Question? Any thoughts on building a Clone NES system? Im pretty sure that in a few years all the replacement parts will go bye bye. So whats your take on building a Clone(CIC chipless ofcourse)
@oceanofdarkstars1 no need to clone the CIC as the NES works without them, the Famicom (Japan's NES) doesnt have one. Also, there have been NES clones for a LONG TIME!! however the NES uses a custom 6502 processor so some games run with issues. Years back there were these NES clones in a game controller. With some hacking and you can make a portable NES that played the 100 internal games and carts too. That fad has passed though, today we emulate.
@FoxxOTG You see I want to do that with the NES and SNES too, Hell Maybe Even Sega Too, I Have the systems just sitting there, and nobody is rich enough to own every game so I wouldnt mind one that will allow for external imput
@oceanofdarkstars1 check out the BenHeck Forums. I would firect link but youtube of course doesnt let you. I used to spend time there helping people out when I could. To be honest, a used hackable handheld like a NDS or PSP with emulators would be cheaper to deal with, and a lot sexier in the end. But if you want to build, GO FOR IT!!
@FoxxOTG To me there is nothing like an original. thats why If at all possible I wouldnt mind buying the individual chips and building the board myself if need be. I could just use a plain Chip programmer like ARD to add and remove system data onto the board. and tie in an SD slot in place of a 72pin cart reader Its not impossible. Just a total pain. Plus I can write the code out for a multi game loader and just set all raw roms to the SD. So anytime you start the system u pick and play
i disabled the chip, clean and raised my pins it did fix the reboot problem but when i turn on the nintendo a yellow screen comes on and stays on.whats the problem ?
Dude don't hate on the CIC so much. Both it and ROB single handedly saved the video game industry. Vids wouldn't be what they are today with out them. But yes it is a pain now, but easy fix as you've explained
just sat here & fixed my U.K. pal NES, worked first time, many thanks, i have got them going by just a good clean before, but this one wont have that, so you tube was my next place to check out & your video was the first one i came to,
My games live!!!! this mod was so easy i did this mod plus a new 72pin connector i can get most of my games to work pretty quickly. maybe still takes some wiggling or re-inserting but i no longer have the blinking light or have to bang on the side of the console to get the console to recognize this is great thanks
@superthundereagle its hard to say. In 100 years i guarantee there wont be a display capable of using an ancient video signal like the NES uses. If the NES was stored properly and not in a shit environment, I dont see why not. As long as nothing erodes the console like oxidization and acids, it should work just fine another 100 years from now. Those ICs and ROM/RAM chips are built to last! ... maybe an EMP blast of some sort could fry it.
@FoxxOTG Just make sure the dust doesn't clog any of the ports, and also make sure the games and controllers (and power/display cables) are stored, too. Keep water, sunlight and dust away from the NES. Just like you said, oxidation and acids will destroy it.
As for an EMP, it can only fry electronics that are powered on at the time the EMP impacts the device. If you turn the power off just before impact (or if you're in the miltary and your chips do this automatically), it should reboot fine.
@hippyamp Erm... i dunno. It depends on the chemistry of the product. I assume you mean ELECTRONICS contact cleaner, and not the kind of contacts you wear instead of glasses. Electronics Contact Cleaner should be safe to use, but read the label and make sure there is nothing corrosive to copper and tin.
I bought a "new" 72 pin connector, and it works. But i can only play if i dont push the game down if i push the game down it starts blinking, what is wrong ? =s
@urbanrivals they didnt sell you a "new" connector. They sold you a repaired one, and they bent the pins too far. You can try to disable the CIC chip, but I would try to properly clean the pin contacts in the cart connector to see if it helps. Oh, and on the games too, if those re dirty, it wont work well.
Thanks for the video man. I disabled the lockout chip because I could not get my NES to stop flashing. The game would load then it would just not stop flashing. I disabled the chip and now all I get is a solid blue screen. Nothing loads. I've tried multiple games and get the same thing. Any ideas?
Well the reason why they had the zero force insertion method is because of the video game crash to begin with.
The original design for the NES was going to be like the Famicom. But at the CES in 1984, noone was interested due to being burned by Atari and others. So they had to make it look like a toy and not see the carts just to get retailers to take it, hence why ROB exists.
This is true. At the time VHS was very popular, so they wanted something that seemed more like a piece of home audio/video equipment, and not a toy, hence the 'Deck Loader" design. I have seen some of the early NES prototypes. Some looked like the belonged in movies like blade Runner. One of them was slim, sleek, chrome, the controllers were wireless, and the zapper had a folding laser gun design.
the symptoms are: when i turn the nes on the screen flashes for a second then goes black and stays black and the light doesnt flash so i dont know whats causing it to not work
@macezlo did you realign the pins inside the connector back to position?
This may be bad news. You should check your wall wart power supply and make sure its working. If thats ok, check your voltage regulator, should have a clean input, but damaged (overheats / age) it can spit out funky voltage levels causing the device to glitch. or not load.
Report back to us when you can so we know how it turns out!
i have cleaned my games bought a new 72 pin connector pulled the pin out of the lock out chip cleaned the board that the pin connector goes on and it still doesn't work wat am i doing wrong or can i do anything else
@tookmyjob dirty/misaligned contacts?? Thats really the #1 issue ive seen. Check out the full segment on BSoD Episode 33 for the full segment on cleaning.
hey man, im so happy i found your video. ive been having some problems lately with my NES.whenever i put the carts in and play them the game starts out super glitchy, it starts acting as if i pressed keys like start or select ( no controllers attached in the first place) and it freezes. sometimes it works well for a few seconds then acts up and other times it just wont give me a decent start. now i tried cleaning the contacts on game carts using hand soap, i dunno if that was a no no or not.
@fayekhelmi i took out my 72 pin connector and pried the contacts back into place so it has a very tight fit with the cart contacts. but i wont be able to test it out for a few hours. so hopefully this will do the trick. seems like the weakest link in the NES is this 72 pin connector.
@fayekhelmi soap... wont do a darn thing. Water makes copper rust. Ill say it once, ill say it always, jewelery cleaner. absolutely the best thing to use. The NES may be more sick then just bad contacts, but first and easiest thing, clean it properly, if it still acts up, contact me and I will try to help.
@FoxxOTG i cleaned the contacts and took out the 72 pin connector and pulled the contacts back into place... they were pretty bent back. its working perfectly now. your video was very helpful thanks :)
@MaTToSauruSS clean the cart, and not with alcohol, use proper jewelery cleaner to take off the tarnish from the copper contacts. Its the most common issue ive seen with cart based games. The copper tarnishes and oxidizes, like a copper penny will after time.
