NES Blinking power light
NES Blinking power light
I just found my NES after searching for a week or so, and my front-loader has a blinking light. I've tried spraying compressed air into the cartridges and the actual NES. I've Googled around a lot and I think I might have to replace a part inside.
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Snickerd00dle
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Re: NES Blinking power light
yeah, i think you might need to replace the PIN, shouldnt be too expensive or hard to do, if that is the problem, or just buy a top loader
Re: NES Blinking power light
Just get a new pin connector off eBay, they're like $10 and work perfectly. They're really easy to install as well.
http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-NES-72-PI ... 3:1|294:50
If you get one, just make sure to clean all of your games before using them again. You don't wanna get any dust or gunk on your pins.
http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-NES-72-PI ... 3:1|294:50
If you get one, just make sure to clean all of your games before using them again. You don't wanna get any dust or gunk on your pins.
Re: NES Blinking power light
Yes 72-pin connectors are probably the easiest peices of game hardware to install, just screws and pushing it into place! once you install a new one it will play all your games perfect first try!
FYI
heres the guide i followed to install mine!
http://www.jandar.net/nes72pin/
FYI
heres the guide i followed to install mine!
http://www.jandar.net/nes72pin/
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silverback
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Re: NES Blinking power light
sod that.
Open it up take the connector off and push them in a bit and you'll get perfect contact with the cartridges
Open it up take the connector off and push them in a bit and you'll get perfect contact with the cartridges
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Re: NES Blinking power light
This ^^silverback wrote:sod that.
Open it up take the connector off and push them in a bit and you'll get perfect contact with the cartridges
Buying a new connector is pointless, just open it up and bend the pins so that they connect with the cartridge better.
I did this to my NES after it was in storage for years and it worked like a charm. The only reason you would need to buy a new connector would be because the pins have corroded. If they're intact then just bending them will fix the problem for you.
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Seriously don't bother spending money on a new connecter!
open the nes up get your connector off and first give it a GOOD clean (i used a toothbrush and some metholated spirits) to get all the grime off (also do this to carts) then get a tiny screwdriver and bend all the pins back so that when the cart is push in it will be a lot tighter and harder to get in and out...
while it does make the nes kind of hold onto a cartridge too tightly atleast everything plays perfectly
open the nes up get your connector off and first give it a GOOD clean (i used a toothbrush and some metholated spirits) to get all the grime off (also do this to carts) then get a tiny screwdriver and bend all the pins back so that when the cart is push in it will be a lot tighter and harder to get in and out...
while it does make the nes kind of hold onto a cartridge too tightly atleast everything plays perfectly
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