This is why I love this channel. Not every project works out and we still get to see it, unlike others who only show their successes. Steve is a LEGEND and anyone who skips the rap needs their head examined!
@silverfoxeater apologies to anyone that I offended. There are plenty of repair channels on youtube, I watch this one because of Steves personality. That includes his singing.
I can't wait to see if you manage to repair this one Steve!! I myself am a Medical Electronics tech at a busy Seaside hospital in Devon and I'm not sure I would like to tackle some of your projects?? Good luck mate and I'll stay tuned 👍🏻
I must say that I watch many of these type of repair channels, But there's something about you specifically that I find the others don't have . You clearly have a deep and lengthy knowledge about these things but you come across as somebody who's just "having a go". I mean that in the nicest way possible and I must say that it's given me the inspiration to have a go at repairing a few of my own old consoles that I have stashed away . Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next one 👊
Gotta love NES repairs lol. A big part of reassembling an NES that gets frequently overlooked is Cart Sled alignment. It's just as important as having a clean connector. My workflow for aligning it is to put the sled in without any screws, pop a game in and ensure it's connected properly (i.e solid red light and/or output on the screen) and then put the cart sled screws in as the game is running. This will ensure that if you have alignment issues you'll be able to tell immediately, as the game will cut out if the connection is interrupted. The goal is to have the game continue to run perfectly as you put all 6 Cart sled screws in. From there you can pop a few different games in and ensure that it's lined up just right. Hope this helps for when you can get a new PPU to test! Good luck :)
WE Are on a cliff hanger now until part 2 .....the suspense .... hopefully with part 2 you can attempt to include the mod i have a strong feeling you will get this going the challenge will be get going with the mod attached : ) Awesome video , Liked and Subscribed ...very addictive channel to watch well done Steve !!
Ah the NES Brother Steve! the flashing red light/black screen doesn't always relate to cartridge slot. It could also mean you have a bad CIC IC The 'Lock out Chip' Disconnect! pin 4 were it says Nintendo on it pin 4 is below the N there is 2/3 caps near the pin. IF it hasn't been done already that is. One other thing that could cause no game blank-screen, very common, the cart connector. Pull it of the board & Brasso the connections. If its not them then PPU is sadly brown bread. 👍🖖
Yep, CIC fails either because the chip itself is faulty/dead or the connection between the cart and the ZIF socket is poor (this is an extremely, EXTREMELY common fault on front-loaders; the pins get bent over time as games are inserted/removed and eventually stop making reliable contact altogether). Either way, cut the pin Ratchet refers to. The CIC is absolutely nothing but trouble and disabling it is the smartest thing you can do. You lose no functionality by doing so, and gain a more reliable NES, although, if the failure was purely due to the CIC the red light would be flashing once per second. Might wanna get another game cart to test with too, just in case.
I fixed a few consoles by removing the leg of the CIC, with the blinking, blank screen, also sometimes booting but other times not even without removing the cart, so even if not's that, it's worth doing. Bonus is also no more PAL A and PAL B nonsense.
For cleaning the cart connectors, I recommend getting an NES cleaning kit from eBay or the like. You can still find one under $20 usd and it beats making connector soup, aka boiling the cart connector in hot water
I had a similar problem when installing the NESRGB in one of my NES. After the mod all I got was a garbeld screen and it was working fine before the mod. I removed the mod and the problem was still there. Luckily I had a spare NES so I switched the PPU and it was working fine, I then proceeded to switch parts so I could figure out what was faulty and it turned out that one of RAM chips on the NES went bad when I installed the mod. I replaced that with a RAM from another faulty NES and then it worked again.
Wicked attempt mate, I wouldn't know where to start with that 😂 Putting it back to factory at the end was a great shout to test though, rules the mod out I think :)
I love the channel and the lil rap songs, it's part of the channel and makes it unique from other fix it channels, your humor and patience is brilliant
I like your style, Steve! Never change. If you want to rap, rap. You do you. If you get tired of rapping, you could throw it out to your subscribers to send in raps and you could post the best ones. Wish you all the best from Mississippi.
