Fixing My Wife's NES (replacing 72-pin connector)
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- čas přidán 10. 03. 2024
- So my FiL wanted to play Donkey Kong for NES. That's the ONLY game he wants to play. So my Wife brought her NES over to his house to play but no matter how many times she tried to play the game it was glitchy. I initially assumed it was a dirty game cartridge but she cleaned it and indeed it did look clean and it also worked in my NES every time no problem. So I opened her NES to look inside and found at least one bad pin, maybe two in the 72-pin connector. The game would load up every time but would be glitchy in a similar way every time so this bad pin could certainly be the culprit. We tried to fix it with some tools inc a long wood skewer and some long thin tweezers but it was really mangled and bent back to the far depths of the connector. I don't think it can be easily fixed so a replacement seemed like the next best option. I found one with a lot of good ratings on Amazon and it was Prime free next day shipping for $17.99 CAD ($13.33 USD) so we ordered it and it arrived the next day! Gotta love Amazon sometimes. I mean ordering replacement repair parts for a ~35+ year old video game console and you can have it the next day! Anyway, replacing the connector did the trick. The system went from not being able to play the game no matter how many times we tried to playing the game first try every time! It's like new!
Sorry about the muffled audio there was a lot of background noise and I had to hit the video hard with some EQ and compression to get rid of it. - Hry
Big thumbs up for keeping this old machine in top condition!
Nice! I originally had two NES consoles, one never seemed to work right despite various cleaning and maintenance issues. The other worked though had glitches sometimes, long story short between the two, swapping the pin connectors etc I ended up with one fully working unit, I also made sure doing this swapping over that it was the cosmetically better looking of the two. Lastly, since I was in there anyway, I did the cutting of pin 4 on the regional lockout CIC chip. It has been solid and working glitch-free since and I mostly use it with a EverdriveN8 so not likely to wear out the connector again anytime soon. 😎Sure, I got a couple clones to lay originalcarts but just something about firing up the OG NES on a CRT...........
Oh yeah mine has the 10NES chip cutout but my other NES and now my wife's don't but they're working so good. Also yeah good point people worried about wearing out the connector, or aftermarket connectors being too tight and wearing out games it's not something I worry about having my Everdrive in there most of the time there's little cart swapping!
Did you try boiling the OEM connector? I've retightened a few that way and now they work on the first try. I tried using a third-party connector and I didn't like the deathgrip it had.
I assume most NES consoles with the original connector could use a replacement at this point
that blows
Great video
I did this a lot. I replaced the 72 pin connector in mine three times now and ended up getting an RetroUSB AVS instead and left the NES with a faulty 72 pin connector (I did order a new one but haven't gotten around to replacing it).
I got the toploader for this reason! had to mod in av, though
What do you think of the transparent NES shells? 🤔
I've been trying to get a BLW for years. I emailed them, and they say it does get stocked, but when indeed is the question.
Yeah I thought about the BLW since I remember many years ago hearing about them and I like the idea of it going straight in and not needing to push down but it didn't look like they made them in awhile.
It's maybe a little tighter than stock but it's nowhere near as tight as the one I replaced on my NES like 15 years ago. That one holds em tight you really gotta pull it out hard. This one's not that bad so that's nice perhaps they've improved them or it's just a different manufacturer from that one not sure.
How tight is the fit on the connector? Those are usually too tight that they destroy the gold contacts on cartridges since they are too rigid / tight on the carts.
You'll be replacing it again soon. Those Chinese made 72 pin connectors off Amazon are junk. Should have just used a dental pick and bent the original pins back into place and gave them a good cleaning.
Is it possible to play NES games on a SNES using an adapter or flashcart?
Sort of with a flash cart but the ROMs have to be modified
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