white screen. need help.

GameFreak · 06/09/2011, 06:40 PM

I just got a IFU setup today (its supposed to work) and when I put a hucard game in it the screen is white. I can however play a music cd and hear the audio through the tv. The cd drive seems ok. I have two different untested core grafx and both get a white screen when hooked up to the IFU. I plugged it into an older tv and it looked kind of pink. I tried several hucard games all have white screen. Any ideas of link to a thread that discusses this?? Please help!

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NEVERMIND. After going through a couple more hucards, i found one that works. I guess I have some really dirty hucards

PunkCryborg · 06/09/2011, 07:00 PM

or a really dirty hu card slot in the unit, a little contact cleaner might help

GameFreak · 06/09/2011, 08:55 PM

elabit- yeah after checking it out I think its a combo of dirty hucards and possibly dirty contacts in the unit. Should I put small amount of cleaner on a hucard and insert it in the unit or should I take the unit apart to apply it directly? It seems like if I put the hucard in and out a few times eventually it starts up normal.

Oh and by the way, I forgot to mention to everyone, HELL YEAH I FINALLY GOT A WORKIN PC-ENGINE CD-ROM SYSTEM.....

It was weird, i was SO excited opening the box, my heart was pounding with excitement

...than I turn system on and get a white screen

..talk about emotional rollercoaster. Everything is working 95% now. No worries.

retrobright process next.

Keith Courage · 06/09/2011, 08:57 PM

One thing I have noticed that helps is if you don't push the Hu card in all the way. Just back it out a little and it should almost always work.

PunkCryborg · 06/09/2011, 09:15 PM

that's how I've done it before, just use a crappy sports hu card cause the contact cleaner might make the black part of the card a little cloudy and wipe off between applications.

PunkCryborg · 06/09/2011, 09:16 PM

oh and then use a little bit of compressed air after the contact cleaner. You probably want to remove the case too so you dont get any on the plastic.

grahf · 06/09/2011, 11:07 PM

Quote from: GameFreak on 06/09/2011, 08:55 PMIt was weird, i was SO excited opening the box, my heart was pounding with excitement ...than I turn system on and get a white screen ..talk about emotional rollercoaster. Everything is working 95% now. No worries.

I feel stupid for even posting this, but when I got my first IFU-30 I didn't realize that the lock/power switch had to be slid over all the way. I thought mine was broken too

Congrats on your first CD system! There are a ton of awesome Hucards, but the soul of the system is on CD.

soop · 06/10/2011, 05:11 AM

Quote from: grahf on 06/09/2011, 11:07 PM
Quote from: GameFreak on 06/09/2011, 08:55 PMIt was weird, i was SO excited opening the box, my heart was pounding with excitement ...than I turn system on and get a white screen ..talk about emotional rollercoaster. Everything is working 95% now. No worries.
I feel stupid for even posting this, but when I got my first IFU-30 I didn't realize that the lock/power switch had to be slid over all the way. I thought mine was broken too

Congrats on your first CD system! There are a ton of awesome Hucards, but the soul of the system is on CD.

I had the same problem, coupled with the fact that I didn't know whether my PSU was working or not