NES carts shouldn't be pushed down to begin with, doing that overextends the pins, causing them to become very loose over time. Take a loose pin connector and plug a cart in it if you want, notice how it naturally stays up...
Hmm, very interesting this trick is though. I may have to try it myself, I got a couple of new pin connectors and I can't get them to play in the up position... Very frustrating. What happened to all the gorilla grip pin connectors people used to sell?! I bought one that loosened up over time and works perfectly in the up position.
I tried this a couple of weeks ago.. I boiled 3 connectors.. One broke, the other 2 did not work. Well, they worked, but not like a new connector does. If its working well for you guys, then by all means have at it! When I refurb my systems for re sell, ill spend 6 or 7 bucks and buy a new connector.
I tried this a couple of weeks ago.. I boiled 3 connectors.. One broke, the other 2 did not work. Well, they worked, but not like a new connector does. If its working well for you guys, then by all means have at it! When I refurb my systems for re sell, ill spend 6 or 7 bucks and buy a new connector.
When you say broke, do you mean like cracked in half? I feel partly responsible lol. I always test with 2 systems, 1 I know works like new and the one im trying to fix, so that I can test to make sure they are reading games the same. But damn, sorry to hear it didnt work.
Completed mine last night and it worked like a charm! After the second boiling I took otterpop's directions for putting it in the oven on low and then used a hairdryer to make sure it was dry. Next thing I knew I was playing Ninja Gaiden II
I just took the worst pin connector i had... Followed your instructions and used a hair dryer to dry the connector... Now the Nintendo that the previously dead pin connector is in works just as good as my Top Loader!!! SERIOUSLY WORKED FOR ME!!
I just took the worst pin connector i had... Followed your instructions and used a hair dryer to dry the connector... Now the Nintendo that the previously dead pin connector is in works just as good as my Top Loader!!! SERIOUSLY WORKED FOR ME!!
Awesome I was thinking about a hair dryer too. I may add that to the ingredients.
I just took the worst pin connector i had... Followed your instructions and used a hair dryer to dry the connector... Now the Nintendo that the previously dead pin connector is in works just as good as my Top Loader!!! SERIOUSLY WORKED FOR ME!!
Awesome I was thinking about a hair dryer too. I may add that to the ingredients.
Yeah even after putting the connector in the oven for 10 minutes I still needed to use the hair dryer as it didn't completely get the connector dry.
Awesome idea on using a cart on the connector and then boiling it for another 5 minutes. Can't believe how affective it was.
I tried this a couple of weeks ago.. I boiled 3 connectors.. One broke, the other 2 did not work. Well, they worked, but not like a new connector does. If its working well for you guys, then by all means have at it! When I refurb my systems for re sell, ill spend 6 or 7 bucks and buy a new connector.
When you say broke, do you mean like cracked in half? I feel partly responsible lol. I always test with 2 systems, 1 I know works like new and the one im trying to fix, so that I can test to make sure they are reading games the same. But damn, sorry to hear it didnt work.
You aren't responsible at all bro! I saw another thread about it and decided to try it. It didnt break in half, its hard to explain. No worries! Im glad its working for yall.. Perhaps ill try again.
I tried this the other night and it worked fine. I followed your exact recipe. I used a copy of anticipation to jam in there when it was still wet and hot. I also bent the pins to make things a little tighter in there. Dirty games still need cleaning though to get them to work, which is expected.
I tried this the other night and it worked fine. I followed your exact recipe. I used a copy of anticipation to jam in there when it was still wet and hot. I also bent the pins to make things a little tighter in there. Dirty games still need cleaning though to get them to work, which is expected.
^ That's really funny! I used smb/duckhunt - a really ugly one.
I've also discovered that cleaning your dirty games with a spare pin connector works like magic too. Give the pins a rubdown first then just rub the cleaning stuff you normally use on the carts pins liberally then insert the pin connector several times and wiggle it about side to side a bit. I was amazed at how much grime came off after wiping the pis off, even after doing my normal cleaning to them first.