I’ve only started watching your channel recently and I love it. I also follow other repair guys like, TronicsFix, and The Retro Future but you’re the most entertaining, I love your vids, love your personality , humor and especially those raps and song parodies . Never ever stop rapping my G, peace ! ✌️
Looking forward to Back to the NES part 2 hope you get it Fixed Steve keep thinking of doing this and a few other mods to the NES I've still got from my childhood. Keep up the good work mate.
Firstly, Mr P Wheeler simply does not appreciate the lyrical genius of VOS and what that brings to your vids. Keep rapping and I'll keep listening - NEVER SKIP!!! Great attempt Steve - looking forward to a part 2 here and a follow up when hopefully a donor NES is sourced 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😃😃😃
Mr Wheeler also doesn't seem to understand that rap is at least 50 years old so there are a lot of people who can rap and still act their age. Essentially any one born to 20 years old in the 80s likely listened to rap and potentially liked it.
@@SephirothTNH I know. Maybe I was a bit hasty with that comment and I apologise .But as a musician in my 50s I just hate rap music, but love these videos
Great video. The good news is if the fault is the ppu then you have a perfectly good nesrgb board. Nice. I wonder how it got damaged? I just install a nesrgb on my system last week. It was intense. Like performing open heart surgery on your beloved NES. Luckily it worked first try. The video quality is amazing. The biggest jump in quality I’ve seen a rgb mod do. Worth the time, effort and money. Can’t wait till you see it.
Good attempt Steve cant wait to see part 2. These nes consoles usually need the caps changed you have to remove the small square daughter board that's soldered to the main board but the problem you have is different. I have my original nes from 1985 still boxed its needing work done aswell I cant bring myself to do it my dad bought me it when I was 5 and he passed away when I was still young it's really sentimental but i should really just get it out and get it fixed before the leaking electrolyte ruines the board.
Steve, you’re making a good case for some sort of console library where repairers could borrow a unit and some games for a short while to help with diagnostics. Good luck with part 2 👍😀
That seems incredibly localised, niche and prone to breakages. Genuine professional repairers have their own personal libraries of parts. Hobbyists only need ad-hoc access, where if it's a specific part they're testing they need to replace it anyway and are the riskiest group to loan too.
I love working on the original NES console, I've got around 4 working ones as well as a socketed test unit and one that I installed an HDMI mod into. 😁
The people being rude about your raps and singing are just jealous mate. Don't stop being you, your videos are superior entertainment to other can I fix it creators. My kids and I love watching your videos, my 5 year old gets super excited when you post a new video.
Essentially, the best repair channel on TH-cam! How can anyone skip through the brilliant Patreon rap? Surely a contender for next years Mercury prize!
Ey, log time watcher here and to be honest, i always loved the silly rap callout. It is so funny and unique. I've always been interested in how things work and stuff, but you made me wanna learn electronics foreal. Thank you for that! Keep it strong! Also, it seems like failiure is the road to succes (learned it myself the hard way heh), but still...Stupid NES :(
Sometimes you need to fail,get up again,and fail again untill that " a ha " eureka moment.. not giving up,and learning something new. That's why your channel is one of those gems. Keep doing your magic and if you ever have something that you have given up,send it to me.. even if its dead. I could learn from it ,combined with your knowledge. Much 🫶🏼. Wd mate
NES front loaders are notorious for having issues with the cartridge connector. The way the cartridge slid in so easily makes me thing that the connector needs some fixing/cleaning The connector pops off the mainboard. I would suggest looking at that and giving it a real good cleaning using a cloth dampened with IPA and wrapped around a credit/gift card and slide it in and out of the slot several time. DO NOT swipe it left and right as the cloth could grab at pins and bend or break them. Also another method of cleaning them is to boil the connector in water for several minutes. Sounds silly but it does work. Finally using a dental pick or something thin and pointed gently pull the pins down. I did all the above myself to my two NES systems and now I can play games without even pressing the game down. Good Luck.
The blinking light is indicated that the 72 pin connector just needs lifted also you can disconnect the the leg on the lock out chip and will fully disable the red blinking for good
Interesting. My first instinct when I saw the output was "looks like faulty clock". I have near zero experience with consoles, but I do sort of know how analogue monitors work. Was quite surprised that my backseat-diagnosis based on pretty much nothing ended up being correct. Sad to see, that it wasn't the only problem though :D Looking forward to the next attempt at that one.
