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How To Fix the Original NES Red Blinking Light
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- In this video I show you 5 different ways how to fix the red flashing light on the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Some of these you may of heard of, some you may not. Watch to find out which methods are used and hopefully one of them will help you with your nintendo entertainment system.
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This guys sounds like Toby from the office, thanks Toby!
Toby's divorced. This guy said he used his wife's toothbrush to clean the motherboard. Which is something Toby would say to make people think he has remarried and not still divorced.
i can't find the resemblance
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Wiggling the cartridge from side to side fixed it for me. Thank you!
AndyK22 same but then it stoped working
same
Me to
What to do to fix that so just incase i dont have to do it again ? Thank you 🙏
Works here but I still need to find out why I have a blank white screen.
Thank you I get to play with my NES for the first time in 10 years.
Wich did you tried
Bro same sadly I lost the gun so I can't play duck hunt, still got mario though :D
Your video is going to be used as reference for eternity. These consoles suffer from the same symptom. I bought one 4 years ago used it for a little while then stored it. I recently took it out and the trouble began. I have to play with it by moving the cartridge. It works sometimes. I am now thinking of following your method of cleaning it and ordering a new 72 pin since they run cheap.
Most of the time after cleaning the cartridge, I push reset and while keeping it pressed, I move the cartridge to either the left or right gently then release the reset button. And 9 out of 10 that works for me and has for over 20 or more years. And of course if it is real bad, I take the NES apart and clean the 72 pin connector.
Bro thank you so much
Wew it worked.. yeah
bro you are a genius bless you
This worked for me!! Thank you!!
Bro you’re a fing goat 😂💪🏼
Perfect video! Thank you so much for the concise video without all the “I love to listen to my own voice” ones out there (tho I must say, your voice is pleasant to listen to). I’m so glad I decided to just do it and clean the inside as there was plenty of dust in it. One thing I want to share is that when I tightened the lower front right screw to the lower plastic tray when reinstalling, I must have gone a bit too much as the tray wouldn’t lock. I loosed it up about 1.5 turns and it was fine. So much better than jiggling every game.
Quarantine made by family bring out the old nintendo we had hidden in the garage but we had a hard time getting the games to play. Each time we had to call my older brother in or wait 15 minutes to get it working. This helped so much, thank you!!!
The wiggle the cartridge around in the slot method worked for me. I knew it wasn't the cart itself because the light was blinking when no cartridge was in it. Thanks!
Removing the 72 pin connector, brushing it with alcohol, along with q-tips and alcohol cleaning the motherboard pins and any grounding surfaces worked. There was haze of corrosion on the motherboard pins and motherboard grounding points👍
I love you! Step 2 worked for me. i was going to open the nes to clean the pins, but I saw your step 2, give it a try, and all my games work now. My nes is save from my hands now.
I've got 2 old NES consoles that work intermittently but that sometimes get the flashing red light. The flashing red light is actually why I have 2 of them. Growing up, my brother and I would just rotate them if one wasn't working haha. I'll have to give all of these methods a try. Thanks so much for the tutorials!
SSPspaz Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much. These little tutorials have brought back to life my NES. Simple, yet so effective!!
Nice!
@@FishBeeProductionsyou have to blow in to the cartridge
Just bough NES and nothing worked but that flashing red light. I did everything you mentioned, needed to reach the console opening section and remove part and clean them. It worked. I am so happy with my NES now , thx to you !!
Glad I could help!
Followed your guide and my Nintendo works again just like brand new! Thank you for putting this out there it was quick simple and easy to follow
Nice! Glad I could help.
They didn't work brand new
Thought the 72 pin replacement i made on one i bought off eBay totaled the sucker. Found out, thanks to you, that leaving it in the UP position works like a charm!
Here I was about to do open heart surgery on my NES only to find out that the second way worked the whole time. I appreciate this a lot!
Sliding it back and forth actually worked! Great tip 👍
Cartridge wiggling did it for me you're a life saver bud
Didn't know this was a common problem. Glad I found this video. Will try out a couple of the methods mentioned here.
Glad I kept mine for 30+ years. I will try your methods. Thanks!
Smart move!
My NES's red light was blingking. But because of this video, I could fix it.
The second way worked. It's a very very good video.
Thank you very much.😄
Some of these are tricks I don’t even remember. Thanks, worked like a charm!
nice, glad i could help!
Thank you so much my Nintendo was messing up. And I thought that it was gonna be broken forever since it is almost 30 years old. I really appreciate it and now it works thanks
Nice!
picked one of these up today and your advise got it working for me now i can relive childhood memorys thank you :)
Great to hear!