I tried this yesterday with success, the only variation I made was that I repeated steps 3-4-5 like 4 or 5 times, every time I passed a q-tip over the contacts of the NES game I was using to jam into the connector, I stopped when the q-tip stopped picking up black dirt. I used a hair dryer to dry it.
This particular NES was my original from my childhood, it was pretty dusty inside, and I know at some point me and my brother faced tons of trouble getting games to work, also the connector got some Game Genie abuse along the way, so I'm pretty satisfied with the result
Did what the recipe said, the only different things i did was once pin connector wasout i cleaned the pins on the motherboard then got rid of the lockout chip
worked on messed up nes i got from craiglist that system never worked..boiled that mofo and it worked, dont know why lol
Heat = expand. I can't explain how it would help without getting hot enough to melt the plastic, but just maybe it gets out the ground in dust and dirt by expanding the plastic and to a lesser degree the metal pins to release all the pent up gunk. I'm very tempted to try, but I know for a fact the one I'm thinking of trying it on is "genied out" from the years before I knew the game genie screwed up your PIN connector. When you're young, you do what you gotta to play games, and the only way mine would work, and still the only way it works without LOADS of trys, is to use the game genie. Doesn't help my "NES" is just the bare board screwed into the bottom of a nes case (long story)...
I know i am kicking up an old thread buy my local play and trade is on the outs and sold me about 15 nes with bad pins for 5 a pop hoping i can use this method to gt them to work.
Now it works... kinda. It's like it was fifteen years ago, when it was starting to fail. Lots of retrying and wiggling and annoyance to get the game to display properly. So I'm guessing the pins need adjusting as well.
this thread was great. I had two toasters that were picky about games and after a good boiling and pin bending. I don't even have to push the games down and all the games i toss at it now start on the first try.
Heat = expand. I can't explain how it would help without getting hot enough to melt the plastic, but just maybe it gets out the ground in dust and dirt by expanding the plastic and to a lesser degree the metal pins to release all the pent up gunk. I'm very tempted to try, but I know for a fact the one I'm thinking of trying it on is "genied out" from the years before I knew the game genie screwed up your PIN connector. When you're young, you do what you gotta to play games, and the only way mine would work, and still the only way it works without LOADS of trys, is to use the game genie. Doesn't help my "NES" is just the bare board screwed into the bottom of a nes case (long story)...
I think it's just cleaning the contacts
There is no way that boiling water is going to reach the yield temperature of the pins, and they're definitely not going to "tighten up" naturally. It would require forcibly bending them back into the place. Once they've bent out of position that is the new unloaded position of the metal.
Just finished trying this, and I must say it worked like a charm! Thanks for the advice! My toaster is reading everything on the first try with no issues to report. Well done.
so can anybody confirm this working?? I have a stock 72 pin connector I wanna give it a shot on I was trying to get feedback on how it worked for you guys.
I boiled three connectors last year and all three went from blinking to 100% working on the first try. The method here adds the step of inserting a game between repeated boiling, but otherwise it is the same. I have another connector that is not completely working, so maybe I will try this added step.
I believe one of the reasons boiling works is that the heat causes the metal to return to its original shape.
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Hmm, very interesting this trick is though. I may have to try it myself, I got a couple of new pin connectors and I can't get them to play in the up position... Very frustrating. What happened to all the gorilla grip pin connectors people used to sell?! I bought one that loosened up over time and works perfectly in the up position.
Originally posted by: Remedylane
I tried this a couple of weeks ago.. I boiled 3 connectors.. One broke, the other 2 did not work. Well, they worked, but not like a new connector does. If its working well for you guys, then by all means have at it! When I refurb my systems for re sell, ill spend 6 or 7 bucks and buy a new connector.
When you say broke, do you mean like cracked in half? I feel partly responsible lol. I always test with 2 systems, 1 I know works like new and the one im trying to fix, so that I can test to make sure they are reading games the same. But damn, sorry to hear it didnt work.
Originally posted by: CozmicThunder
I just took the worst pin connector i had... Followed your instructions and used a hair dryer to dry the connector... Now the Nintendo that the previously dead pin connector is in works just as good as my Top Loader!!! SERIOUSLY WORKED FOR ME!!
