This is why I love this channel. Not every project works out and we still get to see it, unlike others who only show their successes. Steve is a LEGEND and anyone who skips the rap needs their head examined!
@silverfoxeater apologies to anyone that I offended. There are plenty of repair channels on youtube, I watch this one because of Steves personality. That includes his singing.
I must say that I watch many of these type of repair channels, But there's something about you specifically that I find the others don't have . You clearly have a deep and lengthy knowledge about these things but you come across as somebody who's just "having a go". I mean that in the nicest way possible and I must say that it's given me the inspiration to have a go at repairing a few of my own old consoles that I have stashed away . Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next one 👊
Gotta love NES repairs lol. A big part of reassembling an NES that gets frequently overlooked is Cart Sled alignment. It's just as important as having a clean connector. My workflow for aligning it is to put the sled in without any screws, pop a game in and ensure it's connected properly (i.e solid red light and/or output on the screen) and then put the cart sled screws in as the game is running. This will ensure that if you have alignment issues you'll be able to tell immediately, as the game will cut out if the connection is interrupted. The goal is to have the game continue to run perfectly as you put all 6 Cart sled screws in. From there you can pop a few different games in and ensure that it's lined up just right. Hope this helps for when you can get a new PPU to test! Good luck :)
Ah the NES Brother Steve! the flashing red light/black screen doesn't always relate to cartridge slot. It could also mean you have a bad CIC IC The 'Lock out Chip' Disconnect! pin 4 were it says Nintendo on it pin 4 is below the N there is 2/3 caps near the pin. IF it hasn't been done already that is. One other thing that could cause no game blank-screen, very common, the cart connector. Pull it of the board & Brasso the connections. If its not them then PPU is sadly brown bread. 👍🖖
Yep, CIC fails either because the chip itself is faulty/dead or the connection between the cart and the ZIF socket is poor (this is an extremely, EXTREMELY common fault on front-loaders; the pins get bent over time as games are inserted/removed and eventually stop making reliable contact altogether). Either way, cut the pin Ratchet refers to. The CIC is absolutely nothing but trouble and disabling it is the smartest thing you can do. You lose no functionality by doing so, and gain a more reliable NES, although, if the failure was purely due to the CIC the red light would be flashing once per second. Might wanna get another game cart to test with too, just in case.
I fixed a few consoles by removing the leg of the CIC, with the blinking, blank screen, also sometimes booting but other times not even without removing the cart, so even if not's that, it's worth doing. Bonus is also no more PAL A and PAL B nonsense.
For cleaning the cart connectors, I recommend getting an NES cleaning kit from eBay or the like. You can still find one under $20 usd and it beats making connector soup, aka boiling the cart connector in hot water
I had a similar problem when installing the NESRGB in one of my NES. After the mod all I got was a garbeld screen and it was working fine before the mod. I removed the mod and the problem was still there. Luckily I had a spare NES so I switched the PPU and it was working fine, I then proceeded to switch parts so I could figure out what was faulty and it turned out that one of RAM chips on the NES went bad when I installed the mod. I replaced that with a RAM from another faulty NES and then it worked again.
WE Are on a cliff hanger now until part 2 .....the suspense .... hopefully with part 2 you can attempt to include the mod i have a strong feeling you will get this going the challenge will be get going with the mod attached : ) Awesome video , Liked and Subscribed ...very addictive channel to watch well done Steve !!
I love the channel and the lil rap songs, it's part of the channel and makes it unique from other fix it channels, your humor and patience is brilliant
I like your style, Steve! Never change. If you want to rap, rap. You do you. If you get tired of rapping, you could throw it out to your subscribers to send in raps and you could post the best ones. Wish you all the best from Mississippi.
