I clipped pin 4 on my 10NES, now my NES is acting weird. Please advise.
I, like many, was getting annoyed with a blinking NES, so I found the instructions on clipping the 10NES chip. I took my time, broke off the pin and now it's gone.
When I first tried my modded NES, I went to my game stack and grabbed the first one-- Adventures of Lolo. It booted to the HAL splash screen and everything was fine. I then went and grabbed another game, and it booted fine. Sweet!
Then, I grabbed a Grey cart, Legend of Zelda and the screen went grey. It doesn't blink but, every time, it goes grey. Furthermore, when I stick in any of the previous games that work, the screen goes grey when I boot it up. The only fix is to unplug the power and plug it back in. Very consistently, the games that were working start working again. However, many games like Zelda, I can't get to work at all. I just get a grey screen, with no glitching.
Anyone scene this and know of a fix, hopefully solder free?
Thanks for any advice.
When I first tried my modded NES, I went to my game stack and grabbed the first one-- Adventures of Lolo. It booted to the HAL splash screen and everything was fine. I then went and grabbed another game, and it booted fine. Sweet!
Then, I grabbed a Grey cart, Legend of Zelda and the screen went grey. It doesn't blink but, every time, it goes grey. Furthermore, when I stick in any of the previous games that work, the screen goes grey when I boot it up. The only fix is to unplug the power and plug it back in. Very consistently, the games that were working start working again. However, many games like Zelda, I can't get to work at all. I just get a grey screen, with no glitching.
Anyone scene this and know of a fix, hopefully solder free?
Thanks for any advice.
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Have you tried cleaning the carts? Also, the pin connector on the console itself? Disconnecting the one pin on the chip is roughly 1/3 of the solution to getting your carts booting up perfectly every time.
Yes, I've thoroughly clean my carts. I take them apart so I can see the dirty spots and I've not played most of these since they've been cleaned. Actually, Zelda use to work. It was rather finnicky, and sometimes I'd have to press down on the cart (or I at least thought that helped) but now it won't work at all. Again, as soon as I get a grey screen on my NES, nothing works until I fully power-cycle the device, which I find odd.
It's also odd, and I think it's just the nature of these old games, but I have a couple of homebrew carts. Regardless of cleanliness of the connectors, or which one was installed in my NES, the homebrews work without issue.
If I had to guess, some of my carts might have pins on my games might need a bit more than a thorough scrub down with q-tips and 90% alcohol. many of them are "hazy". Is there a safe way to shine them beyond alcohol, other than polish?
Yeah, it could be the pin connector, but I have removed it and boiled it. I've not bent the pins yet, but I'm hesitent about that. I also had a cheap, third party connector. It worked well for about a week, so I thoroughly cleaned the original one and put it back in. It helped, but it's inconsistent at best.
It's also odd, and I think it's just the nature of these old games, but I have a couple of homebrew carts. Regardless of cleanliness of the connectors, or which one was installed in my NES, the homebrews work without issue.
If I had to guess, some of my carts might have pins on my games might need a bit more than a thorough scrub down with q-tips and 90% alcohol. many of them are "hazy". Is there a safe way to shine them beyond alcohol, other than polish?
The thread that changed my life and fixed 15 NES consoles I thought were done for good: http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=63483
If I had to guess, some of my carts might have pins on my games might need a bit more than a thorough scrub down with q-tips and 90% alcohol. many of them are "hazy". Is there a safe way to shine them beyond alcohol, other than polish?
Get yourself a can of Deoxit. I use it when I have stubbonly dirty carts and my NES pin connector. Spray it on, let it sit for awhile, then wipe it off and clean again.
If I had to guess, some of my carts might have pins on my games might need a bit more than a thorough scrub down with q-tips and 90% alcohol. many of them are "hazy". Is there a safe way to shine them beyond alcohol, other than polish?
Get yourself a can of Deoxit. I use it when I have stubbonly dirty carts and my NES pin connector. Spray it on, let it sit for awhile, then wipe it off and clean again.
Great, thanks. Do you know if this can be purchased off the shelf anywhere, or will I need to order it? I'd prefer to pick up a can from ??? if I don't have to order it.