go removing the MaskROM when the board is still viable. If you do decide to move the MaskROM, make sure someone with plenty of experience desolders it and moves it to another board for you.

This is why I mentioned before that your cartridge was salvageable before. Your MaskROM was clearly good, and it was the most important part. The rest of the board and components can be found in thousands of other cartridges. So as long as the MaskROM isn't electrically or physically damaged you can usually recover a game.