I can't wait to see if you manage to repair this one Steve!! I myself am a Medical Electronics tech at a busy Seaside hospital in Devon and I'm not sure I would like to tackle some of your projects?? Good luck mate and I'll stay tuned 👍🏻
I love working on the original NES console, I've got around 4 working ones as well as a socketed test unit and one that I installed an HDMI mod into. 😁
Wicked attempt mate, I wouldn't know where to start with that 😂 Putting it back to factory at the end was a great shout to test though, rules the mod out I think :)
Firstly, Mr P Wheeler simply does not appreciate the lyrical genius of VOS and what that brings to your vids. Keep rapping and I'll keep listening - NEVER SKIP!!! Great attempt Steve - looking forward to a part 2 here and a follow up when hopefully a donor NES is sourced 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😃😃😃
Mr Wheeler also doesn't seem to understand that rap is at least 50 years old so there are a lot of people who can rap and still act their age. Essentially any one born to 20 years old in the 80s likely listened to rap and potentially liked it.
@@SephirothTNH I know. Maybe I was a bit hasty with that comment and I apologise .But as a musician in my 50s I just hate rap music, but love these videos
My experience is that 99% of the time, undiagnosable problems are related to power supply. This is because brown-outs can cause almost any system to fail, and will continue to fail no matter how many things you check or fix. It's why I usually switch out the power supply as soon as I start getting cranky, unreliable hardware with no obvious causes for malfunction.
I’ve only started watching your channel recently and I love it. I also follow other repair guys like, TronicsFix, and The Retro Future but you’re the most entertaining, I love your vids, love your personality , humor and especially those raps and song parodies . Never ever stop rapping my G, peace ! ✌️
Steve, you’re making a good case for some sort of console library where repairers could borrow a unit and some games for a short while to help with diagnostics. Good luck with part 2 👍😀
That seems incredibly localised, niche and prone to breakages. Genuine professional repairers have their own personal libraries of parts. Hobbyists only need ad-hoc access, where if it's a specific part they're testing they need to replace it anyway and are the riskiest group to loan too.
Looking forward to Back to the NES part 2 hope you get it Fixed Steve keep thinking of doing this and a few other mods to the NES I've still got from my childhood. Keep up the good work mate.
Great video. The good news is if the fault is the ppu then you have a perfectly good nesrgb board. Nice. I wonder how it got damaged? I just install a nesrgb on my system last week. It was intense. Like performing open heart surgery on your beloved NES. Luckily it worked first try. The video quality is amazing. The biggest jump in quality I’ve seen a rgb mod do. Worth the time, effort and money. Can’t wait till you see it.
NES front loaders are notorious for having issues with the cartridge connector. The way the cartridge slid in so easily makes me thing that the connector needs some fixing/cleaning The connector pops off the mainboard. I would suggest looking at that and giving it a real good cleaning using a cloth dampened with IPA and wrapped around a credit/gift card and slide it in and out of the slot several time. DO NOT swipe it left and right as the cloth could grab at pins and bend or break them. Also another method of cleaning them is to boil the connector in water for several minutes. Sounds silly but it does work. Finally using a dental pick or something thin and pointed gently pull the pins down. I did all the above myself to my two NES systems and now I can play games without even pressing the game down. Good Luck.
Good attempt Steve cant wait to see part 2. These nes consoles usually need the caps changed you have to remove the small square daughter board that's soldered to the main board but the problem you have is different. I have my original nes from 1985 still boxed its needing work done aswell I cant bring myself to do it my dad bought me it when I was 5 and he passed away when I was still young it's really sentimental but i should really just get it out and get it fixed before the leaking electrolyte ruines the board.
Sometimes you need to fail,get up again,and fail again untill that " a ha " eureka moment.. not giving up,and learning something new. That's why your channel is one of those gems. Keep doing your magic and if you ever have something that you have given up,send it to me.. even if its dead. I could learn from it ,combined with your knowledge. Much 🫶🏼. Wd mate
I've repaired a few NES control decks. Lift pin 4 of the Lockout chip. If that doesn't work then switch out the PPU. If that doesn't work then it's the 72pin edge connector and that is a hard to find item. Granted there are tons on Amazon, eBay and such but those are cheaply made. They're also known as "The death grip edge connector".
