If you are in an emergency situation and you really need it working you can also just pencil it in with a graphite pencil lol It's a surprisingly long lasting trick. I hate to admit it but i've fixed a few of my own things by doing that in the past. I used that trick on a snes controller that had a crack right through the start button trace about 12 years ago and it's still working today. I solder everything now of course. great video
Dude, I can't leave you any money, but I left you a like and I subscribed. I followed your steps and my cartridge booted right up. My broken trace was 2 pins to the right of yours lol Thank you for the great video!
To be fair I learned how to clean games from Riggs’ videos (just ones in my collection which are 20+ years old and haven’t always been stored the best) but yeah he has got pretty lazy lately and all the videos seem focused on his kids constantly pulling silly faces.
One thing I've started doing on my repairs is putting a note of the repair and dates in the shell somewhere for later techs. I don't know if that's a useful tip but maybe you could do that to save later repairs down the road. Its saved me some time when carts have come back
Great repair, using a wire in that area. Just flowing solder would work. But it is under stress in that area and would crack or pull up trace. Nice job man!
I bought Goemon 64 in Korea thinking I made of like a bandit on a good deal. I got no source from AV and I thought I'd need to buy it again. I'm glad I watched your video! It made me want to get into repairs even more, even though at the end all I needed to do was sand the bottom pins that were slightly burnt. Now I can play Goemon again! I subscribed and I'm seriously considering getting a soddering gun now haha
I have found car rear window demister repair paint kits an absolute marvel for tricky repairs electronics, first discovered its electronic goodliness back with the old bridging AMD cpu's using a very very ultra fine brush and some care applying, I use it often and far easier than trying to not burn up old circuit traces and I fixed a vid card that had a scratched trace on it last year and its still going :)
The conductivity of it is comparatively crap though - wouldn't use it whenever soldering will do fine. I do use it to repair remote controls and gamepads though, i sometimes recoat silicone conductive pads with it when they stop working to the extent that cleaning them no longer helps.
You mean Oxidise... There is a PCB Lacquer that has all the right properties to preserve the thing it is covering. I can't speak for what the nail polish is doing in reacting with the PCB and the chemicals that may still be present. Try getting a PCB lacquer if you do this often.
The best option imo is a glass fiber pen, since you can actually see what you're doing. It's also an easy option for cleaning traces. There are also sprayable varnishes for making sure stuff doesn't oxidize. They're designed for diy repairs and other diy projects.
Hello how are you? Hoping all is well, great work. Quick question I recently got a Conker but the gold pin that has the number 38 above seems not te be connected with the green part of the PCB, do you know how to test for continuity or what's the purpose of this pin? Thank you
Hey ! I like what I've seen, I hit that like button, left a subscription a long time ago, and I hope to see you soon ! (yeah Im drunk) But seriously, lately I havent been commenting on the new videos, since Im attending video editing lessons, and Im often trying to focus on the subject of the lessons. Im hoping for a new job to come soon, so fingers crossed there. Anyways what I can tell you right now, is that you really helped me to understand how all those electronics boards do work in general. Even in 2017 it was pure magic for me, while now Im aware what is what, and sometimes even what went wrong. For example I do have a Raspberry Pi computer, that had issues with USB ports, and I noticed that one part is missing from the board - turns out it was connected to the USB power. Unfortunately finding a replacement isnt an easy task. I had also other Raspberry Pi with missing micro USB power input. I dont think I'd dare to solder anything into the board back in 2017, when I didnt knew about your channel, but right now I managed to solder two power wires correctly, and the computer is working ! Sorry for the long comment, I really drank too much gin tonight :P but if you'd ever wonder if your videos are helpful, I'd say very much ! Thanks again !
I have a stack of games (mainly N64) that just have a black screen on start-up. I haven't done any tracing fixes in the past (mostly just replaced batteries and such). Is this the most common issue?
If you've already given them a thorough clean, then yes, check the traces. Right above the contacts to the console seems to be a very common failure point
I assume that you go on to resell these repairs. Are you being up front with potential buyers on the repairs and noting this sort of thing in your listings when selling? If so, how much do you generally discount from similar items without repairs? Legitimate question.
If i resell, I'll definitely say that work has been done to it. Price would vary depending on what is done. If i were to sell this I'd probably ask 80cad and entertain offers. they normal go for 130ish around here. I'm actually selling it to a buddy of mine for what i paid though
wherever you're looking for games at sucks (I'm assuming not the US since that's an insane price for USD). It's like $80 at most for a loose cart on ebay, probably easy enough to find one for $50 if you don't care about condition
There are no batteries in these. Conkers used an eeprom chip, which is the small 8 pin chip on the bottom left. You could have a bad trace going to that chip.
Can't get my precious Mario Party to work! 😞 I have tried cleaning and checked all traces, all is good. Everything looks almost in perfect condition. But the game is just not starting, the N64 is basically not reacting at all to the game.
