Clean Your Nintendo NES Console (or Dirty NESticles) 8-bit #1
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- www.redcatprodu.... Jeremy gives you a little history on the Nintendo Entertainment System control deck and then shows you in detail how to disassemble and clean your NES. Check out bit.ly/OitKiO for access to theme song!
Your pins can be too loose. Take out that 72 pin connecter and use a sewing needle, pushpin, or thumb tack to work those pins outward. The pins are quite flexible and malleable. You won't snap a pin off. You might bend a pin outward so that it is sticking out instead of in. I've done that. But even then I was able to bend the pin back into the connector. Don't make the connection too tight. You could also try using a Game Genie as a pass-through. Game Genie has a thicker connection.
Check the description above. I've included a link to the blog post which contains the theme song.
When you are cleaning your NES, TAKE YOUR TIME, and be gentle with the cleaning. 99 times out of 100, the main reason cleaning it won't work is because the cleaning process was rushed, or the cleaning process was too harsh. I've cleaned out my NES exactly like this several times in the last 15 years, you can rush into it, at all.
Take your time, follow the instructions. This will take a good 1 1/2 hours to finish.
Do not rush.
Actually, you're both right. It's a mash-up of the Battletoads and SMB2 pause screens.
Oh okay! Great picture. I can't remember the search term that pulled that up.
Jeremy you are the man. I just bought a lot of 6 NES and 5 N64s and this video got me pumped up to clean and sell them. Thanks man!
I found a dead roach in my NES. Thanks ebay!
wtf
Bearded Forever well that's unfortunate
I found a joint in mine.
Winning!
I wouldve shipped the roach back to the sender and left a note: You forgot your pet.
My mom once found a dead roach in an ice cream cone. Actually, half a roach, which is worse.
I understand you can replace the battery.
+8bitredcat Jeremy, I know this video was published on March 8, 2011, but today, you should replace the original 72-pin connector with another one called Blinking Light Win. The original 72-pin connector loads games at a slight angle, but that choice was a design flaw. However, Blinking Light Win replaces the blinking light problem by having games load horizontally rather than at an angle, which increases the lifespan of the pin connector dramatically. Once you get Blinking Light Win installed in your NES, you should be set for life. Included with Blinking Light Win is the pin connector, loading tray, instructions, and a sticker that says "Keep calm and don't press down", a gentle reminder that your NES experience is about to change.
P.H. 2. Remember it has to be long enough and narrow enough to fit in the screw holes.
The intro music is a mash-up of the SMB2 and Battletoads pause screens. I made it is how I got it. :)
The Wrights Brass polish also cleans the motherboard contacts that connects to the 71 pin unit to a factory shine. Then clean with 91% alcohol and dry buff with a soft cloth. You can do this same process with your games to a factory shine. Always make sure you dry and buff them lint free properly with soft cloth or premium Q tips. I have cleaned and restored 100's of games with no problems. Never put dirty games back in your freshly cleaned system! Clean them all. Good luck,
Nick
I just cleaned my NES using this youtube video. NES would power on but it wouldn't play the video games. I cleaned the mother board using brass polisher instead of rubbing alcohol. I placed rubbing alcohol on the sand paper, 600 grit. Freaking thing works on the first time every time. You sir are the man! Easy to follow instructions. Thanks Dude.
Best video ever man! I bought an NES from a retro game store for pretty cheap but the catch was that you got lucky if you got it to read games, it was so bad that the employee said there was no hope for it but I took a gamble and bought it anyways, and finally after trying so many things all I needed was this video because now my NES works as if brand new! Thanks jefe!
Haha. I believe that probably worked. Reminds me of when I was younger I obtained the internal guts of Battletoads (the cart was smashed by a friends older brother). I was able to play it by building a Lego contraption to insert and push down on the bare game chip.
Dont forget to talk about disabling the 10 nes chip so it reads every cart including imports and micro machines
I tied your instructions on both cleaning my NES and Games as well. It didn't work the first time right away, but after several adjustments I got my original 1989 working after 23 years in the garage. My boys love it! And I can play with them too! So a huge thank you is in order!!!
