Want to repare my NES

sk · Post by sk » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:45 pm

I still have my first videogame console stored in my place, but I can use it. When I turn it on, the screen gets alll green. I have already tried the old, and famous solution "Blowing into the cartridge" (At least it's famous in my country) but there's no change.

Trampoline · Post by **Trampoline** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:02 pm

Try blowing into the cartridge connector and if that doesn't work take a bottle of dust off (basically bottled air) and blow into both the cartridge and connector. You can also increase the springiness of the pins and you can find how to do that in other topics. Just do a search and you should be good to go.
Take care,
Jesse

scherzo · Post by **scherzo** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:31 pm

Find one of the many tutorials on the internet on how to replace the 72-pin cartridge connector.

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arfink · Post by **arfink** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:39 pm

Ummm, blowing in the cartridge is not going to do any good. Any moisture in your breath will get on the pins and corrode them. Then, just think what all that crap on the connector will do when you insert it onto your nes? Not good. Clean all your carts connector carefully with rubbing alchohol and a q-tip and see if it helps, and if you have to you can pull the old cart connector out and clean or replace it.

sk · Post by sk » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:59 pm

Well, I've already open the console and cleaned it with alcohol, but It still shows the damn green screen. I've been thinking about making it portable, but I suppose I have to be sure that it still works.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:12 pm

Too early...

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:27 pm

well, if you can open it, take a jewlers flathead screwdriver and push all the pins on the connector. Check gamefaqs NES hardware, they have a guide to doing that. I did that, it's harder to put in games, but it's worth it.