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Steve-o
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NES problem

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i recently aquired an nes and have it all hooked up. it turns on fine, can play the game fine, but after like 3 minutes it turns itself off. i'm not using the official power supply, im using a different one that fit the hole its output is 12v if that matters. could anyone help me?
PSp is about 70% done, just have to do the controller and case.
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Post by blackbox_dev »

The NES is overheating (doubt it), the power supply is overheating (more likely) or the power supply is just total crap. :wink:
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Post by Steve-o »

Is there any way I can stop the power supply from overheating?
PSp is about 70% done, just have to do the controller and case.
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Post by CronoTriggerfan »

Yup buy a new power supply :wink:! Preferrably an OFFICIAL Nintendo power supply.

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12 V., boy you're crazy, get one that outputs 9 volts!
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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 »

the NES has a 7805 in it so i think it'll be fine
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Post by Steve-o »

I found one with 9v, and it seems to be working fine now. Thanks.
PSp is about 70% done, just have to do the controller and case.
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