NESticle is an old NES emulator from'97.
I believe it to be a myth. I have cleaned at least 30 Nintendo's in the last year and not one of them couldn't be revived with a little 72-pin connector cleaning and game cleaning.
It was a bit of a joke... I would say that blowing in the game probably makes things worse as dust and other dirt would end up sticking to the moisture.
This is actually a cheap good way to fix a nes console. I tried every step but the sandpaper and it worked out fine for me!
I don't think I would try Brasso. Too much residue. Are your pins tight enough?
Tip of Xacto knife works much better to get behind the contacts to bend them up very slightly. But what's key is BRASS POLISH. I prefer Wrights because its easy to rinse away and buff contacts. Take a toothbrush and scrub down all the contacts with the cream. This stuff dissolves all dirt and tarnish. No need to use any sandpaper. Then I rinse the piece with lots of 91% alcohol with a clean brush until the polish residue is gone and dry! Buff contacts to a bright shine with LINT free cloth.
Finally! Someone noticed!
Nah. It's a mild abrasive but unless you really go to town on those contacts all you're doing is polishing them..
My NES control deck works perfectly; the majority of the time, the game just works upon insertion. Upon any time that it doesn't, I just wiggle the game pak inside the control deck, which establishes the connection and allows the game to start.
Of course, I did change out the 72 pin connector with a new replacement.
I also completely recapped my NES, considering that the original electrolytic capacitors in the thing would be almost 30 years old now.
And, I also disabled the 10NES lock chip.
And I took apart every single game pak in my collection and cleaned the connectors with a pink pencil eraser, which has just the right amount of abrasion to clean the contacts with little risk of removing the plating. Using a pencil eraser is a trick that works for cleaning the contacts on Atari game cartridges. So long as the contacts are not severely corroded, there's no reason why that can't also work on NES game paks as well as any other game cartridge.
I actually got a replacement 72 pin connector placed in 2013, and it works great, yes it is tight the first few times. But after a while its just like a original one. Still works great untill this day, just clean every game you buy before putting it in. Prevent dirt coming into the connector.
If you get the flashing led problem, disable the 10NES chip. To do this,
*_Step 1:_** Open the NES (Unscrew the few screws on the bottom and pop the top off.)*
*_Step 2:_** Unscrew the 11 screws then take the metal thing off and flip the thing under and unscrew 4 more.*
*_Step 3:_** On the mother/circuitboard (I don't know which) locate the 10NES chip to the bottom right of the biggest chip.*
*_Step 4:_** If you are holding it upright, locate the 4th pin with the bottom pins and pop it out.*
*_Step 5:_** ...*
*_Step 6:_** Profit!*
...that didn't help at all!
(Second meaning) :P
the nearest chip toward the power plug.
Dude Thanks for the video, I followed your steps and adjusted the 72 pin connector as well. The games seem to be more snug, and work every time. Now I can even play my copy of Mega Man 3, which barely worked, cause you could hear noise when you shook the game. Before I use to have to clean it every time, it would play for a little bit, but would glitch up minutes later. Now I have a flawless NES thanks to you.
Just getting back into my nintendo gaming that has been sitting for probably 15 years... these videos have been GREAT at helping to bring back the memories. Thank you!
I love the Battletoads pause screen music during the opening...lol
I have a AV modded Famicom, love the thing. Sure the cables to the controllers are short but the thing works like a charm! In the Famicoms case it's always dirty games that screws things up, keep them clean and it will always work. I prefer it over the NES... That may be just me though...
YES!! another use for the magic eraser.. Wonder if that will cut down on the scrubbing with q-tips... I personally haven't tried sandpaper, I use boiling the connector and spraying de-oxit after and haven't had a failure yet.
Thanks Jeremy!!! Cleaned the 72 pin connector and game cartridges and everything is working like new...after 20 years of not using it!!!