I actually dont mind the Rap, even tho i hate Rap's usually. But this is actually quite fine. and definitely better then some slow-pace meh stuff. Cant wait for Part 2
I've repaired a few NES control decks. Lift pin 4 of the Lockout chip. If that doesn't work then switch out the PPU. If that doesn't work then it's the 72pin edge connector and that is a hard to find item. Granted there are tons on Amazon, eBay and such but those are cheaply made. They're also known as "The death grip edge connector".
During the sweep you did under the microscope of the black wires soldered to the board, one of the wires had a single strand of wire pressing onto another pad :)
Hey StezStix Fix? Really enjoy the TH-cam videos and looked for more information on how you go into this [field] as it were. If you’re stuck for a video at any point, an intro into your early years of dabbling with electronics comparing professional life against hobby interest of tech would be really interesting. Personally, I work within software development for an automotive company and am restricted in terms of solutions I propose, but - the way you approach things is an oversight for corporations I feel, in terms of the logical steps you take that larger companies don’t seem to want to tolerate these days. Your views on that would also be appreciated, for example - were things actually better back in the day!?
Nice job trying fixing this mess :-) Looks odd but you could have a dead PPU there :-( Btw, French NES are ideal candidates ;-) they have a RGB port (with crap RGB signal) and a nice RGB Scart. The NESRBG mod works perfectly in those. Add a Famicom CPU/PPU/Cristal and you get a 60Hz pal NES with no extra hole.
I’ve done two nes consoles, the game cartridge reader can go faulty and need replacing. Some may look to be fine but don’t always make a good contact with the game cartridges. Someone did make a replacement one that didn’t rely on the spring mechanism, but they don’t make it anymore as far as I’m aware. But you can buy the cartridge reader off Amazon or eBay.
6:45 After the "one way to find out" comment, a Jimmy Dean sausage biscuit commercial popped up. I accidentally spit on my phone. The timing was perfect..
Unless he broke the legs off a chip, I doubt taking it apart would cause that. It's probably a bad CIC chip or something the donator didn't know about, hence the mod.
Bad lockout chip communication is a very common issue with these NES shoebox systems. If you don't want to undo the 4th leg off the NES lockout chip, cleaning the connectors, then pushing the cart from side to side while pushing the power on and off is the only way to get rhe cart to line up right. I used to be a manager at Funcoland back in the day. Had to test many, many NES games traded in.
My experience is that 99% of the time, undiagnosable problems are related to power supply. This is because brown-outs can cause almost any system to fail, and will continue to fail no matter how many things you check or fix. It's why I usually switch out the power supply as soon as I start getting cranky, unreliable hardware with no obvious causes for malfunction.
i loved snake ratlle 'n roll !! PS: to that comment about the rap "...act you're age" (first "your" and not "you're") ... the only age to not have fun anymore is no set number it is when you are dead and buried (.... well maybe after that there is still fun who knows)
Hello Mr fix I think your channel is brilliant and your a naturally funny man Keep up the fantastic educational videos 👍 📹 👏 👌 😀 Iv just ordered the same desoldererer as yours Are they any good
Stupid NES.
Super NES*
@@PeteMcDonald?????
*Stupidness ;) syke.
If i have some faulty electronics, and are willing to give it to you, will you be interested in paying postage from Denmark
Btw love your videoes
Love the song like always, never skip it
This is why I love this channel. Not every project works out and we still get to see it, unlike others who only show their successes. Steve is a LEGEND and anyone who skips the rap needs their head examined!
Spoiler alert! 🚨🚨
@@esbj0rnsson Who reads the comments before watching the video???🤣🤣🤣
@@mikecrowe9888 Agreed, and now your like count is nice.
@silverfoxeater apologies to anyone that I offended. There are plenty of repair channels on youtube, I watch this one because of Steves personality. That includes his singing.
While true, this isn't a failure yet. He simply didn't have the right chip lying around.
This means we might get a part 2. Nice.
Ooh, yeah! Definitely gonna be a part 2 on this bad boy. 👍
@@StezStixFix Awesome! I'm already excited Mr. Steve. You are the fixit-man buddy. If Steve can't fix it then no one can! Fred
Nice
Essentially
Spoiler alert !!!
Honestly the singing bits give your channel a unique flair compared to all the others. Screw the haters.