I had the reset problem where all games WOULD work (I could clearly see the opening screen on every game I own) but it would keep resetting - I tried the pin bending to no avail (games are much tighter now which can't be a bad thing) so I went straight to cutting the 4th pin which worked a treat - my Nes is working like new - YOU ARE A GENIUS
I had the reset problem where all games WOULD work (I could clearly see the opening screen on every game I own) but it would keep resetting - I tried the pin bending to no avail (games are much tighter now which can't be a bad thing) so I went straight to cutting the 4th pin which worked a treat - my Nes is working like new - YOU ARE A GENIUS
I had the reset problem where all games WOULD work (I could clearly see the opening screen on every game I own) but it would keep resetting - I tried the pin bending to no avail (games are much tighter now which can't be a bad thing) so I went straight to cutting the 4th pin which worked a treat - my Nes is working like new - YOU ARE A GENIUS
You really don't need to ground the severed pin of the CIC chip, I 'modded' several european NES'es back when the 300-in-1 carts were popular and I just severed the pin and it'd be done. They'd run happy for years on end :)
@jeroenwu thanks. Yeah you dont have to ground the pin 95% of the time. Its just good electronics practice to not leave a pin in a floating state. In this case leaving it disconnected will work, but I have experienced times where leaving the pin floating made the console randomly blank to a solid color screen, not often though, maybe a total of 3 times out of a few thousand. Mind you ive had the NES since release day in the 80's and had a chance to service quite a few over 20 years.
@FoxxOTG Also fun fact: some of the early NES'es (at least in europe) had a very crappy CIC chip which would disable itself after a reset or two, I've had the smaller famicom carts work after 1 or 2 resets on an unmodded NES ;)
hi, I did the same thing with the chip except I only bended the pin out of place,I also cleaned the 72 pin connector and bended the pins, and all it did was gave me a grey and blue screen so I placed the pin back on the chip and there were times when it worked but not as it should, do you thing that the 72 pin is bad I already bought a new one on ebay I just hope it works!!! thanks.
@groger371 It depends how you cleaned the pins. Alcohol cleans of dirt, but not oxidization. As I keep mentioning, jewelery cleaner will clear off any gunk and junk from the contacts and make them damn near brand new. Its like using WD-40 to clean the rust off of metal. Copper can and does oxidize like many metals. Ever see a really shitty looking penny thats 25 years old? Imagine that is what the connector could look like.
Remember to clean your games too! Its not just NES that can go wonky.
Congratulations for your video ! I've a problem with one of my NES ... I've some power failures while I am playing ... it's very boring ! Is it due to the regulator that you show in the video ? Please help me to solve that fu**ing problem !
Congratulations for your video ! I've a problem with one of my NES ... I've some power failures while I am playing ... it's very boring ! Is it due to the regulator that you show in the video ? Please help me to solve that fu**ing problem !
Congratulations for your video ! I've a problem with one of my NES ... I've some power failures while I am playing ... it's very boring ! Is it due to the regulator that you show in the video ? Please help me to solve that fu**ing problem !
@darkside5633 could be a bad Wall Wart Power Supply. Sometimes they introduce line noise from the AC Outlet. This is what we call a 60Hz Humm (or 50Hz if you are non-USA). Try a different Wall Wart, the NES can use anything from 9V - 12V (technically it can go to 36V but that would really overheat the regulator), it doesnt matter if its an AC or DC adapter as the NES has an onboard circuit to convert to DC anyways.
Swap out the wall-wart, if that doesnt work the issue is elsewhere. Let me know
@ladykiller0005 its not used. It was intended for addon devices like a floppy drive. The Famicom (NES in japan) used it for a bunch of addon accessories, but they were never made available elsewhere.
mine resets over and over but a good slap on the side corrects this temporarily. although thats probably not recommended lol. but.....nothing but a grey screen. would a good thorough cleaning work? while im at it ill just disable the chip anyways but im just wondering if the cic chip is whats causing the grey screen. or if its perhaps a dirty game. thanks for any help. a+ on the video too. really informative.
@loniedupre88 The CIC is causing the gray screen and reset, but its not the chips fault. Realign the cart connector pins, and clean all the contacts (games too) with some copper safe jewelery cleaner. Thats the #1 issue I see constantly.
I fished out a Gameboy game that was a horrible wreck. Didnt work at all. Looked like it was pulled from a sewer. Cleaned the pins off and presto. Works like new.
I watched this video last night and serviced my NES this morning. I re-aligned the connector pins and clipped pin 4 on the cic chip. I grounded it to the R/F box and got a pure orange screen. Then I removed the ground wire and now the console works PERFECTLY. Great video. Thanks for posting!
Update. unpluged, undid it all.. Pluged back in, got it to play a game, but ONLY with Game genie.. and the grey screen.. also shows up with no game inserted. Leads me to believe. that in the past when we used game genie for a while, the pins got jacked up.. but I can't see the top row of pins.. (72 pin)
@aphixe Yes the GameGenie did cause the pins in the connector to get 'Jacked Up'. Major design flaw. Go in and pull them back down like I showcased in this video and you should be ok. Might want to clean them while you are in there.
I have 3 NES consoles, and all of them had the red blinking light problem. I cleaned up and rebent the 72 pin connectors, but nothing happened so I also disabled the CIC chip in two of them. It solved the blinking light problem, but now I only get a blank gray screen. What gives?
How accurate do you have to be when rebending the pins? do they need to be perfectly parallel? and do you have to do both rows? cause I can't seem to get to the top row
@BryanSmash1 clean your games. the best way is to open them up with a 3.8mm Security Bit and then rub up and down on the contacts on both sides with q-tips and rubbing alcohal.
The NES PPU chip has an RGB output, google NES RGB mod. Pins 14, 15, & 16. RGB is a lot more crisp than the Composite signal. A little time with an iron to bring the points out to a connector, from there you can buy an RGB to Component Video adapter. This wont be Hi-Def, but since RGB and Component Video signals are higher quality, you will notice a big improvement in the display, most noticeable is the lack of scanlines in the image.
Google is your friend, dont hesitate to use it. Good Luck.
Hey FoxxOTG fucking greetings from fucking Europe (Oh no I hope 'fuck' isn't under your copyright ;-) ) My NES seems to have a yellow screen of death - I already disabled lockout chip (before doing this the NES always restarted).
