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Mark

06/13/04, 04:46:33 PM
I'm having a lot of problems getting my NES to work. A lot of grey flashing screens. We often time use a golf tee to keep to down and to the left and that seems to work, but lately it's been a real pain in the ass.

Anyone have a suggestion? Or is it just time to buy another on the eBay?

JoeDirt

#1
06/13/04, 08:44:31 PM
I strongly suggest purchasing a 72 pin connector off of ebay.  You can get one for under $10, and it will make your Nintendo work every time--just like brand new.
Quote from: BDawk on 10/10/07, 08:16:42 AM
The dee nee tard mixed in with gantry looks a little bit like TBT

Gantry

#2
06/14/04, 12:06:57 PM
Agreed, that and a $1 bottle of rubbing alcohol for your games and you'll be back in business....

T Roogs

#3
06/14/04, 12:35:55 PM
what the hell is a 72 pin connector? and what's it do?
Bearfucker! Do you need  assistance?!

Gantry

#4
06/14/04, 12:58:07 PM
Search EBay and  you'll find your answer

EBay search

It's the part in your NES that the cartridge actually plugs into.  That is almost always the part that causes all the issues with getting a game to come up.  It's not too hard to replace...

Mark

#5
06/14/04, 02:16:35 PM
Excellent. Just bought one. God bless eBay.

Baines

#6
06/14/04, 04:30:21 PM
The 72 pin connector is quality.  It made my friend's NES function like it was brand new.  As for mine, I just jam Mario 3 in there to hold the game all the way down.
Quote from: Gantry on 07/21/18, 01:51:34 PM
Baines may have hit a homer with Baines, yelled Baines and immediately changed into a Baines jersey.

You know who's the best? Baines...

Tyrone OChong

#7
06/14/04, 05:48:24 PM
Quote from: Gantry on 06/14/04, 12:06:57 PM
Agreed, that and a $1 bottle of rubbing alcohol for your games and you'll be back in business....

Rubbing alcohol?  Really?  That won't damage the game in anyway?
Come get some disrespect, bitches!!

JoeDirt

#8
06/14/04, 07:57:35 PM
No.  Outside of the 72 pin connector, a lil rubbing alcohol on the white part of the game cartridge (we apply with a qtip) is the best for making a game work.
Quote from: BDawk on 10/10/07, 08:16:42 AM
The dee nee tard mixed in with gantry looks a little bit like TBT

Gantry

#9
06/14/04, 08:42:01 PM
Agreed, rubbing alcohol and a Q-Tip plus the connector will make just about any game work.   Even with the new connector I couldn't get my copy of Legendary Wings to work.  A little rubbing alcohol and it worked for the first time in two years...

"To alcohol!"

Tyrone OChong

#10
06/15/04, 10:22:41 AM
Awesome!  Now I can a couple games I have been wanting to play to work again.  Time to Geek out on Ultima again.
Come get some disrespect, bitches!!

nightwulf

#11
06/16/04, 07:46:59 PM
Quote from: Tyrone OChong on 06/15/04, 10:22:41 AM
Awesome!  Now I can a couple games I have been wanting to play to work again.  Time to Geek out on Ultima again.

Ultima 4 is still my favorite RPG ever.

Nightwulf

Gantry

#12
06/17/04, 09:03:06 AM
To this day I have never spent more time playing one game in a 3-month period than I did playing Ultima 6 on my PC.  It pretty much replaced school that summer....

Tyrone OChong

#13
06/17/04, 01:19:32 PM
Quote from: nightwulf on 06/16/04, 07:46:59 PM
Quote from: Tyrone OChong on 06/15/04, 10:22:41 AM
Awesome!  Now I can a couple games I have been wanting to play to work again.  Time to Geek out on Ultima again.

Ultima 4 is still my favorite RPG ever.

Nightwulf

Stopped playing RPG's after Dragon Warrior 4, but I will look into Ultima 4... that is a classic series.
Come get some disrespect, bitches!!

Tyrone OChong

#14
06/23/04, 01:52:40 PM
Just out of curiosity I got the 72 pin connector but it says you should clean the game w/ water.  What is the best thing to use, water or the rubbing alcohol?
Come get some disrespect, bitches!!

JoeDirt

#15
06/23/04, 01:58:26 PM
Wow...I've never heard that one.  I'd go for rubbing alcohol for sure over water...but I might just be ill-informed...
Quote from: BDawk on 10/10/07, 08:16:42 AM
The dee nee tard mixed in with gantry looks a little bit like TBT

Tyrone OChong

#16
06/23/04, 02:00:40 PM
yeah that is what the instructions said, but I wanted your guys opinion.
Come get some disrespect, bitches!!

justinkinnunen

#17
06/27/04, 05:11:52 AM
I've used 50% water/rubbing alcohol and it worked great, I even tried this metal polish once....worked damn good

has anyone disabled their lockout chip? Usually what happens is the game isn't so dirty that it cannot get a connection for actual play, it's just dirty enough that it can't get past the lockout chips security for some foreign and pirate games...I had a super old nintendo and the connector on there seemed useless, 10% of the time the game would work. I got the new connector, it worked mostly but not 100% still got good ol blinky plus the games are a pain in the ass to get in and out...so when I found this tutorial for disabling the lockout chip, I did that and used the OLD connector which seemed to have gone to hell and not only do the games work 100 percent...I don't need a freakin vice grip to pull them out.

I did end up cleaning the old connector some and of course all my game were cleaned, but it seems to me instead of spending $10 on a new connector all you have to do is a snip one little connector in the board and its just like having one and better....just my 2 cents and expierence with it. Needless to say, I don't really recommend new connectors anymore unless they're visably damaged in some way

Gantry

#18
06/27/04, 12:00:09 PM
Interesting...   How complicated is the procedure for disabling the lockout chip on the standard NES?  I do know that the connector has completely fixed the problem for people on this board, so I'd have to think it would be the logical first step if disabling the lockout chip has any sort of risk involved.  We bought a NES with a new connector and it works great, though it it a pain to get games in and out...

justinkinnunen

#19
06/27/04, 12:17:27 PM
My 12 year old sister could handle it, with ease

There's a readme floating around the yet, but it's so...."overdone" he gives all sorts of explanations when all you have to do is open it up and clip this metal piece...

All you have to do is, open up your NES, remove the RF sheild, then all the other screws, the plugs for controllers and power buttons, then flip the board over, and there's this chip with 16 'connectors' (I'm not sure what the technical name would be) and then you have to clip one
http://www.neshq.com/hardware/mod/lockout.txt

There's the tutorial and if anybody wanted I could take some pics of how it's done, step by step even, and if anybody needs a 1 weeks old 72 pin, hit me up ;)
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