Be more careful! Beep mode will output 3volt. So you have just send random 3volt over all pins and that could damage or kill your ic's. It's much saver to use Ohm mode to find an broken trace.
random question. i accidentally bought 12v adapter (the adaptor case is snes, but they replace the stuff inside with 12v adapter) at flea market and plug it into my snes. there is any chance i can repair it and make it work again?if yes what should i need to check first? please reply i'm desperate...
I watched this video TONS of times and did my first solder/repair on a circuit board that’s THIS EXACT GAME! Fired right up! Keep up the great work
Really? how much did you pay for the game?
If you are in an emergency situation and you really need it working you can also just pencil it in with a graphite pencil lol It's a surprisingly long lasting trick. I hate to admit it but i've fixed a few of my own things by doing that in the past. I used that trick on a snes controller that had a crack right through the start button trace about 12 years ago and it's still working today. I solder everything now of course. great video
graphite adds too much resistance.
graphite=resistor
punker4Real so? Still works.🤷🏼♂️
Dude, I can't leave you any money, but I left you a like and I subscribed. I followed your steps and my cartridge booted right up. My broken trace was 2 pins to the right of yours lol Thank you for the great video!
That's awesome to hear you were able to get your games up and going again
This was the most helpful repair video! Just repaired a SNES game with a broken trace on the lockout chip
Much better than John Riggs open cart surgery all he does is clean them and then says well they still dont work lol
John's videos are more inspiration than information. "If he can do it, you can too!" kinda thing
sittingduhk if he can do what? Make another commercial for the 1up card?
@@suluturnip did u see the shitty coleco desktop arcades he got lol robotron and rainbow Brite pieces of shit
To be fair I learned how to clean games from Riggs’ videos (just ones in my collection which are 20+ years old and haven’t always been stored the best) but yeah he has got pretty lazy lately and all the videos seem focused on his kids constantly pulling silly faces.
Great content, dude. Thank you, keep on doing this! I'm learning a lot from your videos.
Conker's Bad Fur Day doesn't work? Hold by my beer...
One thing I've started doing on my repairs is putting a note of the repair and dates in the shell somewhere for later techs. I don't know if that's a useful tip but maybe you could do that to save later repairs down the road. Its saved me some time when carts have come back
These videos are so satisfying. Keep it up Brotato chip :P
Another good option instead of sand paper is an emery board. They work great and you don't have to replace them for quite a long time.
Great repair, using a wire in that area. Just flowing solder would work. But it is under stress in that area and would crack or pull up trace.
Nice job man!
Your channel is inspiring. Thank you for uploading all this content!
great repair and although it is obvious that work was done to repair it, it still looks like a top notch repair job.
I bought Goemon 64 in Korea thinking I made of like a bandit on a good deal. I got no source from AV and I thought I'd need to buy it again. I'm glad I watched your video! It made me want to get into repairs even more, even though at the end all I needed to do was sand the bottom pins that were slightly burnt. Now I can play Goemon again! I subscribed and I'm seriously considering getting a soddering gun now haha
Awesome dude, keep coming with them, you do good repairs.
I've got one more ready for tomorrow!
That's years of spit from blowing in it
Never blow, not even once.
Canned air, every time. 😎👍
The green tinted clear coat is a nice touch
You have some of my favorite videos.
I have found car rear window demister repair paint kits an absolute marvel for tricky repairs electronics, first discovered its electronic goodliness back with the old bridging AMD cpu's using a very very ultra fine brush and some care applying, I use it often and far easier than trying to not burn up old circuit traces and I fixed a vid card that had a scratched trace on it last year and its still going :)
Haha thanks for the tip. Only two traces actually do work in my cars rear window :P :P :P
The conductivity of it is comparatively crap though - wouldn't use it whenever soldering will do fine. I do use it to repair remote controls and gamepads though, i sometimes recoat silicone conductive pads with it when they stop working to the extent that cleaning them no longer helps.
You mean Oxidise...
There is a PCB Lacquer that has all the right properties to preserve the thing it is covering.
I can't speak for what the nail polish is doing in reacting with the PCB and the chemicals that may still be present.
Try getting a PCB lacquer if you do this often.
Well done video. Would watch more but one quick recommendation. Get a nicer work surface to record on. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Have you tried using brass polish instead of sandpaper to clean up contacts? I've had a lot of success with it.
The best option imo is a glass fiber pen, since you can actually see what you're doing. It's also an easy option for cleaning traces.
There are also sprayable varnishes for making sure stuff doesn't oxidize. They're designed for diy repairs and other diy projects.
Hello how are you? Hoping all is well, great work. Quick question I recently got a Conker but the gold pin that has the number 38 above seems not te be connected with the green part of the PCB, do you know how to test for continuity or what's the purpose of this pin? Thank you
I have a copy of this but it doesn’t save the game progress anymore . Any ideas why?
Thank you RetroRepairs, for this Conker's Bad Fur Day cart repair, its much appreciated.
Perhaps using a pencil eraser could help cleaning off those contact pads. following some rubbing alcohol.
Where should I buy the tiny gauge wire you use in your videos?
I bought stranded 23awg wire from amazon. As long as you buy stranded and not solid, you can combine multiple strands to get the size you need
@@RetroRepairs Thank you!