3.) The unit will not reassemble well and will cause frequent playbacks of the video with the 72-pin connector put back in upside down. 4.) I wrapped a credit card in aluminum foil, applied alcohol then cleaned the slot because foil by rubbing removes oxidized material without scratching the metal. 5.) After reassembling, I no longer cared if the unit worked. 6.) My wife is very happy to be playing Tetris again.
Thanks for posting this video, it gave me the courage to actually open up the console to do this. I've learned a few things: 1.) You make this look easy 2.) There are a lot of screws that are very snug and sometimes difficult to screw back in even though it's relatively soft plastic
That happened to me too. I took off yhe 72-pin connector and sprayed some cleaning contacts spray on the contacts of the motherboard. After that dried off,i cleaned them with some alcohol and a piece of kitchen paper.
My NES now works like a charm.
Hope it helped,bye.
I've been on ebay so long that my id has no numbers in it! it is redcat. Though I usually end up buying more than I sell sadly!
I just got my NES back together after doing this and all I can say is, "Thank you!" Even the copy of SMB2 that I was sure had a curse on it works now. Never would have thought of bending he pins back up. I used a 1.4mm flathead jeweler's screwdriver to do it, BTW.
But the whole thing is so good
Love the video! Only problem was I did everything step by step but still have no result. Is there anything else I can do to fix my NES?
does the power light blink over and over?
yes it does, it's busted
I just bought one today and it came with contra I love nes revisiting my childhood.
Yes. Look for it tomorrow.
i bought an NES with the pins replaced and he is spot on, you have to play the game in the up position, and it will not play if you push it down (i have only gotten one game to work in the down position, and it took a lot of adjusting). thing is, i have no issue with it. 9 times out of 10 i stick a game in and it plays first try, and i laugh every time i see someone on youtube having problems with their NES, and even the guy at the retro game store i bought it from had a little trouble with it before i figured out it works better with the game up
One aspect completely forgotten on this video: those edge connectors simply can go bad over a span of almost 30 years - no matter if it's on a nintendo, commodore, pc or what not. It's just that the internal architecture of the NES benefits the wear and tear - and considering kids made out a majority of the userbase, abuse can not be excluded either.
Isn't there a single, reputable source for new 72 pin connectors? I doubt it.
The one with the Super Mario Garbage can? If so, be proud that when you search Google images for Nintendo and Garbage, that image comes up close to the top.
Hello 8bitredcat! I never knew that leaving the cartridges in the Nintendo Entertainment System while it was off was bad for it! So, I now know to not have a cartridge in the NES when you are not playing it! Thank you for the nice tip at 5:13!
Did you go through everything thing in this video? Take the NES apart, clean 72 pin connector with isopropyl and 800 grit sand paper (with a buisness card for thickness). Test. if you still have games that don't work, check out my game cleaning video. Take the game apart, isopropyl, eraser, magic eraser and sandpaper. Still no go? Do your games slip right in without any resistance? Your 72-pin connecter is too loose. You need to slightly bend the pins outward (as seen in this very video)
Holy Crap! it worked! you just saved me a ton of money! THANKS SO MUCH!!!
Thank goodness for emulation. I love the nes console and I still have one and some games but it sucks to fight with the nes to get the cart to work so when I want to play some kabuki the quantum fighter I know just where to go.
I remember playing my aunt's nintendo and taking the games out was a real pain
for an easier clean of games if you dont have the dumb tool to take the game apart i use a very fine fingernail file not the metal kind but the paper type i cut ne end of the file flat so it sits flush with the cartraige and starting at one end i move it up and down the contacts(you know insert remove ) not wiping from left to right then i take a popsicle stick i also cut to be flat and then rubber band a piece of and cotton tshirt apply rubalcho and wipe the contacts easier and works
Oxidation is the #1 reason for NES games not working. Oxidized contacts will not make a good connection. Alcohol will not clean this problem up. You need to rub the game contacts with brass cleaner, or even toothpaste will work. The green and black crud that comes off on your towel is proof that the pins were dirty. As far as the 72 pin connector, remove it from your NES and let it soak in a bowl of Oxiclean overnight. :)
Holy crap, man! Where were you ten hers ago when I was having to figure all that out by myself? And when do we get the next episode?? I can't wait!