Problem also occures when no game is plugged in. It even happens when I remove the whole connector. Btw. problem occures with cinch, no signal via antenna. Any idea?
Fuckin' oi! - we need to stop saying fuck so much >:}
Humm, this sounds serious. Cover all the common issues. Make sure the power supply is putting out between 9-15 volts, or so. Check the regulator, make sure its not failing. If there is a PSU issue, it may make the hardware unstable. You cant run well with broken legs, the PSU is what makes the NES run.
Regulator on the NES should be 5V ONLY, not far off from It must be very stable and accurate.
Clean the fucking cart and deck pins with some fucking jewelry cleaner like I fucking suggested in the video. If that doesnt fucking work, realign the fucking pins in the fucking deck.This should get the fucking fucker working fuck right again. Fuck yeah!
Already cleaned 'em, still didn't do it. (with 100% alchohol tho)
I took it apart like 5 times and I replaced the 72- pin connector. After that the shit still didn't work untill. It only works (for some really dubious reason) when I put the game in, but don't push it down.
The Japan NES (Famicom) has expansion hardware like a floppy disk drive which fits into the cart slot which is a top-loader. The expansion under the NES is a hookup to the game cart connector so you can add in expansion hardware which would otherwise not fit into the NES Deck Loader.
Nothing was ever officially released for it, that I know of. Game Genie doent count since its made for the deck loader and not expansion bay.
Thing is, some games dont run properly because of the 50/60Hz difference between PAL and NTSC video signal timings. Some games are not designed to run in another region, so the only way to know is to try it. If there are major graphics issues then I suppose it doesnt work.
That shouldn't pose a problem, the Mattel is also PAL, just that it was distributted in the UK and Italy before Nintendo of Europe came here. It's just a different lockout chip as far as I know, no other hardware differences. The console will be here in max 2 days. I'll keep you posted :)
Well if the power light stays on your fine. The grey screen is normal. Now you just need to clean cart with alcohol and clean the 72 pin connector that connects the game to the mainboard. It should start working.
Or just download Jnes and some Game roms and get a cheap usb controller and enjoy.
ok lets say i cut pin 4 on the chip what do i attach to ground? the chip side(top) of the cut pin or the circuit board(bottom) side? just wanna double check thanks excellent video
The NES uses SRAM for its RAM, much like the 486 computers. Not all consoles will use AMD SRAM, just so happens mine did. Very astute observation.
Th CPU is one of the larger chips on the board, its labeled NES-CPU on the board It should be labeled as a Ricoh 2A03 chip, which is derived from the MOS version of the 6502 CPU, and have big ol' label on the board as "CPU". Same for the Picture Processor Unit (PPU). All the chips have text labels near em' Goole the info on them, you can learn a lot.
Thats awesome that you know so much about NES's (and I imagine other consoles as well). I actually did Wikipedia the NES and checked out the hardware specs right after I posted my initial comments. I really wish there were resources like this around in about 1990 when my NES started doing the reset of death! Then again, at 9 yrs old, I would have been way too scared to disassemble a $100 dollar piece of equipment.
Yeah I agree. I got my NES back when it was close to $100, well, my parents did. I was always into electronics, even as a child. I took 6 D-Cell batteries and rigged it to the NES Power jack using some proper connectors, then used the RF pack and a 75-300 ohm coaxial adapter to hook it into a Sony black and white TV we had so I could play NES on long road trips. The TV came with a cigarette lighter adapter for power. Mind you this was somewhere around 1989...
Yes, it does. However PAL consoles are designed to have a video refresh rate at 50Hz to comply with PAL video standards, NTSC is 60Hz. Not all games will be playable because of this difference. I am sure you can use google to get a compatibility list.
the 80486 does certainly not use SRAM as the primary RAM, it uses DRAM.
SRAM is Static RAM and in PCs it is often used for cache -- SRAM is much faster than DRAM but also a lot more expensive, hence it is reserved for the cache, this is true even today.
The 486 has 8-16 kiB SRAM (cache) and uses FPRAM for its DRAM if I'm not completely mistaken.
very good tutorial.. better method for cleaning nes carts are taking then apart using brass polish with anti static cloth and rubbing the connector then using alcohol to remove residue looks like brand new after
well im not sitting here for 20 mins cause i fixed my nes already, if he doesnt say this well then i did my part. take the 72 pin connector out, find where the game goes in, the pins at the top might be bent down and not making a good connection with the cartridge, bend those up with a table knife or somthing that fits beneath the pin, now it will be harder to put the game in and out for a while but it should work. in case this makes little sense to you in how to do it, search "fix my nes"
Yup, you can play imports. You may need a gender bender though. Jap Famicom carts wont fit in a stock NES without an adapter, but you can get one easy from some USA games, like Gyromite. They are in fact Jap games retrofitted to fit in the USA NES.
i live in uk and have aquired a european nes,when powered up i get the 1 sec cycle flash-can the same rule be applied to the european nes so that will work on a uk supply-thanks man
I dont have a PAL NES so I can only tell you from what Ive read. Yes, you should be able to pull the pin out of the CIC and get it to stop. This should get imports working, but not all games are playable because of the PAL/NTSC difference.
just wat to say thanks for the great video man.i opened up my nes like a tin of beans and snipped the chip.lol-she works like new now.first time loader and plays all my imports. respect fella
saved my nintendo! thanks i got it in a garage sale for 10 bucks and now it works, i had tried to fix it with the pins but it wouldn't work, now that i took out the chip it is fine thanks!
the best thing to do with the connector is just to buy a new 72-pin connector on ebay and replace it.I dont have ebay in my country so i had to repair the pins myself and thank god it worked
"Earlier NES'es did not have a CIC"...better put would be to say that the Japanese equivalent (Famicom) didn't, all Licensed "Nintendo Entertainment System" console require it (AAMOF the first version or it's revision, but the newer chips desynced as locks).
thank you soooo much for posting this video. it helped us out and saved us money cuz we were about to toss it!! glad we didnt! :D
blackneworleanscat 1 day ago
roflmao!!!! Do you see that...if you don't you're fucked!
ZackMylde 1 week ago
Ah. The infamous 10NES content control chip.
MIKON8ERISBACK 4 weeks ago
Question? Any thoughts on building a Clone NES system? Im pretty sure that in a few years all the replacement parts will go bye bye. So whats your take on building a Clone(CIC chipless ofcourse)
oceanofdarkstars1 1 month ago
@oceanofdarkstars1 no need to clone the CIC as the NES works without them, the Famicom (Japan's NES) doesnt have one. Also, there have been NES clones for a LONG TIME!! however the NES uses a custom 6502 processor so some games run with issues. Years back there were these NES clones in a game controller. With some hacking and you can make a portable NES that played the 100 internal games and carts too. That fad has passed though, today we emulate.