Thank you so much moving it back and forth done the trick, Merry Christmas to you
Thank you very much, man! The wiggle trick worked and now it's back on business!
Love his laid back sluggish voice and the lengthening of the "L" "R" very classy
Thank you man the moving it left and right did it for me.
The 2nd method worked for me thank you so much for saving my Adventure Island 3!!
You're a life saver. Thank you for this!
This video helped a lot! I cleaned up the 72 pin connector and boom👍🏽👍🏽
Nice!
These are great tips! Wiggling back and forth ftw.
I used brass polish to clean the cartridges and the pins. It works like a charm👍
Great! I was panicking already thanks for the fix
AAAHHH THANK YOU!!! My NES is working now : D thank you very much
I’ll try it thanks for the details
The first trick worked for us. 😄Thanks alot!
After sitting in a box in my garage over 20 years, step 2 with the shimmy worked!!!!!
Scrubbing bubbles works too. They work hard so you don't have to.
BEST COMMENT, EVER!
Thank you so much! We are so happy we got this working again. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks you too!
Thank you so much! I have two nes that were giving me the blinking light treatment and were inoperable. Your tips helped fix both of them .
daviebaggins Awesome!
@@FishBeeProductions I have two doing this too and after finally get the right power block ima try the wiggling one a few times
Wow tgat instantly worked
@@FishBeeProductions update the wiggles work
The wiggling did it for me, thanks. I just hope this fix will last for a while before a new issue arises. D:
HEYYYY THANK YOU SO much. I was able to get ALL my games working by using tip #2. Thank you again. This is great =). I had put my system away for two years because I could not get the games working. SUPER EXCITED
Nice glad it works!
Thank you very much man!! My Nintendo I had for 8 years now been through a lot and watching your video saved it. Now in days, There prices are high like it came out this year and I can't afford another no time soon. Lol!! Once again thank you very much.
Yes! This worked! The 3rd tip! I'm happy I didnt have to try #4!
Great tips, number 2 worked! back playing Mario. Thanks man.
Literally use to always blow in the game or use rubbing alcohol n q tips. Did the second tip n boom like magic. Thanks bro 🙏🏾
I found a nes that my dad had as a kid and it still works but now that I know this is a thing I’m glad i watched
Great video, personally, I use a cartridge connector called blinking light win. It’s a full 72 pin connector replacement which will make it so that the cart just snaps in and you don’t press down, it just connects. Only bad thing is that the cart is gripped really tight, which can be good, but also bad when removing the cart. It makes the nes region free!
Cart adaptors like that ruin ypur game chips. In a very short time the gold on the cart pins will be gone making the cart useless
@@jeremyspigner1320 I’ve had my blinking light win for 4+ years, I’ve had no issues with any of my nes carts. It does have a tight grip, but it still works flawlessly as do my games. I don’t think you can even get it anymore.
What i love is there is allot of people with the nes and they believe a blinking light is a problem with it and it is not. Its how the system works. Wish people would educate them selves about the system. The moment you add stuff like a blinking light fix you have ruined the system. What do i know obly heen gaming since 85 when the nes was released
@@jeremyspigner1320 then what do you do about the blinking light
I have an nes dated 1988 on the motherboard no adaptor on it and every single game plays first try. Putting them in hard bends the contacts and scrapes the copper off the game board. Mabie I am lucky with mine
Thank you, the wiggling technique worked for me! :)
ITS WORKED 😭 thank you 🙏 wiggled it then pushed the game up and turned on power 😎
Ahhhhhh tysvm!!! I FINALLY got my NES to work again! I was all but ready to throw the thing in the dang trash! And that would have just brought tears to my eyes haha thanks again :-) I ended up having to take this thing apart like shown in the fourth step!!
Nice! Glad it worked for you.
You can also boil the 72-pin connector in water for 15-30 minutes, which causes the contacts to spring back to their original positions and thus grip the cartridge more tightly. Better than replacing it with a potentially inferior replacement which might fail rather quickly due to oxidisation.
Another option is to cut one of the pins on the lockout chip. I did both, actually: boiling the connector and cutting the pin.
Steven Don I haven't tried either of those, but those seem like pretty good ideas. Thanks for watching!
Boiling fix my problem. Thank you 🙃😌
Not one of the pins, the fourth bottom pin. Any other pins can damage and not read the game roms
I would be so scared to boil my pin-connector, so that's one thing I'd never do.
@@TucBroder I initially found it scary too, but as I already had a spare one, I tried it out and it worked amazingly well. My NES has been running with the boiled original connector ever since and I've not needed to repeat the procedure, nor use the replacement part. Have since done it to several other NESes as I restored them. Never had any trouble caused by the boiling. Just make sure it is thoroughly dry before reinstalling and powering up.
