xraydash wrote:Oh, and you cleaned the games, right? Even the slightest bit of grunge will make your carts unreadable if your pin connector is iffy. Q-tips and rubbing alcohol does the trick. I've got the little 3.8 mm tool to make things easier but you should be able to get in there okay with some effort.
Nah, I haven't cleaned all the games. Would that cause the blinking?
Thanks for all the tips!
The blinking is caused by the pins not making contact. This could be from either bent pins over time(the ZIF socket used in the NES was crap), or dirty/corroded pins in the ZIF socket or gamepak or both. So to eliminate properly you should address both issues.
The bent pin issue: Open up the system and bend the pins back (time consuming, not recommended) or insert your game, then insert ANOTHER game on top which will force the game down onto the pins(THAT is the down-force...you may still want to slide the gamepak slightly left or right to make proper contact). I recommend a Tengen game because of it's tapered top. Insert it with the tapered end in.
Dirty/corroded pins: Clean the gamepak with rubbing alcohol and qtip. If you have a cleaning cartridge, use that for the system. That will only likely address dirt. Corrosion could be taken care of with a normal pink eraser being used to rub the contacts gently. Much easier when taken apart.
The best thing to do would be to replace the ZIF socket (the ones sold today are better quality) and clean your carts.
xraydash wrote:Oh, and you cleaned the games, right? Even the slightest bit of grunge will make your carts unreadable if your pin connector is iffy. Q-tips and rubbing alcohol does the trick. I've got the little 3.8 mm tool to make things easier but you should be able to get in there okay with some effort.
Nah, I haven't cleaned all the games. Would that cause the blinking?
Thanks for all the tips!
The blinking is caused by the pins not making contact. This could be from either bent pins over time(the ZIF socket used in the NES was crap), or dirty/corroded pins in the ZIF socket or gamepak or both. So to eliminate properly you should address both issues.
The bent pin issue: Open up the system and bend the pins back (time consuming, not recommended) or insert your game, then insert ANOTHER game on top which will force the game down onto the pins(THAT is the down-force...you may still want to slide the gamepak slightly left or right to make proper contact). I recommend a Tengen game because of it's tapered top. Insert it with the tapered end in.
I did this. Worked perfectly first time. Just opened it up and used a scredriver to bend the pins back up. Makes a much tighter fit now and works without fail. There's no point going straight out to buy a new ZIF socket if you can repair your existing one. The only time you need to replace is if the ZIF connectors are corroded beyond repair.
The blinking is due in part due to a poor connection, but not always. The blinking reset is because of the region chip not syncing up with the chip on the NES cart. Sometimes it's bad connections, sometimes it's just chance. A new connector can improve things dramatically, but so can disabling the region chip.
marurun wrote:The blinking is due in part due to a poor connection, but not always. The blinking reset is because of the region chip not syncing up with the chip on the NES cart. Sometimes it's bad connections, sometimes it's just chance. A new connector can improve things dramatically, but so can disabling the region chip.
Not only does it help but also makes your nes region free thats what i did to mine and i did alot of good for me
marurun wrote:The blinking is due in part due to a poor connection, but not always. The blinking reset is because of the region chip not syncing up with the chip on the NES cart. Sometimes it's bad connections, sometimes it's just chance. A new connector can improve things dramatically, but so can disabling the region chip.
Not only does it help but also makes your nes region free thats what i did to mine and i did alot of good for me
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marurun wrote:The blinking is due in part due to a poor connection, but not always. The blinking reset is because of the region chip not syncing up with the chip on the NES cart. Sometimes it's bad connections, sometimes it's just chance. A new connector can improve things dramatically, but so can disabling the region chip.
Not only does it help but also makes your nes region free thats what i did to mine and i did alot of good for me
The best solution is to get a Japanese Famicom and mod it for US use, however. The reason is that the us NES doesn't connect some of the pins for things like extra audio.
thats what i did to mine and i did alot of good for me