I can't wait to see if you manage to repair this one Steve!!
I myself am a Medical Electronics tech at a busy Seaside hospital in Devon and I'm not sure I would like to tackle some of your projects??
Good luck mate and I'll stay tuned 👍🏻
I must say that I watch many of these type of repair channels, But there's something about you specifically that I find the others don't have . You clearly have a deep and lengthy knowledge about these things but you come across as somebody who's just "having a go". I mean that in the nicest way possible and I must say that it's given me the inspiration to have a go at repairing a few of my own old consoles that I have stashed away . Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next one 👊
Gotta love NES repairs lol. A big part of reassembling an NES that gets frequently overlooked is Cart Sled alignment. It's just as important as having a clean connector. My workflow for aligning it is to put the sled in without any screws, pop a game in and ensure it's connected properly (i.e solid red light and/or output on the screen) and then put the cart sled screws in as the game is running. This will ensure that if you have alignment issues you'll be able to tell immediately, as the game will cut out if the connection is interrupted. The goal is to have the game continue to run perfectly as you put all 6 Cart sled screws in. From there you can pop a few different games in and ensure that it's lined up just right.
Hope this helps for when you can get a new PPU to test! Good luck :)
WE Are on a cliff hanger now until part 2 .....the suspense ....
hopefully with part 2 you can attempt to include the mod i have a strong feeling you will get this going
the challenge will be get going with the mod attached : )
Awesome video , Liked and Subscribed ...very addictive channel to watch well done Steve !!
Ah the NES Brother Steve! the flashing red light/black screen doesn't always relate to cartridge slot. It could also mean you have a bad CIC IC The 'Lock out Chip'
Disconnect! pin 4 were it says Nintendo on it pin 4 is below the N there is 2/3 caps near the pin. IF it hasn't been done already that is. One other thing that could
cause no game blank-screen, very common, the cart connector. Pull it of the board & Brasso the connections. If its not them then PPU is sadly brown bread. 👍🖖
Excellent information as always, brother Steve! Thank you. I'll give all that a go and see what happens! 😬
Yep, CIC fails either because the chip itself is faulty/dead or the connection between the cart and the ZIF socket is poor (this is an extremely, EXTREMELY common fault on front-loaders; the pins get bent over time as games are inserted/removed and eventually stop making reliable contact altogether). Either way, cut the pin Ratchet refers to. The CIC is absolutely nothing but trouble and disabling it is the smartest thing you can do. You lose no functionality by doing so, and gain a more reliable NES, although, if the failure was purely due to the CIC the red light would be flashing once per second. Might wanna get another game cart to test with too, just in case.
Mmh I would disable the lockout Chip. That's the best way
I fixed a few consoles by removing the leg of the CIC, with the blinking, blank screen, also sometimes booting but other times not even without removing the cart, so even if not's that, it's worth doing. Bonus is also no more PAL A and PAL B nonsense.
For cleaning the cart connectors, I recommend getting an NES cleaning kit from eBay or the like. You can still find one under $20 usd and it beats making connector soup, aka boiling the cart connector in hot water
Looking forward to part II!! Cheers Steve👍
Thanks Chris! 👍
I had a similar problem when installing the NESRGB in one of my NES.
After the mod all I got was a garbeld screen and it was working fine before the mod. I removed the mod and the problem was still there.
Luckily I had a spare NES so I switched the PPU and it was working fine, I then proceeded to switch parts so I could figure out what was faulty and it turned out that one of RAM chips on the NES went bad when I installed the mod.
I replaced that with a RAM from another faulty NES and then it worked again.
so it shorted a ram chip maybe?
@@86jpw Yeah, thats my guess.
Wicked attempt mate, I wouldn't know where to start with that 😂 Putting it back to factory at the end was a great shout to test though, rules the mod out I think :)
i think this may be my new favorite channel.
Ahahaha that counterburn! The songs are amazing! Never ever skip them!
Replying to them in a rap is perfect. Well done Steve
Such a surprise see my DIY Nintendo mutiAV connector in your video!🤯
I hope you revisit and repair that NES.👍
This is my new favorite channel. Every video is absolute gold
Love that you posts your fails as well. Hope to see you try this one again.
