cartridge pin continuity

[collinE]

In doing some troubleshooting for a cartridge relocation, I was using a multimeter to make sure my connections were solid and found that they all seemed to be connected... to eachother.

Is this right, or did I screw something up? With all the wires now removed, each solder spot seems to still have some continuity even if some have resistance.

any help would be great!

[thewise1]

Well if you have a really crappy continuity tester that doesn't care if there's 5MΩ, if it's not infinite resistance then it will tell you it's connected. Pretty much everything on the board is connected in some way.

I don't use the continuity tester, I just switch it to the lowest ohm reading, touch the probes together to see what the resistance is. In my case it's about .02 ohms, and then test the connection. If it's .02 or .03 then I know there's nothing in between them and they're connected.

[collinE]

well my multimeter is analog and I suck so I don't know exactly what you're talking about. Are you saying that as long as there's a fair amount of resistance, it's fine?

[thewise1]

How continuity testers work is they give off a signal, like sound, when the resistance is below a certain level. Mine is about 75ohms. But some don't even have a limit, if it's connected at all it will say it's connected, which it is. But that doesn't mean there isn't something in between them.

And for this kind of accuracy I wouldn't recommend an analog multimeter unless it has a really low setting.

[timmeh87]

Also a significant number of pins are supposed to be shorted together (gnd, 3.3v, 12v...)

[vskid]

Here is a pinout of the cart slot.

[mako321]

this helps too.
http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=30954" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[collinE]

thanks guys. that all helps