The blinking light is indicated that the 72 pin connector just needs lifted also you can disconnect the the leg on the lock out chip and will fully disable the red blinking for good
During the sweep you did under the microscope of the black wires soldered to the board, one of the wires had a single strand of wire pressing onto another pad :)
I actually dont mind the Rap, even tho i hate Rap's usually. But this is actually quite fine. and definitely better then some slow-pace meh stuff. Cant wait for Part 2
I’ve done two nes consoles, the game cartridge reader can go faulty and need replacing. Some may look to be fine but don’t always make a good contact with the game cartridges. Someone did make a replacement one that didn’t rely on the spring mechanism, but they don’t make it anymore as far as I’m aware. But you can buy the cartridge reader off Amazon or eBay.
The people being rude about your raps and singing are just jealous mate. Don't stop being you, your videos are superior entertainment to other can I fix it creators. My kids and I love watching your videos, my 5 year old gets super excited when you post a new video.
Interesting. My first instinct when I saw the output was "looks like faulty clock". I have near zero experience with consoles, but I do sort of know how analogue monitors work. Was quite surprised that my backseat-diagnosis based on pretty much nothing ended up being correct. Sad to see, that it wasn't the only problem though :D Looking forward to the next attempt at that one.
Unless he broke the legs off a chip, I doubt taking it apart would cause that. It's probably a bad CIC chip or something the donator didn't know about, hence the mod.
Bad lockout chip communication is a very common issue with these NES shoebox systems. If you don't want to undo the 4th leg off the NES lockout chip, cleaning the connectors, then pushing the cart from side to side while pushing the power on and off is the only way to get rhe cart to line up right. I used to be a manager at Funcoland back in the day. Had to test many, many NES games traded in.
Ey, log time watcher here and to be honest, i always loved the silly rap callout. It is so funny and unique. I've always been interested in how things work and stuff, but you made me wanna learn electronics foreal. Thank you for that! Keep it strong! Also, it seems like failiure is the road to succes (learned it myself the hard way heh), but still...Stupid NES :(
So here is my thoughts. First, get a cap replacement kit and a voltage regulator replacement from Console5 and get a second NES, test the second one first to make sure it works. Then install the mod in it and test again. This will 100% guarantee the mod is fine. Once that is done, you can start working on the original NES. Start with the voltage regulator and caps, even if that is not the ultimate problem, they should be replaced. Next test the PPU. You might want to get another PPU socket so swapping between the two systems is easier. First and foremost put the PPU from the non-functional NES into the working NES to see if it truly is a PPU issue. If there is an issue else where, the last thing you want to do is possibly fry another PPU.
Hey StezStix Fix? Really enjoy the UA-cam videos and looked for more information on how you go into this [field] as it were. If you’re stuck for a video at any point, an intro into your early years of dabbling with electronics comparing professional life against hobby interest of tech would be really interesting. Personally, I work within software development for an automotive company and am restricted in terms of solutions I propose, but - the way you approach things is an oversight for corporations I feel, in terms of the logical steps you take that larger companies don’t seem to want to tolerate these days. Your views on that would also be appreciated, for example - were things actually better back in the day!?
6:45 After the "one way to find out" comment, a Jimmy Dean sausage biscuit commercial popped up. I accidentally spit on my phone. The timing was perfect..
I fix things like you do too. Let me tell you how upset I got about the NES I wanted to fix. I got so upset about not being able to figure out what part on the motherboard was bad, that I actually found the files are online I needed to have somebody manufacture a new motherboard. And then went on and bought all new components to rebuild the entire board with the exception of the NES specific chips you can't get. I literally built my own NES to fix my NES. I wish I could attach pictures though. My board is a pretty blue. As a matter of fact, I have three of these boards. I used one. So I have two. If I sent you a brand new but empty NES board would you want to repopulate and build it?