Worked out great!! Thanks!!
Thank you man! 😩you just got a well deserved like
Thank you! Solucion 2 worked for me!
Third way worked (after we sat here forever trying to fix it lol) thank you so much
Nice!
Thank u so much I was struggling to make mine work the wiggle thing worked
Never used that wiggling cartridge maneuver before, thanks!
Thank you FishBee, I get to play with my NES for the first time in 8 years, woooohooooo.
GRACIAS DESDE BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA 🇨🇴! It worked!
This is exactly what I was looking for, Thanks FishBee!
Glad I could help!
Thank you for making this video it really helped
Edward Lomas Awesome! Thanks for watching.
Thanks! I was able to fix my nes! You got a sub!
Well thank you,just brought my nes and snes from attic, NES was collecting dust a lot,and it had mario 2 in the slot this whole time, games take some strenght to put in the slot. I had blinking red light,and jiggling around stopped that LOL! , still do not have the tv cable,waiting on that tomorrow,so i hope my nes works, cant wait!
Wiggeling the game cartridge works thank you so much.
By golly it worked. Thank you!
I just bought two second hand NES consoles. One had a blinking white screen and one had a blinking red screen. Followed this guide to clean the contacts of the game cart, inserted and removed a a bunch of times and did the little jiggle the game cart move once you push down the 72 pin connector to the locked position and now both work one the first try about 70% of the time (probably because the panther is too strong)
Worked after moving the cartridge inside and pushing reset, thanks, now I need to fix the controller, since only the A button works
I have 3 boxes red light bliking and try to buy one good,now all 3 are working,thank you
Thanks Toby from The Office!Great video, this helped a lot!
Get back to work Michael
@@FishBeeProductions 🤣 love it!
This video is 5 years old which adds to what I'm about to say. As old as these things are it's time to start thinking about recapping
I thought cleaning the game with isopropyl alcohol would do it, but it didn’t. But then, moving at side to side was the thing that fixed it, I guess it helps with the metal contacts. Thanks very much!
I only tried the second one and I’m in! Thank you!
Nice!
Thank you step 2 did the trick!
Than you thank you. Finally got my NES to work
Nice!
Worked by step 4. Many thanks and I'm subbed! Played turtles straight away and got smashed. Like the old days then!!
got my grandparents NES working by cleaning the contacts on the game thanks! still had to wiggle it a bit lol
i appreciate the help!
Saved my life thanks!! 🙏🏼
Wiggling fixed my problem I thank you so much
great video. I was surprised you used the 1UP card to clean the game cartridges. You can use a q-tip with a dab of rubbing alcohol to clean the games like you did on the mother board back and front.
Thank you, this is was very helpful 😁
Glad I could help!
Holy! I just fixed my Nintendo, thanks so much!!! Was about to give up on her
Glad I could help!
worked...I had to screw the front of the plastic lid over the cartridge sideways screwing one of the two front srews a bit less, to make it work.
😂 I needed this video 35 years ago.
Yeah I know what you mean lol
That was pretty good and i feel confident in taking mine apart to clean it! But i think i made a few thing's loose when i was transporting it in a box and i put it down roughly. Now the area that holds the game won't stay down. But even if i hold it down the light blinks and the connections area seems loose because it gets static if i move the wire's. No picture just a pink a then black screen blinking off and on again. Do you have any idea what i can do or what it might be? Thank you, JC
Very good video! Thanks
The rubbing alcohol worked great but my system I have to jam something in between the game an the system to kinda set it fully in place, it locks in like it should just needs a bit more of pressure I suppose to make that connection but other then that it works thanks for the advice
Thank you! I fixed it! With your help of course!
Awesome!
The second way you showed have worked! Thanks a lot Bro! I wasted 1 hour with the stupid thing!
Thank you I shook the cartridge and it worked!!
Nice!
Thanks for the video! Love you!
Glad I could help!
Missed the 6th fix. Delete Pin 4 on the CIC Lockout chip on main motherboard. Works a charm and lest you play ANY region.
Thank you!
Thanks! Finally got my old one working for my 8 year old
Nice!
Thank you!!
This helped me. Thanks a bunch
Hello thanks for the content. I wanted to let everone know how my dad fixed the blinking on the nes back in the 80's when my brothers an I were very young. We all blew in the cartridge and sometimes it worked. But did the blowing actually work. Maybe. When you put the cartridge in evertime, sometimes the contacts wiill contect and the game works. So not necessarily it was blowing in the cartridge. My father to the machine apart and bent the clips for a tighter fit. Worked every time.
yeah yeah, you only confirmed what i knew. thanks sooo much