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Chances are if you've e'er owned or played a NES Organization, you lot've experienced the blinking screen or have had trouble playing your games. The cause for all these problems is bad electrical connections between your game cartridges and the NES console caused by a worn out 72 pin connector, dirt and corrosion.

With a petty patience, you can repair your NES System and games to a like-new condition. This guide will help yous disassemble your console and show y'all the areas yous need to focus on when cleaning and repairing.

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    Turn your NES upside downwards. Remove the 6 screws indicated past the scarlet arrows in the picture. Once the screws are loose, flip your console over once more and you should exist able to pull the pinnacle one-half of the case up. Exist conscientious non to loose whatsoever screws!

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    With the top half of the instance off, remove the RF shield. This is the big metal thing that covers about of the NES internals. Remove the 7 screws and you will exist able to pull it upwardly.

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    Remove the 8 screws holding the NES mainboard downward and pull information technology out of the instance. Be careful non to pull information technology too far because there are connectors nevertheless attached to the mainboard.

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    Remove the 3 connectors for the controllers and switch assembly. You will then be able to remove the mainboard completely out of the case. With the mainboard out, you can remove the lower RF shield.

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    Remove the worn out 72 Pivot cartridge connector from the mainboard. It might crave a picayune strength to get information technology out. You can toss the old 72 Pin NES Connector away as information technology probable is worn out past being usable.

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    The contacts connecting the 72 pivot connector oft go muddy and corroded which prevents the connector from making expert electric connection to the mainboard. We can ensure our new NES Connector 72 pin Nintendo Repair Part will make good contact by cleaning the contacts with our NES Repair Cleaning Paste and our Not-Static Cleaning Pads. I highly recommend using our cleaning paste to clean the contacts, it volition get rid of all the dirt and corrosion and bring back the contact to a smooth shiny surface. Using the paste, employ a minor amount on a Non-Static Cleaning Pad and scrub both the top and bottom side of the motherboard connector. You should see a lot of black clay and corrosion coming up from the connector - This will continue to come for quite some fourth dimension, even so in our experience you only need to continue cleaning until both sides of the motherboard connector appear clear of dirt and corrosion. After the Nintendo NES Repair Cleaning Paste has been successfully applied, Exist SURE to wipe the motherboard connectors totally clean with a Non-Static Cleaning Pad and some Nintendo NES Repair Cleaning Rinse. Make sure you remove whatsoever left over residue from the cleaning paste, and call up to clean and rinse both sides of the contacts past flipping the mainboard over and repeating the process (if y'all haven't already). Once both sides accept been cleaned and rinsed, dry with an unused cleaning textile.

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    In the same manner that you took off the sometime 72 Pin NES Connector, slide the new NES Connector 72 pivot Nintendo Repair Part onto the now clean AND Dry out Nintendo motherboard contacts. Over again, the 72 Pin NES Connector will be a tight fit, and then make sure to push it on all the way or it won't make proper contact. From this betoken, just reverse social club and put it all back together. One important note is to make sure the plastic tab at the forepart of the spring loader snaps in place, underneath the motherboard. If not, you volition notice that the spring loader will either become stuck in the locked down position, or will not lock downward at all. In any instance I recommend testing the unit out with a game to make sure everything works before putting the casing and RF Shield back on.

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  • Question

    Where can I buy parts to fix archetype Nintendo?

    Community Answer

    Endeavour Amazon, Craigslist, or any other resale website.

  • Question

    My NES comes on, but the motion-picture show is all digitized. How can I prepare it?

    Community Answer

    Maybe get new cables, or maybe fifty-fifty entirely new parts. Perhaps take it to a technology store and have them look at it.

  • Question

    What type of screwdriver practice I need to open up the NES?

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    You need a Philips caput spiral diver to open the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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  • Also, Clean YOUR NES GAMES! This cannot be stressed enough. Dirty NES games volition crusade your NES to testify a solid colored screen. A bad NES connector typically results in a flashing screen. It is best to repair your system and make clean your games to ensure you get everything working correctly.

  • Be sure to clean your NES motherboard to remove dirt and grime buildup earlier replacing the 72 pin connector

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  • Exist sure to ground yourself every and then often to avoid static build-up and shocking the system.

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Things Yous'll Need

  • Phillips head screwdriver
  • NES 72 pin connector replacement part
  • A Nintendo NES Full Repair Kit to clean games and replace the 72 pin connector

References

  1. The Nintendo Repair Store NES Organisation Repair Guide

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