FoxxOTG 1 month ago
@FoxxOTG You see I want to do that with the NES and SNES too, Hell Maybe Even Sega Too, I Have the systems just sitting there, and nobody is rich enough to own every game so I wouldnt mind one that will allow for external imput
oceanofdarkstars1 1 month ago
@oceanofdarkstars1 check out the BenHeck Forums. I would firect link but youtube of course doesnt let you. I used to spend time there helping people out when I could. To be honest, a used hackable handheld like a NDS or PSP with emulators would be cheaper to deal with, and a lot sexier in the end. But if you want to build, GO FOR IT!!
FoxxOTG 1 month ago
@FoxxOTG To me there is nothing like an original. thats why If at all possible I wouldnt mind buying the individual chips and building the board myself if need be. I could just use a plain Chip programmer like ARD to add and remove system data onto the board. and tie in an SD slot in place of a 72pin cart reader Its not impossible. Just a total pain. Plus I can write the code out for a multi game loader and just set all raw roms to the SD. So anytime you start the system u pick and play
oceanofdarkstars1 1 month ago
i did exactly how you told me.now its a solid grey screen.what do i do now?
fiddlerj1 2 months ago
@fiddlerj1 clean your games and NES deck with some proper jewelry cleaner. This will remove oxidization buildup that cases bad electrical connection.
FoxxOTG 2 months ago
@fiddlerj1 i have the same problem
Hanneviik 3 weeks ago
Ok i did everything you did. It stop the red light which is good :D but i have to wiggle or bump my nes games to come up :(
Sackbotmaster 3 months ago
@Sackbotmaster clean your pins and games with jewelry cleaner. Dont bother with rubbing alcohol.
FoxxOTG 3 months ago
@FoxxOTG I tried since my friend gave me his old nes with super mario bros/Duck hunt Works fine every try
Top gun doesn't work well neither Dr.mario And super mario bros 2 Baseball also gives a bunch of troubles..
Sackbotmaster 2 months ago
@Sackbotmaster clean your games with jewelery cleaner. It will remove the oxidization thats built up over the decades.
FoxxOTG 2 months ago
So once I disable the CIC chip, does it mean I need to disable it on my games ?
djpain 3 months ago
@djpain no need to snip the CIC in the games. Didn't you pay any attention to what I said in the video?
FoxxOTG 3 months ago
@FoxxOTG Was watching it in a data center so at times it was hard to hear. Great video tho :) and thanks :)
djpain 3 months ago
i disabled the chip, clean and raised my pins it did fix the reboot problem but when i turn on the nintendo a yellow screen comes on and stays on.whats the problem ?
SuperCivich22 5 months ago
Tryd it. Game turns on some times. But it mostly gives me a solid white screen any ideas?
sofasuperstar 5 months ago
Dude don't hate on the CIC so much. Both it and ROB single handedly saved the video game industry. Vids wouldn't be what they are today with out them. But yes it is a pain now, but easy fix as you've explained
InfiniteNesLives 5 months ago
just sat here & fixed my U.K. pal NES, worked first time, many thanks, i have got them going by just a good clean before, but this one wont have that, so you tube was my next place to check out & your video was the first one i came to,
doubledragonuk 6 months ago
I wish I knew this back in 1989! Thanks for the info!
NuggetPumpkin 7 months ago
Thanks man! It worked!! Bringing back lots of memories!!
jwkinser 8 months ago
what ever happed to just blowing inside the console lol, thanks for the vid it rocks!
afreshstartedl 8 months ago
would it work if i just snip it? no sanding tool or anything
NeRiTiCGaming 8 months ago
@NeRiTiCGaming of course.
FoxxOTG 8 months ago
Awesome! You saved the day!
Btw, nice glitch in the end :)
Sunshinefornobody 9 months ago
My games live!!!! this mod was so easy i did this mod plus a new 72pin connector i can get most of my games to work pretty quickly. maybe still takes some wiggling or re-inserting but i no longer have the blinking light or have to bang on the side of the console to get the console to recognize this is great thanks
maxxy1955 9 months ago
wow, great vid, the most well put ive seen on this repair
Padoca85 9 months ago
wait quick question, instead of the system blinking, my screen is just different colors and wont start up, is this the same issue as the CIC chip ?
NYCxPLAYB0Y 10 months ago
OH MY FUCKING GOD BRO, YOU ARE GOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO, THIS WAS 18 MINUTES WELL WELL SPENT GOD BLESS !
NYCxPLAYB0Y 10 months ago
Thank you for making this video, it was extremely helpful.
Davoidbot 10 months ago
could you make a video on how to fix the controller ports. have replace the conector but having problem with controller port.
pavelmelnitjenko 11 months ago
I've never seen someone be so smart.
u should make a game sytem.
Sk8nicnac454 11 months ago
DO NOT DO THIS!!! I followed his instructions and I broke my 72-pin connector!!!
kingbrandus111 11 months ago
Thank you for the helpful info, however I did this now all I get is a steady blue screen. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME.
bigvic22sti 1 year ago
its not onely creepy that its playing that game its also creepy to look at the screen.
rollercoastermaniac2 1 year ago
my yonger bro took out the controller ports for my SNES do you know any replacement i can use?
rollercoastermaniac2 1 year ago
actualy your NES has new pins. the original pins don't show the top. my nes still works with the original pins. and im amased.
rollercoastermaniac2 1 year ago
could a NES work in 100 years?
superthundereagle 1 year ago 6
@superthundereagle its hard to say. In 100 years i guarantee there wont be a display capable of using an ancient video signal like the NES uses. If the NES was stored properly and not in a shit environment, I dont see why not. As long as nothing erodes the console like oxidization and acids, it should work just fine another 100 years from now. Those ICs and ROM/RAM chips are built to last! ... maybe an EMP blast of some sort could fry it.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
can you do one for the SUPER OR 64?
superthundereagle 1 year ago
@FoxxOTG Just make sure the dust doesn't clog any of the ports, and also make sure the games and controllers (and power/display cables) are stored, too. Keep water, sunlight and dust away from the NES. Just like you said, oxidation and acids will destroy it.
As for an EMP, it can only fry electronics that are powered on at the time the EMP impacts the device. If you turn the power off just before impact (or if you're in the miltary and your chips do this automatically), it should reboot fine.
