NES 72 Pin Repair

Well it finally happened to my NES, the dreaded RLOD(red light of death). This is a simple fix I've done to a ton of NES's overs the years. It cost me about 7 bucks in all.. ebay seller -- the-eightbit-kid

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• Linuxfanman
• NES
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• 72
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• connector
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• nintendo

[Gambenoful]

Awesome video man! I love that you still play the classics on the old style TV! I've had my NES since my parents bought it back in 86 and it still works well...... after a few tries. ;)

[linuxfanman]

@Gambenoful Thanks man... I still have my original one as well, but it's boxed and in storage. I figured I'd use/abuse the one I got from a garage sale..lol.. Yep that's how it starts, certain games won't work and then none will after a while... That's what happened to me...

[sinistermoon]

Should have disabled the lockout chip while you were in there! I know what you mean by the tray not wanting to lock down if you tighten the screws down too much. I also notice that if you tighten down the middle front screw on the bottom of the unit, it will make it so you can't move the tray as well.

[linuxfanman]

@sinistermoon Yeah those screws are screwy... lol.. I've replace some connectors where they worked straight away, and then I've done it to where I had to adjust each screw separately on the tray to get it to work right... I think it all depends on how the connector was made, most are aftermarket nowadays and not Nintendo over stock like a few years back. The one's from China/Hong Kong I've had the issues with, that's why I went with an American seller this time around...

[NobbysPcHelp]

much easier than replacing a SNES cartridge connector.

[linuxfanman]

@NobbysPcHelp I'll have to check that out when mine starts to fail on the SNES....

[dominic123212321]

I think you should build an arcade machine with a PC in it and make that PC run all types of emulators, that would be cool :D

[camelwide888]

dude!!! I saw a commodore!!! wow!! do some vids about that plz!

[snake2006]

Might not have needed a new 72 pin connector. All I did is disable the 10NES chip by breaking the 4th pin and it works like brand new.

99% of the time, that is the problem, it doesn't make full connection and thus the lock out chip keeps resetting the NES to try and connect to the lock code in the cart itself. So by disabling the chip, it gets rid of this check and solves the problem almost all the time.

[linuxfanman]

@TheNews1990 It could be the alignment of the tray as well.. Keep playing with the screws on the tray until it works with all your game perfectly.. It's kinda like the Xbox360 RROD fix in that you have to play with the tension of the screws a bit to get it to work without issues... Give that a try to see if it helps..