Good spotting on that solder bridge! Hopefully a donor NES will hold the fix 🤞
Hopefully! Thanks AFU 👍
Never let anyone bully you out of your rapping or singing. It's part of the whole StezStix Fix experience!
I can't stand bullies. Carry on with the singing, I say, as it is an integral part of the whole StezStix Fix? experience. Fred
I love the channel and the lil rap songs, it's part of the channel and makes it unique from other fix it channels, your humor and patience is brilliant
I like your style, Steve! Never change. If you want to rap, rap. You do you.
If you get tired of rapping, you could throw it out to your subscribers to send in raps and you could post the best ones. Wish you all the best from Mississippi.
Thanks!
I’ve only started watching your channel recently and I love it. I also follow other repair guys like, TronicsFix, and The Retro Future but you’re the most entertaining, I love your vids, love your personality , humor and especially those raps and song parodies . Never ever stop rapping my G, peace ! ✌️
To be fair the rap of patreons, or raptreons is essential, perhaps with a Public Enemy vibe would be dope.
Looking forward to a part 2! You'll get it Steve! Crack on!
Looking forward to Back to the NES part 2 hope you get it Fixed Steve keep thinking of doing this and a few other mods to the NES I've still got from my childhood. Keep up the good work mate.
came for the rap, stayed for the repair
Firstly, Mr P Wheeler simply does not appreciate the lyrical genius of VOS and what that brings to your vids. Keep rapping and I'll keep listening - NEVER SKIP!!!
Great attempt Steve - looking forward to a part 2 here and a follow up when hopefully a donor NES is sourced 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😃😃😃
Thanks Greg! Hoping to get back to this one very soon! 👍
Mr Wheeler also doesn't seem to understand that rap is at least 50 years old so there are a lot of people who can rap and still act their age. Essentially any one born to 20 years old in the 80s likely listened to rap and potentially liked it.
@@SephirothTNH
I know. Maybe I was a bit hasty with that comment and I apologise .But as a musician in my 50s I just hate rap music, but love these videos
Great video. The good news is if the fault is the ppu then you have a perfectly good nesrgb board. Nice. I wonder how it got damaged? I just install a nesrgb on my system last week. It was intense. Like performing open heart surgery on your beloved NES. Luckily it worked first try. The video quality is amazing. The biggest jump in quality I’ve seen a rgb mod do. Worth the time, effort and money. Can’t wait till you see it.
Good attempt Steve cant wait to see part 2. These nes consoles usually need the caps changed you have to remove the small square daughter board that's soldered to the main board but the problem you have is different. I have my original nes from 1985 still boxed its needing work done aswell I cant bring myself to do it my dad bought me it when I was 5 and he passed away when I was still young it's really sentimental but i should really just get it out and get it fixed before the leaking electrolyte ruines the board.
Good find on that solder bridge and I definitely wouldn't call this a fail. Looking forward to a revisit 👌
Steve, you’re making a good case for some sort of console library where repairers could borrow a unit and some games for a short while to help with diagnostics. Good luck with part 2 👍😀
That seems incredibly localised, niche and prone to breakages. Genuine professional repairers have their own personal libraries of parts. Hobbyists only need ad-hoc access, where if it's a specific part they're testing they need to replace it anyway and are the riskiest group to loan too.
Nice work Steve. hope it will work soon love to see it.
Thanks Frederick! 👍
I love working on the original NES console, I've got around 4 working ones as well as a socketed test unit and one that I installed an HDMI mod into. 😁
Hell yeah. Nice choice for the ending song. Also, i never skip the rap either! Keep it up my man.
Loved the video. Shows the hardships accurately.
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
I could sit and watch you solder stuff all day
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
Can't wait for the part II ! Oh dear please repair this beauty
Thanks Bruno, hopefully!
@@StezStixFix we all count on you.
Much love ❤️
VOS raps are brilliant, never skipping them!
Looking forward to the revisit!
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
looking forward to part 2!
Good thing you edited out that string of expletives, Steve. I was mortified. D:
I really hope this NES isn’t pining for the fjords. I can’t wait to see part 2.
And long live the Patreon songs!
The people being rude about your raps and singing are just jealous mate. Don't stop being you, your videos are superior entertainment to other can I fix it creators. My kids and I love watching your videos, my 5 year old gets super excited when you post a new video.