Thunderchin 1 year ago
@FoxxOTG I know that's right!!! I found a NES rusted shut across the road and it works!!!
funandthegamemaster 3 months ago
my cousin had a bro witch set the nes on fire and it still works..
rollercoastermaniac2 1 year ago
Can i use contact cleaner on the pins?
hippyamp 1 year ago
@hippyamp Erm... i dunno. It depends on the chemistry of the product. I assume you mean ELECTRONICS contact cleaner, and not the kind of contacts you wear instead of glasses. Electronics Contact Cleaner should be safe to use, but read the label and make sure there is nothing corrosive to copper and tin.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
Shut your mouth you are cleaning the tub! xD Omfg thats funny!
Bylga 1 year ago
Help pleasse.
I bought a "new" 72 pin connector, and it works. But i can only play if i dont push the game down if i push the game down it starts blinking, what is wrong ? =s
urbanrivals 1 year ago
@urbanrivals they didnt sell you a "new" connector. They sold you a repaired one, and they bent the pins too far. You can try to disable the CIC chip, but I would try to properly clean the pin contacts in the cart connector to see if it helps. Oh, and on the games too, if those re dirty, it wont work well.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
@FoxxOTG Thank a lot for the answer but in the meanwhile i bought a new one and now it is perfect = D
urbanrivals 1 year ago
Thanks for the video man. I disabled the lockout chip because I could not get my NES to stop flashing. The game would load then it would just not stop flashing. I disabled the chip and now all I get is a solid blue screen. Nothing loads. I've tried multiple games and get the same thing. Any ideas?
Blllunttman1 1 year ago
Well the reason why they had the zero force insertion method is because of the video game crash to begin with.
The original design for the NES was going to be like the Famicom. But at the CES in 1984, noone was interested due to being burned by Atari and others. So they had to make it look like a toy and not see the carts just to get retailers to take it, hence why ROB exists.
snake2006 1 year ago
This is true. At the time VHS was very popular, so they wanted something that seemed more like a piece of home audio/video equipment, and not a toy, hence the 'Deck Loader" design. I have seen some of the early NES prototypes. Some looked like the belonged in movies like blade Runner. One of them was slim, sleek, chrome, the controllers were wireless, and the zapper had a folding laser gun design.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
the symptoms are: when i turn the nes on the screen flashes for a second then goes black and stays black and the light doesnt flash so i dont know whats causing it to not work
macezlo 1 year ago
@macezlo did you realign the pins inside the connector back to position?
This may be bad news. You should check your wall wart power supply and make sure its working. If thats ok, check your voltage regulator, should have a clean input, but damaged (overheats / age) it can spit out funky voltage levels causing the device to glitch. or not load.
Report back to us when you can so we know how it turns out!
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
i have cleaned my games bought a new 72 pin connector pulled the pin out of the lock out chip cleaned the board that the pin connector goes on and it still doesn't work wat am i doing wrong or can i do anything else
macezlo 1 year ago
@macezlo Good job at telling us what you tried, mind telling us whats wrong? Cant help much if we dont know the symptoms.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
ive had my nes for about a year, and mine wont even come on anymore. not even a blinking screen. ;_;
JoshTheNESKeck 1 year ago
I have a deck that is getting a red screen when I switch it on, game or no game. Any ideas?
tookmyjob 1 year ago
@tookmyjob dirty/misaligned contacts?? Thats really the #1 issue ive seen. Check out the full segment on BSoD Episode 33 for the full segment on cleaning.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
hey man, im so happy i found your video. ive been having some problems lately with my NES.whenever i put the carts in and play them the game starts out super glitchy, it starts acting as if i pressed keys like start or select ( no controllers attached in the first place) and it freezes. sometimes it works well for a few seconds then acts up and other times it just wont give me a decent start. now i tried cleaning the contacts on game carts using hand soap, i dunno if that was a no no or not.
fayekhelmi 1 year ago
@fayekhelmi i took out my 72 pin connector and pried the contacts back into place so it has a very tight fit with the cart contacts. but i wont be able to test it out for a few hours. so hopefully this will do the trick. seems like the weakest link in the NES is this 72 pin connector.
fayekhelmi 1 year ago
@fayekhelmi soap... wont do a darn thing. Water makes copper rust. Ill say it once, ill say it always, jewelery cleaner. absolutely the best thing to use. The NES may be more sick then just bad contacts, but first and easiest thing, clean it properly, if it still acts up, contact me and I will try to help.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
@FoxxOTG i cleaned the contacts and took out the 72 pin connector and pulled the contacts back into place... they were pretty bent back. its working perfectly now. your video was very helpful thanks :)
fayekhelmi 1 year ago
it only does this for one game that I have, and its licensed by nintendo AND it used to work in my nes
MaTToSauruSS 1 year ago
@MaTToSauruSS clean the cart, and not with alcohol, use proper jewelery cleaner to take off the tarnish from the copper contacts. Its the most common issue ive seen with cart based games. The copper tarnishes and oxidizes, like a copper penny will after time.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
You don't have to push the game down for the nes to work, even with the CIC IC working. In fact, you shouldn't to avoid the pin compression problem.
TheRegamers 1 year ago
I had the reset problem where all games WOULD work (I could clearly see the opening screen on every game I own) but it would keep resetting - I tried the pin bending to no avail (games are much tighter now which can't be a bad thing) so I went straight to cutting the 4th pin which worked a treat - my Nes is working like new - YOU ARE A GENIUS
UglyMunta 1 year ago
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I had the reset problem where all games WOULD work (I could clearly see the opening screen on every game I own) but it would keep resetting - I tried the pin bending to no avail (games are much tighter now which can't be a bad thing) so I went straight to cutting the 4th pin which worked a treat - my Nes is working like new - YOU ARE A GENIUS
UglyMunta 1 year ago
I had the reset problem where all games WOULD work (I could clearly see the opening screen on every game I own) but it would keep resetting - I tried the pin bending to no avail (games are much tighter now which can't be a bad thing) so I went straight to cutting the 4th pin which worked a treat - my Nes is working like new - YOU ARE A GENIUS
UglyMunta 1 year ago
You really don't need to ground the severed pin of the CIC chip, I 'modded' several european NES'es back when the 300-in-1 carts were popular and I just severed the pin and it'd be done. They'd run happy for years on end :)
Great video by the way
jeroenwu 1 year ago
@jeroenwu thanks. Yeah you dont have to ground the pin 95% of the time. Its just good electronics practice to not leave a pin in a floating state. In this case leaving it disconnected will work, but I have experienced times where leaving the pin floating made the console randomly blank to a solid color screen, not often though, maybe a total of 3 times out of a few thousand. Mind you ive had the NES since release day in the 80's and had a chance to service quite a few over 20 years.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
@FoxxOTG Also fun fact: some of the early NES'es (at least in europe) had a very crappy CIC chip which would disable itself after a reset or two, I've had the smaller famicom carts work after 1 or 2 resets on an unmodded NES ;)
jeroenwu 1 year ago
hi, I did the same thing with the chip except I only bended the pin out of place,I also cleaned the 72 pin connector and bended the pins, and all it did was gave me a grey and blue screen so I placed the pin back on the chip and there were times when it worked but not as it should, do you thing that the 72 pin is bad I already bought a new one on ebay I just hope it works!!! thanks.
