Watch This Before You Replace Your 72 Pin NES Connector
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- The dreaded blinking red light: The bane of every middle-aged adult who is trying to relive part of their childhood through a 30+ year old video game system. The cause is typically a bad connection between the game cartridge and the system. That can be caused by damage, but more often than not it’s decades of dirt, corrosion and abuse that has taken its toll.
Before you replace the 72 pin connector, try this as it has worked for me on 2 different NES machines. Additionally, sometimes it’s actually the old game cartridges that don’t work well. Watch my other video to see how to truly clean them! I was able to get all my old games working without replacing any parts.
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1. You don't ever sand plated contacts. Use electrical contact cleaners or 90+% rubbing alcohol.
2. Don't use a vacuum cleaner that can generate static. Use dry compressed air to blow out debris.
So can i just blow on it?
@@Not_Srpskyou don't wanna do that either. The moisture from your saliva will damage parts. If there is a lot of dust and debrie just wet a tower with some alcohol then stay it down with a can of air after its dried.
@@davidstaffen6783 oh ok thx
So if you know, that’s why are you watching the video?
Do NOT use sand paper on contacts, it opens them up for significantly more corrosion. That and the main board ones are generally perfectly fine, as the connector never moves off the console.
What to use in lieu of it, in that case?
@@SirRyanChadius If it must absolutely be done, I’ve seen a few people use pencils erasers alongside isopropyl and that is much gentler
@@messageman5181 Ought it be done? I am looking to get into buying and selling them as a profit, so y'know.
@@SirRyanChadius that’ll be a tough job to make profit on, but to answer your question, don’t file the contacts unless absolutely necessary. First just try cleaning with isopropyl, and if that gives no better results, make sure the pins are all good, then proceed to use the pencil eraser to lightly rub the contacts and clean any pieces/eraser off with more isopropyl Q tips. You should never have to actually use the pencil eraser on the connector on the actual mother board.
I'm curious, how does it open the contacts up for MORE corrosion? aren't they already corroded and at worst they'll return to the way they were before you wore them down?
I love the ending how it says it works but doesn't show it.
I didn’t sand anything but I bent up the pins and it absolutely worked.
Bending the pins did the trick! Thanks!
I didn't use sandpaper, I just used contact cleaner and some Qtips and bent all the pins.
I have another blinking one and I would bet it's the same issue.
Lol i also have 2 blinking nes
Please do NOT sand plated electrical connections! This removes the plating layer, and will eventually allow the connector to be destroyed by corrosion.
the jump cut at the end makes me suspect it still didn't work on the first try..
The sandpaper is absolutely unnecessary for general removal of dirt and oxidation. 91% ISOP and a soft white plastic eraser is all you need.
Please stop using sandpaper or any abrasives on metal contacts. Also, alcohol does not remove oxidation. Use the proper product like a contact cleaner such as Deoxit D5.
Man of only youtube had dislikes so I could tell that there where major issues with the video beforw thinking I should follow its advice... Thanks youtube.
There's a chrome plugin that pretty much entirely restores this functionality, just a heads up. I'm with you tho
thank you for the great video. followed it step by step. although it took still a bunch of work i got mine to work. bought a copy of mike tysons punch out online and am about to dig in to my old child hood, thanks for the great vid
I sanded contacts 1200 grit, used rubbing alcohol and bent the contacts back into a tight fit. No blinking light and Works perfect every time now. Great Video,!! Thanks for the help.
lmao @ use 2200 grit sandpaper to file the heck out of what is supposed to be a smooth connection plate and expose it to oxidation by creating tiny little divots in the metal. Then next step, gently clean with rubbing alcohol. You just sanded the metal but must be gentle with a cue tip? lmao
I watched your video I took apart my NES and it fixed it I didn't use sandpaper though
you forgot about the pins that are "above" the ones you bent with a small screwdriver. The cartridge has tracks on two sides and you only dealt with those on one side. I do not recommend.
Great tutorial my console won’t even turn on now
Then you did something wrong ......adjusting the 72 pin us completely fine but do not do what this guy did never use sand paper it will destroy your console and games prematurely
This is way more work than just simply changing a $10 part
Shit thats what I did. 10 bucks works fine.
A $10 part that doesn't work
just tried this and it didnt work! installing my 72 pin i had on hand tomorrow!
Refurbished my 72 pin connector (and whole NES) but the the games won't work WHILE DEPRESSED. So they only work when you stick the game in and leave it up with the flap open. I tried loosening the screws that hold that loader mechanism down bit it still won't work correctly.
I encountered this just now. I had to bend the pins down again in order for it to read while pressed down. I don't think these pins are supposed to stick up. The connector isn't supposed to grip the cartridge pins firmly, hence why it needs to be pressed down. The only pins that would need to be bent up would be the ones that are noticeably pushed down into the connector. Just clean the pins and SLIGHTLY bend the pins that look to be too far down. There is supposed to be a gap!
I cant get the stupid connector off the board... its really stuck...
Try harder, and don't use sandpaper like this guy did.
Noooooooooooooooo sandpaper nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! HolyCow noooooooooooo
DONT USE SANDPAPER PLEASEEEEEEEEEE
Goddammit.. Don't use sandpaper, use rubbing alcohol 90% No need to bend the pins, use a toothbrush with rubbing alcohol to clean of the contacts, then boil the 72 pin connector for like 10-15 minutes. Let it airdry, you could brush it with rubbing alcohol again. Then fit it back when it's completely dry, ideally after letting it airdry for a day or 2. Then it works, atleast, that's how i fixed my Nes back in 2013, still works till this day. And OH! Don't forget to clean all your games with a Q-tip and the same rubbing alcohol, if the game is dirty it won't work.
Great video!
NEVER USE SAND PAPER. EVER EVER EVER. NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO
You are doing this all wrong you just need to boil the pins.
TL;DR DO NOT FOLLOW THIS VIDEO; FIND ANOTHER THAT ISN'T HELPING DAMAGE/DESTROY YOUR CONSOLE.
For those who don't know, any cleaning of the contacts would've been perfectly fine being done by denatured alcohol/technical alcohol (99%+ alcohol) and a tech brush; this is what is used in the electronics industry at major manufacturers, who have need to clean circuit boards, connecters, solder pads, etc all the time. I would know, I worked at a major manufacturer for years doing specialized soldering, repair, quality control, and troubleshooting. Rubbing alcohol, even at 91%, has 9% water, which is damaging for electronics, traces, pads, or connectors of any kind. Then again, for the money you wasted on the sandpaper alone, you could've just bought a brand new replacement connector that many thousands of folks have used successfully already.
For the creator: You lost me at the sandpaper and standard rubbing alcohol. That is NEVER a plan that should be followed outside of the apocalypse. This is also a great example of why dislikes never should've been hidden; this video is the worst one I've seen so far for working on this problem, and I'm sure the like to dislike ratio would show that there's an issue.
I actually did buy a replacement connector first, it was awful. It was so tight you had to force the cartage in, and you needed pliers to pull it out. I returned it, but since it is a replaceable part you really have nothing to lose by fixing the old one for free. The replacement part was around $20 CAD (got my money back), I already had sandpaper, but it was $1.99 a pack, so way cheaper. I’m not worried about more corrosion since my house isn’t humid, and if I have to clean it again in a decade or replace it, I’ll do that. It’s been working great for over a year now so I’m happy.
If I'm going to replace the pins anyway, what does it matter if I try sanding them?
@@ashemogh you can’t replace the pins on the main board, which is the ones they’re telling people not to sand.