Cool gonna attempt to repair my old Pokemon Stadium 2 cart.
Hey ! I like what I've seen, I hit that like button, left a subscription a long time ago, and I hope to see you soon !
(yeah Im drunk)
But seriously, lately I havent been commenting on the new videos, since Im attending video editing lessons, and Im often trying to focus on the subject of the lessons. Im hoping for a new job to come soon, so fingers crossed there.
Anyways what I can tell you right now, is that you really helped me to understand how all those electronics boards do work in general. Even in 2017 it was pure magic for me, while now Im aware what is what, and sometimes even what went wrong. For example I do have a Raspberry Pi computer, that had issues with USB ports, and I noticed that one part is missing from the board - turns out it was connected to the USB power. Unfortunately finding a replacement isnt an easy task. I had also other Raspberry Pi with missing micro USB power input. I dont think I'd dare to solder anything into the board back in 2017, when I didnt knew about your channel, but right now I managed to solder two power wires correctly, and the computer is working !
Sorry for the long comment, I really drank too much gin tonight :P but if you'd ever wonder if your videos are helpful, I'd say very much ! Thanks again !
Thanks for the views and the comments. Awesome to read and hear you've had some success repairing electronics. Enjoy the gin!
Wouldn't running solder over the trace be enough to fix it?
Ha!
Gotem
Sure could, however that area is under stress. And just flowing solder will crack possibly or even pull up trace.
Notice how i address this exact question towards the end of the video?
@@shadowforge Thats because the information for that answer is in the video.
I have a stack of games (mainly N64) that just have a black screen on start-up. I haven't done any tracing fixes in the past (mostly just replaced batteries and such). Is this the most common issue?
If you've already given them a thorough clean, then yes, check the traces. Right above the contacts to the console seems to be a very common failure point
I assume that you go on to resell these repairs. Are you being up front with potential buyers on the repairs and noting this sort of thing in your listings when selling? If so, how much do you generally discount from similar items without repairs? Legitimate question.
If i resell, I'll definitely say that work has been done to it. Price would vary depending on what is done. If i were to sell this I'd probably ask 80cad and entertain offers. they normal go for 130ish around here. I'm actually selling it to a buddy of mine for what i paid though
great fix and video. Keep up the good work!
I have a digital multi does that have the beep setting?
Most multimeters should, look for somethinf with what looks like a speaker or wifi icon
That shielding on the cart is completely overkill.
They took their rf shielding way too seriously
They need it to contain Conker, or he may escape and corrupt poor Luigi 😬
Omg, i wish i could have that cartridge! Everyone sells them for 150$+ here!
wherever you're looking for games at sucks (I'm assuming not the US since that's an insane price for USD). It's like $80 at most for a loose cart on ebay, probably easy enough to find one for $50 if you don't care about condition
I found one a few years ago for like 65
But the it doesn’t save the progress. Not sure why
@@mrtechpat probably needs a new battery
There are no batteries in these. Conkers used an eeprom chip, which is the small 8 pin chip on the bottom left. You could have a bad trace going to that chip.
@@RetroRepairs oh yeah I didn't watch the video and was just reading the comments xP that makes sense since conker is a newer game I guess.
Can I use an old toothbrush to clean the terminals with isopropyl alcohol?
You can try, it may or may not work. Q tips seem better for this.
@@RetroRepairs thank you very much
Can't get my precious Mario Party to work! 😞
I have tried cleaning and checked all traces, all is good. Everything looks almost in perfect condition.
But the game is just not starting, the N64 is basically not reacting at all to the game.
Great repair and good tips!!! thanks
those game repair videos are my faveourite!
Great work and nice video!! Are you going to clean the shield and put a new sticker?
8:10 "and bend it over...and do the same along this leg"
I am new here and i love this video, would be more fun if you should the ebay process, price. sell it on ebay again and see how much you can get =D
Be more careful! Beep mode will output 3volt. So you have just send random 3volt over all pins and that could damage or kill your ic's. It's much saver to use Ohm mode to find an broken trace.
Excellent information. Thanks for sharing.
random question. i accidentally bought 12v adapter (the adaptor case is snes, but they replace the stuff inside with 12v adapter) at flea market and plug it into my snes. there is any chance i can repair it and make it work again?if yes what should i need to check first? please reply i'm desperate...
You might have just blown the fuse and voltage regulator
Why not just solder bridge such micro break.
can someone please give me a list of items i need to do this myself , a link to a soldering iron would help alot
At what temp do you solder with?
Do you fix games if they mail them to you if not it’s cool
Nicely done!
This was immensely interesting
Why don't run the game after fixing it, I feel incomplete now
I did. Or do you mean actually sit down and play it for an extended period of time?
Nice repair!
I love this game ❤️
Great job man!
Danke für das Video
Awesome video
Don't let kids judge a video game by its box art or label!
Can we donate old consoles/junk?
Sure, emailme at retrorepairsca@gmail.com and we can chat
This is awesome
Nice work! 👍
Yes I fucking love the flux #fluxgang
cartridges made in Japan.
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