Awesome I was thinking about a hair dryer too. I may add that to the ingredients.
Originally posted by: ZoOmer
Originally posted by: CozmicThunder
I just took the worst pin connector i had... Followed your instructions and used a hair dryer to dry the connector... Now the Nintendo that the previously dead pin connector is in works just as good as my Top Loader!!! SERIOUSLY WORKED FOR ME!!
Awesome I was thinking about a hair dryer too. I may add that to the ingredients.
Yeah even after putting the connector in the oven for 10 minutes I still needed to use the hair dryer as it didn't completely get the connector dry.
Awesome idea on using a cart on the connector and then boiling it for another 5 minutes. Can't believe how affective it was.
Originally posted by: ZoOmer
Originally posted by: Remedylane
I tried this a couple of weeks ago.. I boiled 3 connectors.. One broke, the other 2 did not work. Well, they worked, but not like a new connector does. If its working well for you guys, then by all means have at it! When I refurb my systems for re sell, ill spend 6 or 7 bucks and buy a new connector.
When you say broke, do you mean like cracked in half? I feel partly responsible lol. I always test with 2 systems, 1 I know works like new and the one im trying to fix, so that I can test to make sure they are reading games the same. But damn, sorry to hear it didnt work.
You aren't responsible at all bro! I saw another thread about it and decided to try it. It didnt break in half, its hard to explain. No worries! Im glad its working for yall.. Perhaps ill try again.
Originally posted by: max_boner
I tried this the other night and it worked fine. I followed your exact recipe. I used a copy of anticipation to jam in there when it was still wet and hot. I also bent the pins to make things a little tighter in there. Dirty games still need cleaning though to get them to work, which is expected.
I used a copy of Anticipation too!
I've also discovered that cleaning your dirty games with a spare pin connector works like magic too. Give the pins a rubdown first then just rub the cleaning stuff you normally use on the carts pins liberally then insert the pin connector several times and wiggle it about side to side a bit. I was amazed at how much grime came off after wiping the pis off, even after doing my normal cleaning to them first.
This particular NES was my original from my childhood, it was pretty dusty inside, and I know at some point me and my brother faced tons of trouble getting games to work, also the connector got some Game Genie abuse along the way, so I'm pretty satisfied with the result
Thanks a lot!!
Maybe the people who couldn't get it to work didn't stir enough?
Originally posted by: eric430
This...what? I'm surprised this works. Basically it boils down to (pun intended!) the connector being dirty, and the hot water cleaning away?
Maybe the people who couldn't get it to work didn't stir enough?
I think its mostly just getting all the crap out that other methods failed to do. Really have no idea why it works so well lol.
Did what the recipe said, the only different things i did was once pin connector wasout i cleaned the pins on the motherboard then got rid of the lockout chip
worked on messed up nes i got from craiglist that system never worked..boiled that mofo and it worked, dont know why lol
works great 99% of the time
Now it works... kinda. It's like it was fifteen years ago, when it was starting to fail. Lots of retrying and wiggling and annoyance to get the game to display properly. So I'm guessing the pins need adjusting as well.
However, even this is a big step up from nothing.
Originally posted by: Frigusoris
Heat = expand. I can't explain how it would help without getting hot enough to melt the plastic, but just maybe it gets out the ground in dust and dirt by expanding the plastic and to a lesser degree the metal pins to release all the pent up gunk. I'm very tempted to try, but I know for a fact the one I'm thinking of trying it on is "genied out" from the years before I knew the game genie screwed up your PIN connector. When you're young, you do what you gotta to play games, and the only way mine would work, and still the only way it works without LOADS of trys, is to use the game genie. Doesn't help my "NES" is just the bare board screwed into the bottom of a nes case (long story)...
I think it's just cleaning the contacts
There is no way that boiling water is going to reach the yield temperature of the pins, and they're definitely not going to "tighten up" naturally. It would require forcibly bending them back into the place. Once they've bent out of position that is the new unloaded position of the metal.
I believe one of the reasons boiling works is that the heat causes the metal to return to its original shape.