Great video! I never bothered bending the pins on mine. I just boiled the connector like 5 years ago and haven't had an issue since. Love to see it!

@FantasticQuack

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and I'm glad you got yours working!

that was really cool to see! my entire experience with the nes/famicom has been through emulation, but it’s always great to see the real machines being well cared for :) i think that my favourite memory with it is streaming the english fan translation of idol hakkenden with my friends hehehe

@FantasticQuack

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome thanks for sharing!

This works! Took apart my childhood NES and now it works like a charm!

@FantasticQuack

5 ай бұрын

Love to hear it, good work getting yours fixed up!

instructional, informative, and pleasant to watch. this is probably the best video i have seen regarding console repair.

@FantasticQuack

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! Comments like this inspire me to keep making more, cheers!

My NES just started having this issue as this video went up 😅 Perfect timing to start a new repair!

@FantasticQuack

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, I hope you can get it working!

idk anything about anything but this was a neat, well put-together, and informative video. keep up the good work!

@FantasticQuack

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, cheers!

It’s great how you still have the box for The Legend of Zelda!

@FantasticQuack

9 ай бұрын

Heck yeah if you got it flaunt it :)

Great Job Quack!

@FantasticQuack

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Popo!

It's not advised to use a game with a save battery in it for testing because the constant blinking from the system resetting itself can delete the save file. Bending the bottom pins up is only a temporary solution and will only get worse again. The key is to bend both the bottom and upper pins but nobody does or knows how to do that easily. When you do bend the pins, they all have to be lined up in a row. If one is lower or higher than the other, the game won't make good contact.

@FantasticQuack

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that about save games, interesting! The pins are only accessible on one side so what you're saying is key is not possible--unless you're talking about the pins that interface woth the main boafd. The game pins don't have to be perfectly lined up as long as they make good contact with their respective game pins--I got them decently lined up but not perfect. Naturally yes it will get worse again but a brand new one will as well. End of the day this process or replacing the 72-pin are both fine options and better than a broken NES! Thanks for your thoughts and for watching!

@GoodVibeCollecting

Жыл бұрын

@@FantasticQuack There are indeed a row of top pins on the cartridge connector side but you can't pry them into place like the bottom ones. As far as I know the only way to access them is pull them out from the back. So you have to pull them out, bend them down, then carefully slide them back in. A big pain in the butt. If you want the connector to be like new again, it needs to be done. Not sure how long it will last. Hopefully at least a few years otherwise it's not worth the effort.

thanks for this video already fixed mine

@FantasticQuack

5 ай бұрын

Nice work!

Great repair. Tv specs please.

@FantasticQuack

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 2010 Sanyo DP19640

I never had to bend my pins, just boil in distilled water and clean the contacts with a credit card wrapped in microfiber cloth and alcohol - works great!

@FantasticQuack

3 ай бұрын

Did the cartridge feel like a tighter fit in the pin connector after boiling alone? This one was so loose (like tilting-the-console-causes-the-cartridge-to-fall-out loose) that I felt like bending the pins was necessary, but boiling was the last thing I tried so maybe that's all it would have taken!

@lofivalentine9852

3 ай бұрын

@@FantasticQuack yeah, it did feel tighter. I boiled it for maybe two hours. My rational was that the metal had memory and the heat allowed it to return closer to its original shape, but I'm not sure if that's actually true.

0/10 video, failed to get the 1-UP at 6:12

@FantasticQuack

7 ай бұрын

😂 Is that worse than me dying 2 seconds later?