Could it simply be a sync issue? For RGB on nintendo multi-out there are three potential pins you can use as your source for sync: Composite, S-Video Luma and C-Sync. If the cable wires one of them to pin 20 on your SCART but that one isn't connected on the console side you will get a garbage picture. Also, looking at 7:22, isn't that a composite cable? I see three cables molded together. Did you verify that composite is supposed to be working on this? If I remember right NESRGB provides S-Video and composite as well but people might not bother actually hooking them up to the AV port if they only plan on using RGB.
What microscope do u use? And do u solder with it? Thinking about latency and stereoscopic. Or do you have other glasses or lenses when u solder? Kind regards /45 y old Swedish man with some oldie eyes 😁
Stupid NES.
Super NES*
@@PeteMcDonald?????
*Stupidness ;) syke.
If i have some faulty electronics, and are willing to give it to you, will you be interested in paying postage from Denmark
Btw love your videoes
Love the song like always, never skip it
This means we might get a part 2. Nice.
Ooh, yeah! Definitely gonna be a part 2 on this bad boy. 👍
@@StezStixFix Awesome! I'm already excited Mr. Steve. You are the fixit-man buddy. If Steve can't fix it then no one can! Fred
Nice
Essentially
Spoiler alert !!!
This is why I love this channel. Not every project works out and we still get to see it, unlike others who only show their successes. Steve is a LEGEND and anyone who skips the rap needs their head examined!
Spoiler alert! 🚨🚨
@@esbj0rnsson Who reads the comments before watching the video???🤣🤣🤣
@@mikecrowe9888 Agreed, and now your like count is nice.
@silverfoxeater apologies to anyone that I offended. There are plenty of repair channels on youtube, I watch this one because of Steves personality. That includes his singing.
While true, this isn't a failure yet. He simply didn't have the right chip lying around.
Honestly the singing bits give your channel a unique flair compared to all the others. Screw the haters.
I must say that I watch many of these type of repair channels, But there's something about you specifically that I find the others don't have . You clearly have a deep and lengthy knowledge about these things but you come across as somebody who's just "having a go". I mean that in the nicest way possible and I must say that it's given me the inspiration to have a go at repairing a few of my own old consoles that I have stashed away . Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next one 👊
Such a surprise see my DIY Nintendo mutiAV connector in your video!🤯
I hope you revisit and repair that NES.👍
Gotta love NES repairs lol. A big part of reassembling an NES that gets frequently overlooked is Cart Sled alignment. It's just as important as having a clean connector. My workflow for aligning it is to put the sled in without any screws, pop a game in and ensure it's connected properly (i.e solid red light and/or output on the screen) and then put the cart sled screws in as the game is running. This will ensure that if you have alignment issues you'll be able to tell immediately, as the game will cut out if the connection is interrupted. The goal is to have the game continue to run perfectly as you put all 6 Cart sled screws in. From there you can pop a few different games in and ensure that it's lined up just right.
Hope this helps for when you can get a new PPU to test! Good luck :)
Ah the NES Brother Steve! the flashing red light/black screen doesn't always relate to cartridge slot. It could also mean you have a bad CIC IC The 'Lock out Chip'
Disconnect! pin 4 were it says Nintendo on it pin 4 is below the N there is 2/3 caps near the pin. IF it hasn't been done already that is. One other thing that could
cause no game blank-screen, very common, the cart connector. Pull it of the board & Brasso the connections. If its not them then PPU is sadly brown bread. 👍🖖
Excellent information as always, brother Steve! Thank you. I'll give all that a go and see what happens! 😬
Yep, CIC fails either because the chip itself is faulty/dead or the connection between the cart and the ZIF socket is poor (this is an extremely, EXTREMELY common fault on front-loaders; the pins get bent over time as games are inserted/removed and eventually stop making reliable contact altogether). Either way, cut the pin Ratchet refers to. The CIC is absolutely nothing but trouble and disabling it is the smartest thing you can do. You lose no functionality by doing so, and gain a more reliable NES, although, if the failure was purely due to the CIC the red light would be flashing once per second. Might wanna get another game cart to test with too, just in case.