groger371 1 year ago
@groger371 It depends how you cleaned the pins. Alcohol cleans of dirt, but not oxidization. As I keep mentioning, jewelery cleaner will clear off any gunk and junk from the contacts and make them damn near brand new. Its like using WD-40 to clean the rust off of metal. Copper can and does oxidize like many metals. Ever see a really shitty looking penny thats 25 years old? Imagine that is what the connector could look like.
Remember to clean your games too! Its not just NES that can go wonky.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
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Hi !
Congratulations for your video ! I've a problem with one of my NES ... I've some power failures while I am playing ... it's very boring ! Is it due to the regulator that you show in the video ? Please help me to solve that fu**ing problem !
Best Regards from France.
euronymous076 1 year ago
Hi !
Congratulations for your video ! I've a problem with one of my NES ... I've some power failures while I am playing ... it's very boring ! Is it due to the regulator that you show in the video ? Please help me to solve that fu**ing problem !
Best Regards from France.
euronymous076 1 year ago
Hi !
Congratulations for your video ! I've a problem with one of my NES ... I've some power failures while I am playing ... it's very boring ! Is it due to the regulator that you show in the video ? Please help me to solve that fu**ing problem !
Best Regards from France.
euronymous076 1 year ago
C i C chip....
SolomontheCreatur 1 year ago
This is the worst repair you can done. Everything is caused by the 72pins connector.
You guys shouldn't do this unless you want to play games made for others continents.
ninluigi 1 year ago
@ninluigi care to explain why you think this? Seems everyone else had success getting their NES back to life with this information.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
lmao " if your parents come in and bitch and what the fuck are you doing in the bathroom tell them shut your mouth your cleaning the tub."
snower5554 1 year ago
Hi!!!, my nes works well but when i turn on the audio have a buzz, what`s sound like that????
darkside5633 1 year ago
@darkside5633 could be a bad Wall Wart Power Supply. Sometimes they introduce line noise from the AC Outlet. This is what we call a 60Hz Humm (or 50Hz if you are non-USA). Try a different Wall Wart, the NES can use anything from 9V - 12V (technically it can go to 36V but that would really overheat the regulator), it doesnt matter if its an AC or DC adapter as the NES has an onboard circuit to convert to DC anyways.
Swap out the wall-wart, if that doesnt work the issue is elsewhere. Let me know
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
what does the bottom extension port do. what is it function..
ladykiller0005 1 year ago
@ladykiller0005 its not used. It was intended for addon devices like a floppy drive. The Famicom (NES in japan) used it for a bunch of addon accessories, but they were never made available elsewhere.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
Awesome. Great video. I am going to take apart my NES just to see how it works first-hand.
LittleBlueJug 1 year ago
Thanks for making this video, it helped with something I was stumped on.
sorrystateout 1 year ago
mine resets over and over but a good slap on the side corrects this temporarily. although thats probably not recommended lol. but.....nothing but a grey screen. would a good thorough cleaning work? while im at it ill just disable the chip anyways but im just wondering if the cic chip is whats causing the grey screen. or if its perhaps a dirty game. thanks for any help. a+ on the video too. really informative.
loniedupre88 1 year ago
victory! everything works fine. thanks so much for this video.
loniedupre88 1 year ago
@loniedupre88 The CIC is causing the gray screen and reset, but its not the chips fault. Realign the cart connector pins, and clean all the contacts (games too) with some copper safe jewelery cleaner. Thats the #1 issue I see constantly.
I fished out a Gameboy game that was a horrible wreck. Didnt work at all. Looked like it was pulled from a sewer. Cleaned the pins off and presto. Works like new.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
Very informative thanks.
kssfury 1 year ago
You are very informed. Wish I new this back in the day.
Also, is it possible to just desolder pin-4 lift the leg to have a contact point.
Montauk198 1 year ago
NES ha ha 9 volts AC so silly
partylikepacman 1 year ago
why are you wearing nail varnish?
artifactingreality 1 year ago
@artifactingreality it protects my nails from excessive damage, and shows me how much my hands are taking.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
I watched this video last night and serviced my NES this morning. I re-aligned the connector pins and clipped pin 4 on the cic chip. I grounded it to the R/F box and got a pure orange screen. Then I removed the ground wire and now the console works PERFECTLY. Great video. Thanks for posting!
parsonsian 1 year ago
lmao "I hope you see this... If you don't, you're fucked."
teknotoast 1 year ago
Update. unpluged, undid it all.. Pluged back in, got it to play a game, but ONLY with Game genie.. and the grey screen.. also shows up with no game inserted. Leads me to believe. that in the past when we used game genie for a while, the pins got jacked up.. but I can't see the top row of pins.. (72 pin)
aphixe 1 year ago
@aphixe Yes the GameGenie did cause the pins in the connector to get 'Jacked Up'. Major design flaw. Go in and pull them back down like I showcased in this video and you should be ok. Might want to clean them while you are in there.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
i just posted a video response.. i hope to fix my nes.. i did pin tweak and cic chip.
aphixe 1 year ago
and still have an issue.. check video..
aphixe 1 year ago
I have 3 NES consoles, and all of them had the red blinking light problem. I cleaned up and rebent the 72 pin connectors, but nothing happened so I also disabled the CIC chip in two of them. It solved the blinking light problem, but now I only get a blank gray screen. What gives?
BryanSmash1 1 year ago
Have you tried to bend the pins back in place? Thats usually the main flaw of the NES.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
@FoxxOTG
Yes, but still with no results.
