Leappad won't recognize game cartridges and when it does, the screen goes black and returns to home page
My son's LeapPad is not recognizing game cartridges. We've taken an eraser to cartridge, used rubbing alcohol and used air can inside cartridge hole. Both game cartridges are new. First time we inserted them, we were able to play each one 1 or two times. After that, we had to work pretty hard to get cartridge to be recognized and when it did finally recognize it, we would select it only for the screen to turn black and return us to the home page. Now we can't even get the games to be recognized again.
Toys - LeapFrog - Leap Frog My First Leappad Learning System
Answers & Comments
I used the pencil eraser first on each of my daughter's cartridges. Then I used a qtip to rub them with rubbing alcohol. Finally I used a blow dryer to blow out where the cartridges are installed and now her games are working just fine.