chilicheesefried Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 When the cart is down the game does not read, but when I insert and the the cart in the up position it reads/plays everytime...Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher5.0 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Sounds like the zif connector. Id just keep playing with the cart up. Its easier and wont hurt anything. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Is that connector in there original? A lot of the modern ones are terrible poor quality chinese garbage knockoffs that tend to be very tight and also will usually work without pushing the game down, some will argue (I never tried it as they're garbage) they can scratch away the layer of surface off your game carts pin connectors. If it is original odds are you have a strange issue with the thing maybe being dirty yet somehow making upward contact. I'd either way tear it down, see if something is dislodged either way, and go ahead with a deep cleaning. If it's an original, boil it in a pot of hot water for 5min to get off invisible funk and help normalize it a bit better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilicheesefried Posted December 26, 2022 Author Share Posted December 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Tanooki said: Is that connector in there original? A lot of the modern ones are terrible poor quality chinese garbage knockoffs that tend to be very tight and also will usually work without pushing the game down, some will argue (I never tried it as they're garbage) they can scratch away the layer of surface off your game carts pin connectors. If it is original odds are you have a strange issue with the thing maybe being dirty yet somehow making upward contact. I'd either way tear it down, see if something is dislodged either way, and go ahead with a deep cleaning. If it's an original, boil it in a pot of hot water for 5min to get off invisible funk and help normalize it a bit better. 72-pin is super tight! Sounds like it is a cheap replacement. I tried to boil it recently, but nothing changed. Maybe I will try another 72-pin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilicheesefried Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 72-pin fixed it. Thanks for the replies/suggestions. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) You're choking it to death with LJN carts. For gods sake, you must have a Tengen game in your library somewhere, right? Edited January 9 by Frozone212 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Sweet. What fixed it with the 72pin? Cleaning? Boiling and cleaning? Straightening? Soldering in something new? Details man.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilicheesefried Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 Replacement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 So a legit one, or a less awful cheap chinese one. Whatever the case, if it works, it works. SInce it's the original it has security, I'd have looked up killing pin4 on the 10NES and it would then run as bulletproof as a top loader and with the side effect of liking most PAL games too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilicheesefried Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 (edited) Less awful Chinese one. Had good reviews from the comments. This NES was bulletproof with the old 72-pin, as long as you didn't lock the cartridge down. Your mileage may vary, but here it is: https://www.ebay.com/itm/194119910495 Edited January 11 by chilicheesefried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Well if it works, I'd keep the original if you have it still. You can address the connection issue simply with straightening the pins back where they should with a safety pin which takes a few minutes, the minutes needed to boil a pot of water, to then soak it in for 5min. The combination of the two will make it like factory fresh again. I'd not do that with the KOs, but the old original is aluminum, seems to like the hot water bath and won't rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilicheesefried Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Tanooki said: Well if it works, I'd keep the original if you have it still. You can address the connection issue simply with straightening the pins back where they should with a safety pin which takes a few minutes, the minutes needed to boil a pot of water, to then soak it in for 5min. The combination of the two will make it like factory fresh again. I'd not do that with the KOs, but the old original is aluminum, seems to like the hot water bath and won't rust. I don't think I removed an original from this NES. Seemed it was a very bad repop. Fit was very tight and had no markings. Do the original 72-pin have any indicators anywhere? I did keep it. Edited January 13 by chilicheesefried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 16 minutes ago, chilicheesefried said: I don't think I removed an original from this NES. Seemed it was a very bad repop. Fit was very tight and had no markings. Do the original 72-pin have any indicators anywhere? I did keep it. If there are I forgot. Maybe the look of the molding on the black frame the pins sit in may be obvious but I'd need a pair to like compare, but someone else though may know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Game Genies always work. The PCB is thicker so when the pins are stretched and the game won't read inserting a game genie always starts the game. Then just press start with no codes and its like no genie was used at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeguy Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 I wish they'd restart production on the Blinking Light Win, that thing makes it so all of my games (that are cleaned) start up on the first try 99.9% of the time. it does have a slight death grip if I leave the cartridge in there for a while though, but still. way better than all the other solutions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 1/12/2023 at 8:36 PM, Tanooki said: If there are I forgot. Maybe the look of the molding on the black frame the pins sit in may be obvious but I'd need a pair to like compare, but someone else though may know. Found this. Don't remember where I got this or how correct it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Can anyone else confirm or not an oem connector has this symbol on them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Looks like a (4) or circle star or something of the sort right? That should be legit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegamezmaster Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 23 hours ago, Tanooki said: Looks like a (4) or circle star or something of the sort right? That should be legit. Thanks! Thought so, memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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