BryanSmash1 1 year ago
Tried to clean the contacts with copper-safe jewelery cleaner? It sounds like you have a cart connector issue.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
@FoxxOTG
I used a mild alcohol solution, didnt help though. I think my units are just junk unfortunately.
BryanSmash1 1 year ago
Clean the contacts on the mainboard with metal polish and buy another 72-pin connector on ebay for $7.49. Should work.
funion987 1 year ago
How accurate do you have to be when rebending the pins? do they need to be perfectly parallel? and do you have to do both rows? cause I can't seem to get to the top row
ImpostorM 1 year ago
@ImpostorM I just did the bottom row and it worked great. They don't have to be perfect, just raised up enough to grab the cartridge board again.
parsonsian 1 year ago
@BryanSmash1 clean your games. the best way is to open them up with a 3.8mm Security Bit and then rub up and down on the contacts on both sides with q-tips and rubbing alcohal.
DaFunk14 1 year ago
You said, there was a way to output nes.. as Component? if not, whats the best way, one could get ultimate picture out of the Nes.
aphixe 1 year ago
The NES PPU chip has an RGB output, google NES RGB mod. Pins 14, 15, & 16. RGB is a lot more crisp than the Composite signal. A little time with an iron to bring the points out to a connector, from there you can buy an RGB to Component Video adapter. This wont be Hi-Def, but since RGB and Component Video signals are higher quality, you will notice a big improvement in the display, most noticeable is the lack of scanlines in the image.
Google is your friend, dont hesitate to use it. Good Luck.
FoxxOTG 1 year ago
Hey FoxxOTG fucking greetings from fucking Europe (Oh no I hope 'fuck' isn't under your copyright ;-) ) My NES seems to have a yellow screen of death - I already disabled lockout chip (before doing this the NES always restarted).
Problem also occures when no game is plugged in. It even happens when I remove the whole connector. Btw. problem occures with cinch, no signal via antenna. Any idea?
chips seem to be okay.
Sandfish2k7 2 years ago
Fuckin' oi! - we need to stop saying fuck so much >:}
Humm, this sounds serious. Cover all the common issues. Make sure the power supply is putting out between 9-15 volts, or so. Check the regulator, make sure its not failing. If there is a PSU issue, it may make the hardware unstable. You cant run well with broken legs, the PSU is what makes the NES run.
Regulator on the NES should be 5V ONLY, not far off from It must be very stable and accurate.
Thats the first place to start.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
I recently got an nes and it's just fucked up
either it plays normally or I get the flashing white screen or the permanent white screen. I don't know what the fuck to do
ltfragmeister 2 years ago
Clean the fucking cart and deck pins with some fucking jewelry cleaner like I fucking suggested in the video. If that doesnt fucking work, realign the fucking pins in the fucking deck.This should get the fucking fucker working fuck right again. Fuck yeah!
Most common issues are dirty and misaligned pins.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
Gotta love your Fucking grammar :)
OlafurArons 2 years ago
@FoxxOTG
Already cleaned 'em, still didn't do it. (with 100% alchohol tho)
I took it apart like 5 times and I replaced the 72- pin connector. After that the shit still didn't work untill. It only works (for some really dubious reason) when I put the game in, but don't push it down.
Strange stuff going on in my NES.
Fuck.
ltfragmeister 2 years ago
Hi FoxxOTG, what is the expansion piece under the motherboard used for?
pepsiturtle22 2 years ago
The Japan NES (Famicom) has expansion hardware like a floppy disk drive which fits into the cart slot which is a top-loader. The expansion under the NES is a hookup to the game cart connector so you can add in expansion hardware which would otherwise not fit into the NES Deck Loader.
Nothing was ever officially released for it, that I know of. Game Genie doent count since its made for the deck loader and not expansion bay.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
Will the lockoput chip mod work on a italian Mattel console? And make it read normal PAL carts?
lich0x2b 2 years ago
Couldnt hurt to try. Let me know if it works.
Thing is, some games dont run properly because of the 50/60Hz difference between PAL and NTSC video signal timings. Some games are not designed to run in another region, so the only way to know is to try it. If there are major graphics issues then I suppose it doesnt work.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
That shouldn't pose a problem, the Mattel is also PAL, just that it was distributted in the UK and Italy before Nintendo of Europe came here. It's just a different lockout chip as far as I know, no other hardware differences. The console will be here in max 2 days. I'll keep you posted :)
lich0x2b 2 years ago
Yes you could save in Zelda, just simply die and it 'll give you a save option.
LOLMikeHawk 2 years ago
wtf he says sony console at one point? did i hear that correctly around 1:14 mark? i think he meens NINTENDO
lukeshreve 2 years ago
i did thas and it fucked over my nintendo it only does a grey screen now
krankiev 2 years ago
okay, bad ground. but now it doesn't work well still, but the flashing on and off thing is gone. gonna try cleaning the connector AGAIN
krankiev 2 years ago
ok it seems alright now but i have to press reset before the game will load
krankiev 2 years ago
Well if the power light stays on your fine. The grey screen is normal. Now you just need to clean cart with alcohol and clean the 72 pin connector that connects the game to the mainboard. It should start working.
Or just download Jnes and some Game roms and get a cheap usb controller and enjoy.
jimmy101112000 2 years ago
first of all i got the emulator and I don't like it lol.
It works if i press reset without touching the game. I have cleaned everything. still fucks up..
krankiev 2 years ago
Excelent demonstration! I'm going to repair my connectors now, and also get a socket for that chip so I can remove it whenever I want!
coolbluelights 2 years ago
please help
jonny200029223 2 years ago
Did you clean your carts and connector, and reseat the pins in the NES console?
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
it killed my nes i now have a white screen with a humm noise???.... did just like said left flotting ,... then grounded it .... crap
jonny200029223 2 years ago
The white screen with a hum noise is from the TV not from the nintendo.
YOu do not need to ground the pin. I done my systems and the pin itself busted right off from the lockout chip. It works like it should.
I had old TV's which hummed real bad when there was a white screen.
If your getting a white or grey screen that stays on then you need to clean your game carts and 72 pin connector with alcohol.
jimmy101112000 2 years ago
nice vid.
twas helpfull.
ihearduliekgoatse 2 years ago
ok lets say i cut pin 4 on the chip what do i attach to ground? the chip side(top) of the cut pin or the circuit board(bottom) side? just wanna double check thanks excellent video
SsjSned 2 years ago
Pin 4 can be left floating, but if you can, Pin 4 to ground. Not Pin 4 Pad to ground. Someone posted a reply video to this, check it out.
Whomever posted that reply video, thanks.