Mmh I would disable the lockout Chip. That's the best way
I fixed a few consoles by removing the leg of the CIC, with the blinking, blank screen, also sometimes booting but other times not even without removing the cart, so even if not's that, it's worth doing. Bonus is also no more PAL A and PAL B nonsense.
For cleaning the cart connectors, I recommend getting an NES cleaning kit from eBay or the like. You can still find one under $20 usd and it beats making connector soup, aka boiling the cart connector in hot water
Good spotting on that solder bridge! Hopefully a donor NES will hold the fix 🤞
Hopefully! Thanks AFU 👍
Looking forward to part II!! Cheers Steve👍
Thanks Chris! 👍
This might be a stupid question but did you test a different game? (or test that game in a different NES console to make sure it works?)
Replying to them in a rap is perfect. Well done Steve
To be fair the rap of patreons, or raptreons is essential, perhaps with a Public Enemy vibe would be dope.
I had a similar problem when installing the NESRGB in one of my NES.
After the mod all I got was a garbeld screen and it was working fine before the mod. I removed the mod and the problem was still there.
Luckily I had a spare NES so I switched the PPU and it was working fine, I then proceeded to switch parts so I could figure out what was faulty and it turned out that one of RAM chips on the NES went bad when I installed the mod.
I replaced that with a RAM from another faulty NES and then it worked again.
so it shorted a ram chip maybe?
@@86jpw Yeah, thats my guess.
WE Are on a cliff hanger now until part 2 .....the suspense ....
hopefully with part 2 you can attempt to include the mod i have a strong feeling you will get this going
the challenge will be get going with the mod attached : )
Awesome video , Liked and Subscribed ...very addictive channel to watch well done Steve !!
Ahahaha that counterburn! The songs are amazing! Never ever skip them!
Love that you posts your fails as well. Hope to see you try this one again.
I love the channel and the lil rap songs, it's part of the channel and makes it unique from other fix it channels, your humor and patience is brilliant
looking forward to part 2!
I like your style, Steve! Never change. If you want to rap, rap. You do you.
If you get tired of rapping, you could throw it out to your subscribers to send in raps and you could post the best ones. Wish you all the best from Mississippi.
This is my new favorite channel. Every video is absolute gold
I could sit and watch you solder stuff all day
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Good thing you edited out that string of expletives, Steve. I was mortified. D:
I can't wait to see if you manage to repair this one Steve!!
I myself am a Medical Electronics tech at a busy Seaside hospital in Devon and I'm not sure I would like to tackle some of your projects??
Good luck mate and I'll stay tuned 👍🏻
i think this may be my new favorite channel.
I love working on the original NES console, I've got around 4 working ones as well as a socketed test unit and one that I installed an HDMI mod into. 😁
VOS raps are brilliant, never skipping them!
Looking forward to the revisit!
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Wicked attempt mate, I wouldn't know where to start with that 😂 Putting it back to factory at the end was a great shout to test though, rules the mod out I think :)
Firstly, Mr P Wheeler simply does not appreciate the lyrical genius of VOS and what that brings to your vids. Keep rapping and I'll keep listening - NEVER SKIP!!!
Great attempt Steve - looking forward to a part 2 here and a follow up when hopefully a donor NES is sourced 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😃😃😃
Thanks Greg! Hoping to get back to this one very soon! 👍
Mr Wheeler also doesn't seem to understand that rap is at least 50 years old so there are a lot of people who can rap and still act their age. Essentially any one born to 20 years old in the 80s likely listened to rap and potentially liked it.
@@SephirothTNH
I know. Maybe I was a bit hasty with that comment and I apologise .But as a musician in my 50s I just hate rap music, but love these videos
Loved the video. Shows the hardships accurately.