That was one of the rappiest Raps to date. Getting better every time. Keep up the good rhyme
First time i have seen a sad repair video. You did a great job regardless
I adored Snake Rattle 'N Roll as a kid! Shame you didn't get to play some.
Still haven't played it! Need to get back to this, so I can give it a go! 👍
He'll only think it's a stupid game. He's very hard to please.
Essentially, the best repair channel on TH-cam!
How can anyone skip through the brilliant Patreon rap? Surely a contender for next years Mercury prize!
I simply must agree. Eminem can't even take the heat... Here comes Steve, laying down the beat! Fred
The fact that you can fail.
Makes you feel very human.
I like it
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
@@welshtony1 lol 😆 funny thanks for the heads up fo sho
@@TruMaverick You wouldn't believe how many people fall for these types of scam's. TH-cam really need to do something about them. And no problem
Ey, log time watcher here and to be honest, i always loved the silly rap callout. It is so funny and unique. I've always been interested in how things work and stuff, but you made me wanna learn electronics foreal. Thank you for that! Keep it strong! Also, it seems like failiure is the road to succes (learned it myself the hard way heh), but still...Stupid NES :(
Sometimes you need to fail,get up again,and fail again untill that " a ha " eureka moment.. not giving up,and learning something new.
That's why your channel is one of those gems.
Keep doing your magic and if you ever have something that you have given up,send it to me.. even if its dead. I could learn from it ,combined with your knowledge. Much 🫶🏼. Wd mate
awww mate, threw mine away years ago - mint video (and rap) as always 😂👏👏👏
NES front loaders are notorious for having issues with the cartridge connector. The way the cartridge slid in so easily makes me thing that the connector needs some fixing/cleaning The connector pops off the mainboard. I would suggest looking at that and giving it a real good cleaning using a cloth dampened with IPA and wrapped around a credit/gift card and slide it in and out of the slot several time. DO NOT swipe it left and right as the cloth could grab at pins and bend or break them. Also another method of cleaning them is to boil the connector in water for several minutes. Sounds silly but it does work. Finally using a dental pick or something thin and pointed gently pull the pins down. I did all the above myself to my two NES systems and now I can play games without even pressing the game down. Good Luck.
The blinking light is indicated that the 72 pin connector just needs lifted also you can disconnect the the leg on the lock out chip and will fully disable the red blinking for good
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
Digging the Rap bro...it had me bobbing my head while I was rebuilding a Lenovo L14 Thinkpad
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
1:38 The opposite happened here......I'm already waiting for the new video to see what kind of song it will be 👌
Came here to see cool things get fixed stayed for the raps. Steve is 10/10 content
Nice one. Always cool to see..
Atleast one fail! Love this channel❤️
Hard work and song at end amazing
OMG someone else loves Snake ratle and roll. so fun
Interesting. My first instinct when I saw the output was "looks like faulty clock". I have near zero experience with consoles, but I do sort of know how analogue monitors work. Was quite surprised that my backseat-diagnosis based on pretty much nothing ended up being correct. Sad to see, that it wasn't the only problem though :D
Looking forward to the next attempt at that one.
Aw man! Can't wait for part two!!! In the end it doesn't really matterrrrrr 😂😭
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
I look forward to you revisiting this Steve... Pt 2 will be a cracker.
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
I actually dont mind the Rap, even tho i hate Rap's usually. But this is actually quite fine. and definitely better then some slow-pace meh stuff. Cant wait for Part 2
I've repaired a few NES control decks. Lift pin 4 of the Lockout chip. If that doesn't work then switch out the PPU. If that doesn't work then it's the 72pin edge connector and that is a hard to find item. Granted there are tons on Amazon, eBay and such but those are cheaply made. They're also known as "The death grip edge connector".
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
Paul Wheeler doesn't know what good music is, CLEARLY. Love the raps lol
During the sweep you did under the microscope of the black wires soldered to the board, one of the wires had a single strand of wire pressing onto another pad :)
I love your videos Steve :) they are so fun to watch.
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
i love your content. Keep up the great work!
Scammer Alert, Account not the real StezStix
I love watching your videos keep up with the good work and singing
Hey StezStix Fix?
Really enjoy the TH-cam videos and looked for more information on how you go into this [field] as it were.
