The present invention provides a short-circuit detection method of an ink cartridge chip, a chip, an ink cartridge and a recording device. The ink cartridge chip (2) includes a circuit board (201), the circuit board is provided with at least two connecting terminals, a detecting terminal (301) arranged adjacent to and spaced apart from the connecting terminal at a predetermined interval, a short-circuit detection part (302) electrically connected with the detecting terminal and/or the connecting terminal, and a short-circuit control part connected with the short-circuit detection part. The short-circuit detection part judges whether short circuit occurs between the detecting terminal and the connecting terminal according to a change in an electrical signal of the detecting terminal and/or the connecting terminal; the short-circuit control part is used to execute a short-circuit abnormality processing when short circuit is detected. Short circuit can be actively detected at the ink cartridge chip side in early stage after the ink cartridge is mounted to the recording device, and thus a possibility that the electrical component on the ink cartridge has been damaged when a short circuit is detected by the recording device is reduced, and moreover, for a recording device without a short-circuit detection circuit, ink cartridge application safety factor is also increased.
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