ewing92 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) First and foremost, this is my 250th post, and now i am a rank higher!!! Moonsweeper!!!! Okay, now getting down to business, i can't play my nes, the blinking screen problem, and i havent been able to play it for a while now, and tonight, i want to do an alnight gaming session and i really want to play my nes, now i searched it, and found this.... http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/...ssage.id=220337 ....but i wasn't sure that it was recommended. Is this safe? Will it fix everything good? It will be awesome that i could play PAL games on my NES, and don't have to get an adaptor and a new nes. I just wanted your guy's insight on this, as i didn't want to do anything drastic because this is my mom's nes that she got around when it came out, brand new, and it is special. anybody have any good place that gives a walkthrough on how to take apart a nes? So basically just snip the 4th pin with a pair of needle nose pliers? Edited February 23, 2007 by ewing92 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust3dstr8 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Take the bottom six screws and remove the top. Then remove the top rf shield. Some of the bolts go through the cartridge bay into the base, remove those. Lift the board up and remove the two controller wires with needlenose. (put a twisty on port one so you dont have reversed ports later.) Some idiot I know did that and still hasn't fixed it and remove the main wire harness. Flip it over and remove the bottom rf shield. There where small revisions to the board so you may have to push a capacitor down a bit. I used nail clippers to cut the pin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewing92 Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 yes! i am now the proud owner of a modded nes! it took me like all day to do, but now, it's all done and my nes works again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 If you ever have need of that lockout chip again, it's the same as the one found in the Nintendo made carts. I damaged my lockout chip (just like the one in the pic) when I did that, and later I desoldered the one from a Baseball board, but I have not installed it yet. If you ever do need the chip replaced, I'd install a switch on Pin 4 so that you can activate the chip for the NWC, and deactivate it when you get sick of the blinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixdafix Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I used alcohol and q-tips for a long time but I think I found something a little less time consuming. After opening the carts, I've been using small pieces of scotch-brite pads to polish the contacts followed by a quick alcohol wipe down and quick blast of air. I've also been using a couple-o-different types of deck cleaners wet and dry on the deck. I sell quite a few of these systems and games and this method has been working great for me. Input? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 You probably want to ground pin 4 rather than just snapping it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FABombjoy Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 It seems to float happily. I've cut pin 4 on probably 30+ NESes by now with no ill effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 The mod sites all seem to be about 50/50 on that. It may function without that pin grounded but were it to short to pin 2 or 6 that could be an issue. Grounding is just safer and only takes a couple minutes more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewing92 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 i dont know how to ground it, but i cut it, and it works fine now, still takes a little while to get working though, but hey, its alot better than the blinking screen, so i might end up getting a new connector, just so there is less frustration. Why, what could be a bad effect of cutting the pin? why would i need to replace it? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 If it works the way it is, leave it. The biggest danger I could think of would be the pin shorting and dumping +5v into the adjacent pin, destroying the chip. That's why you would connect it to ground, to prevent just that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMark0673 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I've done this to 4 toasters now and I couldn't be happier. Now I can play Ufouria without hooking up my top loader : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I just bought one with a new pin connector and the lock out removed. It seems like the way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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