If you’re stuck for a video at any point, an intro into your early years of dabbling with electronics comparing professional life against hobby interest of tech would be really interesting.
Personally, I work within software development for an automotive company and am restricted in terms of solutions I propose, but - the way you approach things is an oversight for corporations I feel, in terms of the logical steps you take that larger companies don’t seem to want to tolerate these days. Your views on that would also be appreciated, for example - were things actually better back in the day!?
Scammer Alert. That account is NOT @StezStix_Fix
Love the music on your channel
This might be a stupid question but did you test a different game? (or test that game in a different NES console to make sure it works?)
Nice job trying fixing this mess :-)
Looks odd but you could have a dead PPU there :-(
Btw, French NES are ideal candidates ;-) they have a RGB port (with crap RGB signal) and a nice RGB Scart. The NESRBG mod works perfectly in those.
Add a Famicom CPU/PPU/Cristal and you get a 60Hz pal NES with no extra hole.
the *crap RGB signal* from the French NES is composite "converted" to RGB. I'm sure you knew that.
Thx for sharing 🌷🌷🌷
& plz use fume extractor for your safety 😊 god bless you
I’ve done two nes consoles, the game cartridge reader can go faulty and need replacing. Some may look to be fine but don’t always make a good contact with the game cartridges. Someone did make a replacement one that didn’t rely on the spring mechanism, but they don’t make it anymore as far as I’m aware. But you can buy the cartridge reader off Amazon or eBay.
Thumbs up just for the music at the end 🤘
Cannot wait for Pt. 2.
i love these kind of vids keep it up
6:45 After the "one way to find out" comment, a Jimmy Dean sausage biscuit commercial popped up.
I accidentally spit on my phone. The timing was perfect..
Thanks for the vid !! Lately I was defeated by a ps2. It's good to show that sometimes, it's just not happening.
I hope you can fix it with mod. I want to see what the mod does. Nice video as always!
New hair do? Nice. Singing bit, also nice. Overall, excellent!
Your Patreon rap should be much longer, you deserve it. I will never skip it! Haters gonna hate but we will hold them off together!
It's dreadful
@@helloworld5638 no, you are 😉
@@helloworld5638 Just as your mom ;)
I think the missing CLK could definitely cause the original problem - but in taking it apart, you did something to cause the card-reader to fail.
Unless he broke the legs off a chip, I doubt taking it apart would cause that. It's probably a bad CIC chip or something the donator didn't know about, hence the mod.
Bad lockout chip communication is a very common issue with these NES shoebox systems. If you don't want to undo the 4th leg off the NES lockout chip, cleaning the connectors, then pushing the cart from side to side while pushing the power on and off is the only way to get rhe cart to line up right.
I used to be a manager at Funcoland back in the day. Had to test many, many NES games traded in.
Need to make you a judge Judy type intro when you are repairing other mistakes 🤣🤣🤣❤️
My experience is that 99% of the time, undiagnosable problems are related to power supply. This is because brown-outs can cause almost any system to fail, and will continue to fail no matter how many things you check or fix. It's why I usually switch out the power supply as soon as I start getting cranky, unreliable hardware with no obvious causes for malfunction.
You're never too old to have a second childhood, Steve! 😂
Love your songs haha, keep them coming 😂
Don’t know if it matters but @4:31 it seems that there is a single wire that it’s shorting the unsoldered pad with the one on its left
Hey cant wait for the follow up
Looking forward to part 2 😊👍
So looking foreward to you fixing it :-)
Thanks VOS , hey Dave , oh yes thanks regular Steve 😊
OMG! I enjoy watching your videos and the rap songs, hilarious! I have shared your channel with some friends. Keep it going! NICE! 🤣
i loved snake ratlle 'n roll !!
PS: to that comment about the rap "...act you're age" (first "your" and not "you're") ... the only age to not have fun anymore is no set number it is when you are dead and buried (.... well maybe after that there is still fun who knows)
The solder bridge surely made a cap or resistor go bad, or even popped a chip.... depends on the function of the points where the bridge was.
Ah, the old NES cart panpipe... classic!
Hello Mr fix I think your channel is brilliant and your a naturally funny man
Keep up the fantastic educational videos 👍 📹 👏 👌 😀
Iv just ordered the same desoldererer as yours
Are they any good