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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 09:32 am Reply with quote Back to top

When ZIF pins got bent, did it ruin the system, the cartridge, or both?

Secondly, can 91% Isopropyl alcohol be used to clean NES carts?

Thirdly, is there any way to coerce an uncooperative NES into working?
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Blackout
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 11:18 am Reply with quote Back to top

I'm in the blow on it / bang on it crowd, uhh not sure about cleaning, I'm oldschool.



 
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Mr. Satire
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 11:25 am Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
When ZIF pins got bent, did it ruin the system, the cartridge, or both?

Secondly, can 91% Isopropyl alcohol be used to clean NES carts?

Thirdly, is there any way to coerce an uncooperative NES into working?

It usually just ruined the system, however, you can easily get new 72-Pin ZIF connectors which I believe fix the problem, or you could just use a Game Genie and not use the codes.

Yes, you can use Isopropyl alcohol, and there are many detailed guides. Just only use it when you really need it.

Pretty much everything explained here, or you could deactivate the 10NES chip (on the console) if you're getting the blinking red light issue. There are many detailed guides for all of the above on the Internet.
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 11:58 am Reply with quote Back to top

You can bend the pins back with a flat screwdriver


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Ash Burton
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 12:13 pm Reply with quote Back to top

clean the carts with a half alcohol and water mix, you don't want to corrode them. Also, just buy a new pin connector, its a very easy fix.


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Ash is probably just home humping his SNES collection.

 
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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 04:26 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Where can I buy said connector?
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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 04:30 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Mr. Satire wrote:
Pretty much everything explained here, or you could deactivate the 10NES chip (on the console) if you're getting the blinking red light issue. There are many detailed guides for all of the above on the Internet.

How can I tell if it's the NES chip malfunctioning or a connector problem?
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 04:59 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
Where can I buy said connector?

Ebay, or I think I have one lying around you could have. I use to rebuild "broken" NES and sell them on ebay. They are fairly cheap if you go the ebay route though.
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 06:19 pm Reply with quote Back to top

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Mr. Satire
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 08:05 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
Mr. Satire wrote:
Pretty much everything explained here, or you could deactivate the 10NES chip (on the console) if you're getting the blinking red light issue. There are many detailed guides for all of the above on the Internet.

How can I tell if it's the NES chip malfunctioning or a connector problem?

Usually, it's both (10NES Auth. Chip and the connectors), this is because the bad connectors apparrently delay or scramble the lockout code being sent around, you can either find a way to disable the NES's lockout chip, or fix the ZIF, or both.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10NES
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Ash Burton
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 09:10 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Or, you could save yourself the headache and splurge on 50-60 bucks to get a Top Loader. Top Loader = No Problems.


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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 09:58 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Is there an easy way to disable the lockout chip?
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 10:01 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
Is there an easy way to disable the lockout chip?

Steal the patent and look at the code, then claim you reverse-engineered around it.
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 10:15 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Maybe I should try my Tengen Pac-Man cart... since that was designed to screw with the lockout chip.
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PostPosted: Nov 07 2010 02:37 am Reply with quote Back to top

What Ash said, get a top loader, they come with that dogbone controller as an added bonus!



 
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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Nov 07 2010 06:52 am Reply with quote Back to top

Fuck the toploader. It may work better, but it's not a NES. I might as well just get an FC Twin.
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PostPosted: Nov 07 2010 10:39 am Reply with quote Back to top

Don't bother trying to disable the 10NES chip and all that. It's not smart to screw with circuitry unless you know what the hell you're doing, and if you knew what the hell you were doing, you wouldn't have made this topic.

Replacing the pin connectors and cleaning the games will work wonders for the blinky-blinky without nearly as much effort or technological expertise. I did it, and I still need to recite a rhyme to know which way to turn a screwdriver.
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PostPosted: Nov 07 2010 11:03 am Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
Fuck the toploader. It may work better, but it's not a NES. I might as well just get an FC Twin.

That's like saying the black Wii is not a Wii. Cmon Syd get with the times, The NES Top Loader is the wave of the future. Also, yes you can disable the lockout chip very easily, here is the web link I used to do my old toaster.

http://www.tylerwillis.com/2006/04/28/disabling-the-nes-lockout-chip-so-your-games-will-actually-work-a-how-to-guide-with-sarcastic-commentary/


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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Nov 07 2010 11:24 am Reply with quote Back to top

Well a black Wii is just a Wii, except black. It's the same iconic design. I might try the lockout chip thing. Or for 12.99, I could get that third party pin connector that says it won't crap out on you like the original hardware. But a whole new system in a hideous design? Meh.
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PostPosted: Nov 07 2010 11:36 am Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
Well a black Wii is just a Wii, except black. It's the same iconic design. I might try the lockout chip thing. Or for 12.99, I could get that third party pin connector that says it won't crap out on you like the original hardware. But a whole new system in a hideous design? Meh.


Granted, I like to the iconic style of the NES as well, but that doesn't change the fact that it is flawed. For example, I replaced my 72 pin, disabled my lock out chip and still have problems with certain games unless they are cleaned to white glove standards. That's why I keep my top loader handy, in case I actually ever want to play my games without spending half an hour wiggling them, cleaning them ect. Each his own I guess.


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PostPosted: Nov 07 2010 12:03 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Top loader may not be iconic, but it doesn't have the problems you're facing now.



 
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PostPosted: Nov 07 2010 01:08 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Ash Burton wrote:
clean the carts with a half alcohol and water mix, you don't want to corrode them. Also, just buy a new pin connector, its a very easy fix.

Distilled water.

Very distilled.



 
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PostPosted: Nov 07 2010 01:11 pm Reply with quote Back to top

GPFontaine wrote:
Ash Burton wrote:
clean the carts with a half alcohol and water mix, you don't want to corrode them. Also, just buy a new pin connector, its a very easy fix.

Distilled water.

Very distilled.


Double True!


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Mr. Satire
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PostPosted: Nov 08 2010 02:15 am Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
Is there an easy way to disable the lockout chip?

This guide looks nice, but I'll search for some other good ones. you could also use YouTube.
http://nesdev.parodius.com/nlockout.txt

Also, since no one else has asked, what exactly is going on with your NES?
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