Has my AR cart died?

[segafodder]

Couple of days ago my saturn locked up whilst loading last bronx from the Action replay menu screen, turne it off and on again and then it hung at the saturn system menu with a 'buduuup' sound sample (technical i know )

Games load fine without it, other carts are working (koF95, 1meg ram and save cart)

Cleaned connections and un-stretched cart port and still nothing.

Any other ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

[mick_aka]

It's worth opening your AR cart up and checking for dust and even insect inside it causing an issue first.

[segafodder]

bug free in the insect term of the word.

Now how do i explain to the mrs that i want a new one for my birthday...

[mick_aka]

Never heard of them dying like this, it's charicteristic of a short somewhere but if your cart slot is ok and theres no foreign object anywhere... well you got me!