I love the random "Fallout 3" cartridge there.
This video is so entertaining! You know it is when I don't even own an NES. lol
Also, is that Gauntlet music in the background? Awesome!
That's something I have never encountered
thank you so much for this video, it all worked out perfectly! you just saved my NES :D
Another issue with the new pin connectors was a lot of them are super cheap. I had a few that just never worked right. I just went ahead and fixed my old pin connector.
The way I fixed and cleaned my 72-pin connector was basically the same, but instead of cleaning it with sand paper, I boiled mine with some soap and water and then used a old crappy NES game I hated and basically violated the pin connector with the game, boiled it again and let it dry over night. Been working ever since.
Haven't been able to use my NES in years. Works great now! Thanks for this video!
Just bought a new old NES and your quide comes in very useful!!! Thanks a lot!
If you get a game that dosent work, here is my solution.
Step 1: push the game all the way in.
Step 2: put both of your index fingers on the front edges and literally wiggle.
Step 3: while wiggling the game, pull it slightly out, only a little bit.
Step 4: repeat this process till you find a sweet spot where the game is suppose to be.
Or try it upright, if you pushed the pins too far up then that will work... or it should
And I held on to a few other NES games for this occasion! (fails to mention the 500 carts in the background)
As stated in the video, I received a box of games with an NES and those were the games included and I'm building a collection of NES games. Excrement and all.
7 minutes and 40 seconds before you actually show us how to clean the thing. Really?
Just use alcohol on a q tip
+Solaris642 that's a alternative to cleaning cartridges but not the system
the NES Cleaning Kit was good it allows you not also clean cartridges but your system connectors as well.
It was too catch attention, dont like the video you could have just used ehow.
I wouldn't suggest just using alcohol, and most people dont know how to open the system or what part to clean.
"It was too catch attention, dont like the video you could have just used ehow."
This comment is what every terrible comment dreams it could be.
No, although that is pretty cool. Mine is the 30 NES black boxes on the wood floor.
Hey 8bitredcat I followed your instructions for the game cleaning (your other video) but for cleaning the 72 pins it doesn't work. Instead, I put the 72 pins connector in a glass with 2/3 hot water and 1/3 vinegar for 15min. You need to dry the pins after for about an hour. Now it works great! If you can't repare one of your NES try my tip, you won't be disapointed! If you can reply to me that would be great. Thank you for your tips!
Try not pushing down the cartridge tray. Seriously. It doesn't bend the pin connectors that way.
This is the best console ever made ! I can't belive that people are still using them , but I am happy that a NES community exist . Very cool video dude and I hope this consoles and games will never disappear . I am wan't to buy a console like this , my friends told me that I am fucking mad that I would buy this but I don't care . I can hardly wait to play the classic titles !
Another trick. Insert game. Then jam another cartridge on top of it. It worked for some
For the games not starting the consoles on button is not on🤦♀️
It's cool know some people out there still use the cool original 8-bit console Nintendo and the 2 controllers bring it on!! I say I do still.I grew up playing these cool games!! Playing a bit Super Mario Brothers 2 at the beginning huh? know it anywhere while your pausing?! I still buy these game all the time and sell them. and yes people still buy them some 16-bit Super Nintendo games are insanly super high near the $200 dollars like Mega Man X3 and Mega Man 7 for example . i clean my NES games with a cotton swap with just a tap of rubbing alcohol .. but not too much. u don't want to damage the cartridge. or just blow in them fiddle the game in the console push back a little after pushing in if that does not work then maybe the game itself is no good. thanks for posting this!
huh
Actually, that's the pause screen from Battletoads, not SMB2.
Nice job with the video and Hey! that's my bedroom floor picture @ 3:23 :P
Just a couple things.. 1. Obviously never blow on a game. I think you were just doing this for show. and 2. Use 91% alcohol so it leaves less residue and evaporates faster..