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Good find on that solder bridge and I definitely wouldn't call this a fail. Looking forward to a revisit 👌
Looking forward to a part 2! You'll get it Steve! Crack on!
Nice work Steve. hope it will work soon love to see it.
Thanks Frederick! 👍
My experience is that 99% of the time, undiagnosable problems are related to power supply. This is because brown-outs can cause almost any system to fail, and will continue to fail no matter how many things you check or fix. It's why I usually switch out the power supply as soon as I start getting cranky, unreliable hardware with no obvious causes for malfunction.
I adored Snake Rattle 'N Roll as a kid! Shame you didn't get to play some.
Still haven't played it! Need to get back to this, so I can give it a go! 👍
He'll only think it's a stupid game. He's very hard to please.
came for the rap, stayed for the repair
I’ve only started watching your channel recently and I love it. I also follow other repair guys like, TronicsFix, and The Retro Future but you’re the most entertaining, I love your vids, love your personality , humor and especially those raps and song parodies . Never ever stop rapping my G, peace ! ✌️
I really hope this NES isn’t pining for the fjords. I can’t wait to see part 2.
And long live the Patreon songs!
Steve, you’re making a good case for some sort of console library where repairers could borrow a unit and some games for a short while to help with diagnostics. Good luck with part 2 👍😀
That seems incredibly localised, niche and prone to breakages. Genuine professional repairers have their own personal libraries of parts. Hobbyists only need ad-hoc access, where if it's a specific part they're testing they need to replace it anyway and are the riskiest group to loan too.
Looking forward to Back to the NES part 2 hope you get it Fixed Steve keep thinking of doing this and a few other mods to the NES I've still got from my childhood. Keep up the good work mate.
Can't wait for the part II ! Oh dear please repair this beauty
Thanks Bruno, hopefully!
@@StezStixFix we all count on you.
Much love ❤️
Great video. The good news is if the fault is the ppu then you have a perfectly good nesrgb board. Nice. I wonder how it got damaged? I just install a nesrgb on my system last week. It was intense. Like performing open heart surgery on your beloved NES. Luckily it worked first try. The video quality is amazing. The biggest jump in quality I’ve seen a rgb mod do. Worth the time, effort and money. Can’t wait till you see it.
First time i have seen a sad repair video. You did a great job regardless
NES front loaders are notorious for having issues with the cartridge connector. The way the cartridge slid in so easily makes me thing that the connector needs some fixing/cleaning The connector pops off the mainboard. I would suggest looking at that and giving it a real good cleaning using a cloth dampened with IPA and wrapped around a credit/gift card and slide it in and out of the slot several time. DO NOT swipe it left and right as the cloth could grab at pins and bend or break them. Also another method of cleaning them is to boil the connector in water for several minutes. Sounds silly but it does work. Finally using a dental pick or something thin and pointed gently pull the pins down. I did all the above myself to my two NES systems and now I can play games without even pressing the game down. Good Luck.
Good attempt Steve cant wait to see part 2. These nes consoles usually need the caps changed you have to remove the small square daughter board that's soldered to the main board but the problem you have is different. I have my original nes from 1985 still boxed its needing work done aswell I cant bring myself to do it my dad bought me it when I was 5 and he passed away when I was still young it's really sentimental but i should really just get it out and get it fixed before the leaking electrolyte ruines the board.
Hell yeah. Nice choice for the ending song. Also, i never skip the rap either! Keep it up my man.
The fact that you can fail.
Makes you feel very human.
I like it
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@@welshtony1 lol 😆 funny thanks for the heads up fo sho
@@TruMaverick You wouldn't believe how many people fall for these types of scam's. UA-cam really need to do something about them. And no problem
Hard work and song at end amazing
OMG someone else loves Snake ratle and roll. so fun
Came here to see cool things get fixed stayed for the raps. Steve is 10/10 content
Sometimes you need to fail,get up again,and fail again untill that " a ha " eureka moment.. not giving up,and learning something new.