All of these good replies and how much I have helped people with this has made me a lot less hostile to youtube...
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
Nice...anyone else notice that the chip to the left of the CIC chip has the AMD logo? Is that the CPU? Had no idea the NES used AMD chips.
matic3060 2 years ago
The NES uses SRAM for its RAM, much like the 486 computers. Not all consoles will use AMD SRAM, just so happens mine did. Very astute observation.
Th CPU is one of the larger chips on the board, its labeled NES-CPU on the board It should be labeled as a Ricoh 2A03 chip, which is derived from the MOS version of the 6502 CPU, and have big ol' label on the board as "CPU". Same for the Picture Processor Unit (PPU). All the chips have text labels near em' Goole the info on them, you can learn a lot.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
Thats awesome that you know so much about NES's (and I imagine other consoles as well). I actually did Wikipedia the NES and checked out the hardware specs right after I posted my initial comments. I really wish there were resources like this around in about 1990 when my NES started doing the reset of death! Then again, at 9 yrs old, I would have been way too scared to disassemble a $100 dollar piece of equipment.
matic3060 2 years ago
Yeah I agree. I got my NES back when it was close to $100, well, my parents did. I was always into electronics, even as a child. I took 6 D-Cell batteries and rigged it to the NES Power jack using some proper connectors, then used the RF pack and a 75-300 ohm coaxial adapter to hook it into a Sony black and white TV we had so I could play NES on long road trips. The TV came with a cigarette lighter adapter for power. Mind you this was somewhere around 1989...
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
@FoxxOTG does the cic chip disable kill the reigon lock as in pal games on american consoles
the0michman 2 years ago
Yes, it does. However PAL consoles are designed to have a video refresh rate at 50Hz to comply with PAL video standards, NTSC is 60Hz. Not all games will be playable because of this difference. I am sure you can use google to get a compatibility list.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
FoxxOTG,
the 80486 does certainly not use SRAM as the primary RAM, it uses DRAM.
SRAM is Static RAM and in PCs it is often used for cache -- SRAM is much faster than DRAM but also a lot more expensive, hence it is reserved for the cache, this is true even today.
The 486 has 8-16 kiB SRAM (cache) and uses FPRAM for its DRAM if I'm not completely mistaken.
getpagesize 2 years ago
very good tutorial.. better method for cleaning nes carts are taking then apart using brass polish with anti static cloth and rubbing the connector then using alcohol to remove residue looks like brand new after
zmamedotcom 2 years ago
any good tips for dealing with excessive static?
TheUncleBastard 2 years ago
well im not sitting here for 20 mins cause i fixed my nes already, if he doesnt say this well then i did my part. take the 72 pin connector out, find where the game goes in, the pins at the top might be bent down and not making a good connection with the cartridge, bend those up with a table knife or somthing that fits beneath the pin, now it will be harder to put the game in and out for a while but it should work. in case this makes little sense to you in how to do it, search "fix my nes"
Marioiswicked 2 years ago
sorry thats the wrong search i dont know what it is but the video is on youtube
Marioiswicked 2 years ago
This is the greatest explanation!!!! Thanks men!!!
a lot of years I can not repair my NES,i was
disappointed,and i 've searching to buy a new.I repair my old one and i have a NES like from a nintendo factory:)
THANK'S A LOT again!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D
rastadzver 2 years ago
Fantastic video! It helped a lot with my NES
bagelification 2 years ago
u make electronics sorta fun to learn lol
gingerfraggle 2 years ago 4
question
by cutting out the pin does that mean you can play any import game?
i have tons of imports that id like to try out :) someone please get back to me
by the way the guy in the video is a genius
BRAKESUK80 2 years ago
Yup, you can play imports. You may need a gender bender though. Jap Famicom carts wont fit in a stock NES without an adapter, but you can get one easy from some USA games, like Gyromite. They are in fact Jap games retrofitted to fit in the USA NES.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
excellent video mate
if i may - another question if you have a min :)
i live in uk and have aquired a european nes,when powered up i get the 1 sec cycle flash-can the same rule be applied to the european nes so that will work on a uk supply-thanks man
BRAKESUK80 2 years ago
I dont have a PAL NES so I can only tell you from what Ive read. Yes, you should be able to pull the pin out of the CIC and get it to stop. This should get imports working, but not all games are playable because of the PAL/NTSC difference.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
just wat to say thanks for the great video man.i opened up my nes like a tin of beans and snipped the chip.lol-she works like new now.first time loader and plays all my imports. respect fella
BRAKESUK80 2 years ago
Thanks, Im glad it worked out and my video helps.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
saved my nintendo! thanks i got it in a garage sale for 10 bucks and now it works, i had tried to fix it with the pins but it wouldn't work, now that i took out the chip it is fine thanks!
CameronKennedy1993 2 years ago
You're awesome!
JasonRox88 2 years ago
thanks man. my shit doesn't blink anymore
briahnanicole 2 years ago
ok so i just watche the video, now im going in!!!!
DeltaNineRnmbr1 2 years ago 4
fucking right it works great
projectink 2 years ago
Cool video! *subscribes*
Hey, isn't that an old AMD logo on the chip to the lower left of the CIC, labeled 9128-10PC?
KIFulgore 2 years ago
so damm good! thanks a lot!
djcrawleravp 2 years ago
That does it. The next NES I get is going into surgery!
Most helpful.
ForgetfulCollector 2 years ago
U Rock Man!! I buy in old nintendo's and sell them but i havent got further than replacing/refurbushing the 72p connecter, thnx man!!
TNXcrew 2 years ago
the best thing to do with the connector is just to buy a new 72-pin connector on ebay and replace it.I dont have ebay in my country so i had to repair the pins myself and thank god it worked
WithTheDmeister 2 years ago
"Earlier NES'es did not have a CIC"...better put would be to say that the Japanese equivalent (Famicom) didn't, all Licensed "Nintendo Entertainment System" console require it (AAMOF the first version or it's revision, but the newer chips desynced as locks).
Nice video though.
AWalYT 2 years ago
CIC Lockout Chip?, Don't you mean the 10NES Lockout chip?
spacequestfreak 2 years ago
The chip itself is labeled as CIC, the program that runs on it is called 10NES.
FoxxOTG 2 years ago
my 72 pin connector only has the bottom connectors
maxman231 2 years ago
Remove your connector and tilt on an axis away from yourself...they are a little back against the plastic.
AWalYT 2 years ago
I did everything and now it leaves the screen white color. :(
generationcbtis 2 years ago