Super Nintendo Graphics Question

[CRTGAMER]

Process of elimination.

Try on a 4:3 TV.
A buddie's N64 and cables on your TV
Your N64 and cables on a buddie's TV.

[CRTGAMER]

Yeah, even though you said you cleaned, I think there's still a little bit of stubborn corrosion somewhere on a contact in the system or on some carts. Do you have a bit to open up the carts so you can really see the contacts?

I do have one. What is the best solution to use on them?

Contact cleaner or good old alcohol. If badly corroded some fine emery cloth. Don't forget the console contacts too. Unplug power, little cleaner on cart contacts insert remove several times, let dry.

[Silvermaverick7]

I appreciate the wisdom. I'll report back with results.

[Hobie-wan]

I do have one. What is the best solution to use on them?

As CRT said, contact cleaner is the best. Get a white plastic eraser too. Those Pentel click ones you extend out will work, but I prefer to use a handheld brick one. Spray some contact cleaner and start erasing across the contacts. It will start normal, then go slippery, then will go back to normal as the cleaner evaporates. Erase until all the gunk rolls up. As CRT said, if there are any bad spots it might take several goes or something rougher to carefully get at a bad spot.

For cleaning the system again, take some clean cardboard from a cereal box or something, cut and double over a piece brown side out and slide it in the cart slot. Spray the contact cleaner along both sides to dampen it. Then carefully slide the cardboard up and down a little so it scrubs the contacts. Make sure it's had several minutes to dry before hooking power back up to try. Contact cleaner is conductive so you don't want to short and kill the system.

Hopefully that will help.

[puke_face]

Just want to throw this out there, Hobie-Wan and CRTGAMER, you guys are very helpful members of this community. My cartridge based consoles run like champs after cleaning them with these products and using the techniques that you recommend. CRT has helped me find instruction manuals online, although not originals, they get me by.

You guys rock, keep on truckin'.

[CRTGAMER]

Good idea from Hobie on using a piece of cardboard to soak up the gunk.

puke_face, thanks for kind words.

[Ziggy]

I just wanted to chime in that I also think this problem is because of dirty console and/or carts.

[Krooner]

I've nothing to add, however that first pic and others like it would make a fantastic board quiz...

[CRTGAMER]

I've nothing to add, however that first pic and others like it would make a fantastic board quiz...

Hope dsheinem isn't reading this, pics are hard enough!

[DaGamingMonkey]

Never thought about using the cardboard, good suggestion.