Game genie 72 pin soldering?

Dark Savant0 · Post by **Dark Savant0** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:19 pm

Anyways, I was wondering how to solder the game genie to the board. Does anyone have pics? I wanna use the game genie 72 pin, but I dont know how to solder it. Like, do I connect one wire from each pin on each side, or one wire per 2 pins? Please help. Thanks.

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goodie · Post by **goodie** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:28 pm

All 72 wires carry unique signals, so you need a wire for each pin on each side. For a total of 72 wires. (This is assuming that you're using an NES board. If you are using a NOAC, then obviously, it would be only 60 wires.)

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:54 pm

The actual NES connector(the one that wears out) can be taken off, and you can soldier simply from pin to pin on the Game genie and the NES board with little problem, I believe...

Nes Man · Post by **Nes Man** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:25 pm

Look here.

http://www.classicgaming.com/nestable/c ... age1.shtml

Dark Savant0 · Post by **Dark Savant0** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:26 pm

Could I use a wire to reposition the 72-pin elsewhere, and what are the recommendations for said wire?

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:47 pm

Yes, and ribbon.

Dark Savant0 · Post by **Dark Savant0** » Mon May 02, 2005 3:59 pm

ribbon?

Post by **bicostp** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:32 pm

To tie up the box nice and pretty.

Really, they're referring to ribbon cable, much like the kind that connects your computer's hard drive to the motherboard. It's basically 50 wires glued together.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Tue May 03, 2005 5:45 am

I suggest that if you are trying to solder onto the actual 72 pin connector, you get the coating off with sandpaper or something. That conductive coating simply doesn't stick to solder well.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Tue May 03, 2005 5:58 am

I think that Floppy was 25 conductor or so, old IDE was 40 conductor, and newer IDE was 40 pins, but 80 conductors (grounds inbetween used wires to prevent crosstalk)

I think SCSI has 50 and 63 conductor cable, but that is going by pin number...I don't know if they use the same anti-crosstalk conductor doubling method as newer IDE cables. (Yes this means that using old IDE cables in a new machine can be a no-no...)

For what you want, I recommend one of the following:

Use a pair of 40-conductor cables, taking 4 conductors off of each, and wire that up.
Use an 80 and take off 8, but it may be harder, since you need to make certain that the 40 cables which are connected to each other(grounded) are all disconnected.
Best scenario: Use 2 80 conductor cables, and use the anti cross-talk cabability that is built into the cable already. ^^

Also, since GND and VCC both go to a pair of pins each on the cartridge, short those together at the connector, free up some connectors, and use the remaining 6(or 12) cables to carry controller 1's signals(conventional NES/SNES controllers only use 5 connectors, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, and White, and the other 2 wires are for other stuff like Light Guns.)

Dark Savant0 · Post by **Dark Savant0** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:16 pm

^^HUH^^

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Tue May 03, 2005 3:13 pm

simple translation: newer IDE cables are good.

Dark Savant0 · Post by **Dark Savant0** » Tue May 03, 2005 4:36 pm

Would you happen to have a part number and/or price? Thanks.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Tue May 03, 2005 6:00 pm

IDE cables are very common. And cheap. That's what is inside most computers to connect a hard drive or CDROM drive to a computer's motherboard.

Dark Savant0 · Post by **Dark Savant0** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:07 pm

GAH! 7 bucks at radioschack!

Any other place?