That's why your channel is one of those gems.
Keep doing your magic and if you ever have something that you have given up,send it to me.. even if its dead. I could learn from it ,combined with your knowledge. Much 🫶🏼. Wd mate
Never let anyone bully you out of your rapping or singing. It's part of the whole StezStix Fix experience!
I can't stand bullies. Carry on with the singing, I say, as it is an integral part of the whole StezStix Fix? experience. Fred
Digging the Rap bro...it had me bobbing my head while I was rebuilding a Lenovo L14 Thinkpad
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I've repaired a few NES control decks. Lift pin 4 of the Lockout chip. If that doesn't work then switch out the PPU. If that doesn't work then it's the 72pin edge connector and that is a hard to find item. Granted there are tons on Amazon, eBay and such but those are cheaply made. They're also known as "The death grip edge connector".
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I look forward to you revisiting this Steve... Pt 2 will be a cracker.
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1:38 The opposite happened here......I'm already waiting for the new video to see what kind of song it will be 👌
That was one of the rappiest Raps to date. Getting better every time. Keep up the good rhyme
The blinking light is indicated that the 72 pin connector just needs lifted also you can disconnect the the leg on the lock out chip and will fully disable the red blinking for good
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awww mate, threw mine away years ago - mint video (and rap) as always 😂👏👏👏
Aw man! Can't wait for part two!!! In the end it doesn't really matterrrrrr 😂😭
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During the sweep you did under the microscope of the black wires soldered to the board, one of the wires had a single strand of wire pressing onto another pad :)
Ah, the old NES cart panpipe... classic!
Paul Wheeler doesn't know what good music is, CLEARLY. Love the raps lol
Oh no! Did you try boiling the 72 pin connector and rebending the pins? The lock out chip can cause issues too!
I actually dont mind the Rap, even tho i hate Rap's usually. But this is actually quite fine. and definitely better then some slow-pace meh stuff. Cant wait for Part 2
I’ve done two nes consoles, the game cartridge reader can go faulty and need replacing. Some may look to be fine but don’t always make a good contact with the game cartridges. Someone did make a replacement one that didn’t rely on the spring mechanism, but they don’t make it anymore as far as I’m aware. But you can buy the cartridge reader off Amazon or eBay.
The people being rude about your raps and singing are just jealous mate. Don't stop being you, your videos are superior entertainment to other can I fix it creators. My kids and I love watching your videos, my 5 year old gets super excited when you post a new video.
Interesting. My first instinct when I saw the output was "looks like faulty clock". I have near zero experience with consoles, but I do sort of know how analogue monitors work. Was quite surprised that my backseat-diagnosis based on pretty much nothing ended up being correct. Sad to see, that it wasn't the only problem though :D
Looking forward to the next attempt at that one.
Nice one. Always cool to see..
Atleast one fail! Love this channel❤️
Thumbs up just for the music at the end 🤘
The solder bridge surely made a cap or resistor go bad, or even popped a chip.... depends on the function of the points where the bridge was.
i love these kind of vids keep it up
I think the missing CLK could definitely cause the original problem - but in taking it apart, you did something to cause the card-reader to fail.
Unless he broke the legs off a chip, I doubt taking it apart would cause that. It's probably a bad CIC chip or something the donator didn't know about, hence the mod.
Bad lockout chip communication is a very common issue with these NES shoebox systems. If you don't want to undo the 4th leg off the NES lockout chip, cleaning the connectors, then pushing the cart from side to side while pushing the power on and off is the only way to get rhe cart to line up right.
I used to be a manager at Funcoland back in the day. Had to test many, many NES games traded in.