I would also drop an alligator clip on the rev11 lock out chip while you're at it. This will ensure it will play unlicensed games that weren't able to get past Nintendo's encryption as well as the fun multi-carts. I used to do this back in 88. :)
@8bitredcat - Thanks for this great tutorial on how to clean the 72 pin connector. I bought a NES off Ebay and the pin was not replaced, but cleaned as suggested in your video. It works great! Again, thanks!
After cleaning and 'fixing' all 6 NES - is the "broken 72 pin connector" a myth? All pins seemed perfectly fine.
I destroyed my NES when i tryed this because i coundt put it back toghter so i needed to buy another console. Damn me...
Video it or takes pics next time. I did it from memory easily though.
Silvester2K That blows; they're about $50< these days. I hate how expensive retro gaming has gotten. For example, at Midwest Gaming Classic, which I went to, I saw a couple Super NES systems available, but they were nearly $100: no joke.
MarkNESStarFox Still costs less then a PS4 or something.
😂😂😂This is what I am scared of. I may loose some screws
thank you very much!! just bought a Nes for 100$ and it didnt work, after doing what you said it totally works now!!
blowing is not a way to fix
the problem with brasso is that it leaves a residue thats the whole problem. the copper pins in the games tarnishes. u have to clean the tarnish off.. 5 seconds a Q tip and a very small amount of LYSOL TOILET BOWL CLEANER WITHOUT BLEACH then a q tip and alcohol. works every time.. the game store ms
In 1987.....this was my struggle
Why does everyone use cleaners not made for electronics?
They DO have contact cleaners which kick major as s at removing crud off of contacts.
There are a ton, right?
thanks for the help, but im still stuck at a blue screen :(
Also to my last question answer some questions about damage and what is the best way to buy.
Your vids are great man, and I got my old 5 dollar nes to work flawlessly, the only thing is when i put it all back together I had to leave the two screws on the front of the cartridge loader and also two screws on either side on the front of the nes a little loose or my cartridge loader wouldnt engage, it wouldnt push down or if it was down and i tightened the screws it wouldnt come back up its almost as if its warped, do you have any suggestions?
Dude, wheres the video about cleaning the cartridges :)? There are a lot of them but i want more Nintendo videos by you:)
Could you make a video with tips and prices of what you should pay for a nes?
For those who have the blinking problem and landed on here...just skip to 7:00 to go *straight* to the point :)
@jimithingjames buy a new pin connector and make sure you clean before placing on mother board.....
When I was cleaning my NES (which I got last Saturday at a yard sale for 2 bucks) I took it apart like you did and reassembled it. I think the problem lies with no "shink" to where I insert my Ninja Gaiden cartridge into the 72 Pin Connector. (And yeah, found Ninja Gaiden. 1 dollar, Bob!)
Is it possible that the pins are THAT loose? And if they are, is it natural to think that "I don't wanna mess with it. One wrong move and I might break a pin"?
i got mine for £58 off ebay with two controllers and two games b ut ones listed as broken (probably the simple connector clean/replacement) are £10-2£20
Before I started this process my NES power button flashed red. So I replaced the 72 pin connector and followed your steps precisely. When I went to test the NES, it continued to flash red, so I removed cartridge and tried over. Except when I did this, the power button won't even turn on now. It doesn't even flash anymore, it's just dead. What's the deal? Any suggestions?
recheck it . you may have forgot to plug that in ...
Hi, I really enjoy the overall tutorial about cleaning up, before that you mention some other choices like getting the top loader version and so, I heard there is a modification you can do to the classic console where you just slide the game in but you dont need tho push it down so the conectors touch the motherboard, did you knew of this ??? would you recomend??
Thank you?
yes
2:32 is an example of a real one ...
I just took mine apart, and my connector has green corrosion on the pins, as well as the connector on the system board. Is my NES completely fucked?
Man those consoles are the best everybody have that console even girls like that console like Mario and great controller