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Lately, my 32X has been having some weird issues. When a game is running and no sound is playing, an increasingly loud high pitched sound comes from my speakers. This is only true if the sound is coming through the headphone jack of my model 1 Genesis and I use composite video. The RF cable does not have this problem. If I leave the audio disconnected, all I get onscreen is graphical garbage. Has anyone else had this issue, and if so, how should I fix it?
Well, to me, this sounds like a grounding issue. As much as everyone hates them, you may want to consider obtaining the cart slot RF shields that the 32X came with. The lack of them might explain why the audio off the headphone jack isn't very good.
lol grounding issue my @ss. Either your 32x or your genesis is messed up, or you just have a bad connection between the two. Try the 32x in another genesis and try a different 32x. My 32x when I disconnect audio everything still works perfectly fine no "graphical garbage". What I discovered about the 32x is that you get all sort of strange stuff happening if it's not inserted properly. At one point my 32x was resetting only in the intro of sonic 3 + knuckles but other games were working fine. Once my 32x would load sonic 2 but in the part where sonic is supposed to appear next to tails on the screen nothing would appear and the game would get stuck. This was all just because not all of the pins were making proper contact in the cartridge slot. After I took out the 32x and re-inserted it properly all was working fine again.
I've tested the 32X in two systems, both with the same issue. Also, I have the RF shields and a Sega CD installed, although I've tested it without the CD as well. In addition, I've tested it with two power supplies. Cleaning the contacts didn't do anything.
Yes, like the ground lines. The audio cable only carries audio signals and ground. If disconnecting it causes the system to perform worse, then it's almost certainly the ground connection which is the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drakon
The solution though probably is simply to clean the hell out of the cartridge connector and slot.
The metal clips which sit between the 32x and the Genesis don't attach to ground inside the Genesis if I recall, only the 32X. They're there for RF shielding.
After opening my 32X and scrubbing each pin with an eraser, followed by rubbing alcohol on a q-tip, the problem still remains.
If I were to guess anything the ribbon cables aren't connecting right
I've cleaned and reseated the ribbon cables, but still, the noise occurs.
I wonder if the video cable between the 32x and the Genesis is faulty, or if one of them has a bad solder joint on the video port. Try wiggling the video cables at their connectors while the system is running to see if there's a change.
Haha garbled graphics doesn't mean a bad video cable. The only time I've gotten garbled graphics in a system is if there's a bad connection on the cartridge connector or a bad connection on the ppu chip itself. The only loose connections in the 32x are the cartridge connectors and those ribbon cables.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jax184
Superandroidtron, I recommended you try a new 32x. It's most likely this will be too difficult to figure out.
Thanks for the help. :D
And Drakon complains when people are snarky and obnoxious towards him...
Isn't that what you're doing here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntz
I know your favourite thing in the world is to spend all day pointing fingers at people but why don't you just focus some of your attention on your own flaws for once in your life.
Half a year later, and I finally found the solution to the problem: having SRS TruVolume enabled on my TV causes the buzzing sound for some weird reason. I figured this out after fumbling through the menus trying to change the contrast, and accidentally disabling TruVolume.
SRS sounds familiar. I have a phillips TV with a similar function. I find none of the special sound features of the TV actually improve the sound. I just have all the sound features turned off (except stereo) and run everything to external speakers. Sounds much nicer.