Ey, log time watcher here and to be honest, i always loved the silly rap callout. It is so funny and unique. I've always been interested in how things work and stuff, but you made me wanna learn electronics foreal. Thank you for that! Keep it strong! Also, it seems like failiure is the road to succes (learned it myself the hard way heh), but still...Stupid NES :(
So here is my thoughts. First, get a cap replacement kit and a voltage regulator replacement from Console5 and get a second NES, test the second one first to make sure it works. Then install the mod in it and test again. This will 100% guarantee the mod is fine. Once that is done, you can start working on the original NES. Start with the voltage regulator and caps, even if that is not the ultimate problem, they should be replaced. Next test the PPU. You might want to get another PPU socket so swapping between the two systems is easier. First and foremost put the PPU from the non-functional NES into the working NES to see if it truly is a PPU issue. If there is an issue else where, the last thing you want to do is possibly fry another PPU.
Cannot wait for Pt. 2.
Looking forward to part 2 😊👍
Love the music on your channel
I hope you can fix it with mod. I want to see what the mod does. Nice video as always!
Looking forward to that
Hey cant wait for the follow up
Thanks for the vid !! Lately I was defeated by a ps2. It's good to show that sometimes, it's just not happening.
Hey StezStix Fix?
Really enjoy the UA-cam videos and looked for more information on how you go into this [field] as it were.
If you’re stuck for a video at any point, an intro into your early years of dabbling with electronics comparing professional life against hobby interest of tech would be really interesting.
Personally, I work within software development for an automotive company and am restricted in terms of solutions I propose, but - the way you approach things is an oversight for corporations I feel, in terms of the logical steps you take that larger companies don’t seem to want to tolerate these days. Your views on that would also be appreciated, for example - were things actually better back in the day!?
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i love your content. Keep up the great work!
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6:45 After the "one way to find out" comment, a Jimmy Dean sausage biscuit commercial popped up.
I accidentally spit on my phone. The timing was perfect..
Thanks VOS , hey Dave , oh yes thanks regular Steve 😊
Hi, what digital microscope do you use? I'm after one and there are so many cheapos on AliExpress...
Excellent failure of Grandeur! I am certain you will track down the looming issue. Looking forward to the revenge video! Thank you for the content!
I'm just waiting for the VOS greatest hits album.
An idea for future merchandise maybe?
New hair do? Nice. Singing bit, also nice. Overall, excellent!
I fix things like you do too. Let me tell you how upset I got about the NES I wanted to fix. I got so upset about not being able to figure out what part on the motherboard was bad, that I actually found the files are online I needed to have somebody manufacture a new motherboard. And then went on and bought all new components to rebuild the entire board with the exception of the NES specific chips you can't get.
I literally built my own NES to fix my NES.
I wish I could attach pictures though. My board is a pretty blue.
As a matter of fact, I have three of these boards. I used one. So I have two. If I sent you a brand new but empty NES board would you want to repopulate and build it?
Could it simply be a sync issue? For RGB on nintendo multi-out there are three potential pins you can use as your source for sync: Composite, S-Video Luma and C-Sync. If the cable wires one of them to pin 20 on your SCART but that one isn't connected on the console side you will get a garbage picture.
Also, looking at 7:22, isn't that a composite cable? I see three cables molded together. Did you verify that composite is supposed to be working on this? If I remember right NESRGB provides S-Video and composite as well but people might not bother actually hooking them up to the AV port if they only plan on using RGB.
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Don’t know if it matters but @4:31 it seems that there is a single wire that it’s shorting the unsoldered pad with the one on its left
I love your videos Steve :) they are so fun to watch.
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never thought I'd see the day when Steve blows on a NES cartridge. 👍
You have never had the full NES exsperience if you have never blown in the cartridge and it worked.
Need to make you a judge Judy type intro when you are repairing other mistakes 🤣🤣🤣❤️
This is enjoyment and i dont care if the repair was a success.
As far as the rap goes. You do you. It’s your channel nobody else’s.
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What microscope do u use? And do u solder with it? Thinking about latency and stereoscopic.
Or do you have other glasses or lenses when u solder?
Kind regards
/45 y old Swedish man with some oldie eyes 😁