Nes display problem
I searched and could not find an answer to my question. There is an issue with the display of my Duck Tales (woo-oo). There are dots and lines all over the screen. The games pins are clean. The deck is clean with blinking light win installed. 10nes disabled. No other games have this issue. Anyone have any thoughts??
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It just looks dirty or mildly damaged. Open up the cartridge and use contact cleaner, and the rough side of a dish Sponge parallel to the contacts. Is there visible black saliva residue/mess, or damage? Even a good connector is sensitive.
Pins were cleaned. First brasso. Then goof off. Then an isopropyl alcohol clean up.
How about cleaning the 72 pin connector? Not all games are created equal, you may have a dirty pin in your NES that Ducktales uses but none of your other carts care about. When I clean my systems I have to test with multiple games to be certain there are no dead spots on the connector.
He's using a Blinking Light Win connector. I think they're a little too new to be that dirty, unless he plays in a dusty attic.
How about cleaning the 72 pin connector? Not all games are created equal, you may have a dirty pin in your NES that Ducktales uses but none of your other carts care about. When I clean my systems I have to test with multiple games to be certain there are no dead spots on the connector.
He's using a Blinking Light Win connector. I think they're a little too new to be that dirty, unless he plays in a dusty attic.
Good point, but from my experience even if you use one dirty game on a clean connector, that can mess with things. I don't imagine those connectors are any more or less magic (but I've never had one.)
They can still get dirty from dirty games being inserted. I use BLW and have seen that before. I agree that it still looks like a connection or dirt issue.
I cleaned the main board in the nes. Reinstalled the blw. I try to clean each game before I play it. And the blw is relatively new.
Since you used Brasso, it's also possible that you are having a connection issue due to too much material being removed. Brasso does remove some of the material on the contacts.
I will say brasso is not a normal thing I use. I've only used it a few times. It was doing this prior to brasso.
Good point, but from my experience even if you use one dirty game on a clean connector, that can mess with things. I don't imagine those connectors are any more or less magic (but I've never had one.)
Yeah, but I took it on faith that when he said the game was clean that he actually did clean it.
Good point, but from my experience even if you use one dirty game on a clean connector, that can mess with things. I don't imagine those connectors are any more or less magic (but I've never had one.)
Yeah, but I took it on faith that when he said the game was clean that he actually did clean it.
I clean carts with 90% isopropyl prior to gaming.
I don't see see any issues with traces or solder joints
Those short pins (with the long feelers) in the second image can sometimes cause connectivity issues. Unfortunately, some cartridges have shorter pins than others. It's related to how they were arranged in the factory. Based on my observations, individual PCBs were part of a bigger sheet of PCBs. Some sides would be snapped apart, but the connector side had to be cut through more cleanly. Sometimes top and bottom of the boards weren't aligned correctly, resulting in shorter or longer contacts on one side. I have a copy of Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt with ridiculously short contacts. Most NES systems just won't boot it.
Good point, but from my experience even if you use one dirty game on a clean connector, that can mess with things. I don't imagine those connectors are any more or less magic (but I've never had one.)
Yeah, but I took it on faith that when he said the game was clean that he actually did clean it.
He might have cleaned that one... But was the cartridge before it clean? Who knows what kind of filthy, strange systems those carts make their way into before you
Do you have another 72 pin connector or NES to test?
Well works alright in my retron3....
so I guess there's no issue with the game cart
Good point, but from my experience even if you use one dirty game on a clean connector, that can mess with things. I don't imagine those connectors are any more or less magic (but I've never had one.)
Yeah, but I took it on faith that when he said the game was clean that he actually did clean it.
He might have cleaned that one... But was the cartridge before it clean? Who knows what kind of filthy, strange systems those carts make their way into before you
If you play Nintendo unprotected, you're playing Nintendo with every previous Nintendo that cart has played with before.
Stay safe kids: Clean your contacts and (Power)glove up every time!
I don't see see any issues with traces or solder joints
Those short pins (with the long feelers) in the second image can sometimes cause connectivity issues. Unfortunately, some cartridges have shorter pins than others. It's related to how they were arranged in the factory. Based on my observations, individual PCBs were part of a bigger sheet of PCBs. Some sides would be snapped apart, but the connector side had to be cut through more cleanly. Sometimes top and bottom of the boards weren't aligned correctly, resulting in shorter or longer contacts on one side. I have a copy of Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt with ridiculously short contacts. Most NES systems just won't boot it.
this is something worth checking out. the blw might not make contact with a couple of those pins which could cause the issue you're seeing. test with a regular connector or a toploader.