0078265317 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/11/weirdness_you_can_fix_your_nes_72_pin_cartridge_connector_by_boiling_it For those that have never heard of the boiling trick. One person asked before in another thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPA5 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Hmm, wouldn't it just be simpler/better to buy a new connector I wonder? The boiling may work in the short term, but I would be concerned that it will continue to corrode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Yes, the boiling trick works. I'm still a firm believer though that you also need to shave/file down the plastic tabs between each pin, and bend the pins a bit as well. You can have super clean pins, but if they are pushed too far down to make contact with the cart, it won't matter how pristine they look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Just remember there's a big difference between boil and broil beside one letter. The latter doesn't use water and will make your oven stink for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Why boiling it when bathing it into crystal vinegar works? Or instead of baking it, just put it in the dishwasher; boiling "only" remove dirt from the pins, a gao lthat can be achieved is a dishwasher. Crystal vinegar remove corrosion so it's more efficient. (note : red vinegar works too, but your connector might sticnk of crap wine after that) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I have a front loader NES that I think I may need to boil the entire thing. Long ago (before I had heard of boiling the connector) I was having trouble with it and from reading online figured that replacing the connector would fix it. So, I set it next to my desk, ordered the connector and waited. A few days later, the connector comes in the mail, so I go back to my desk and pick up my NES. What the... what is all over this... oh no... the cat had peed on my NES. I cleaned the outside and everything I could reach on the inside with Q-tips and 91% Isopropyl... cleaned every bit of cat pee (that I could see) off of it, replaced the connector with the new one, put it all back together, plugged it in and inserted a game... and it still wouldn't work. Not long after all that, I got a top loader... and got rid of the cats. Anyway, think if I got a pot big enough I could just boil the whole NES? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Lol no you will kill the motherboard. If you get no light you are dead. If you have a red light then it might be salvagable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 So it's highly recommended to bend the pins? Any pics on how and what to use? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Boiling didn't work for me. :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Why boiling it when bathing it into crystal vinegar works? Because water is mostly free, and crystal vinegar is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Water isn't free... Neither is the gas/electricity used to heat up your water to boiling point. By me, one liter of crystal vinegar is around 60 cts for the cheap basic vinegar (which you wanna take as it's not for cooking use). It's more expensive than tap water, but cheaper than most bottled water. Knowing that you can use crystal vinegar elsewhere, to remove rust, clean electrical contacts on gamepad PCBs, etc... not a bad investment... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gredler Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Water isn't free... Neither is the gas/electricity used to heat up your water to boiling point. By me, one liter of crystal vinegar is around 60 cts for the cheap basic vinegar (which you wanna take as it's not for cooking use). It's more expensive than tap water, but cheaper than most bottled water. Knowing that you can use crystal vinegar elsewhere, to remove rust, clean electrical contacts on gamepad PCBs, etc... not a bad investment... I'm sold I need to get my nes working better, my games are pretty damn clean, most opened up and scrubbed to shit, but my nes is my least played system simply because it's so frustrating to load games on it. I am going to open it up and mod it for the extra sound channel and stereo, then fix the pins and jam a powerpak/everdrive in it, and never touch that setup again hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockin' Kat Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) I'm so glad I finally got my Blinking Light Win in the mail last month. No more of this ZIF connector bullshit. https://www.arcadeworks.net/blw Edited June 15, 2016 by Rockin' Kat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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