I bought this game a long time ago just to have a copy (I already played it before). I decided to open it up to clean it and saw something I've never seen before in my entire life.
What happened to my NES game?!
Where were you keeping it? In the bathroom?
Yes, it was my nail filer. It also doubled as a door stopper.
fiberglass pen and a respirator and scrub away
Won't that scratch the contacts? They're already badly damaged from me trying to scrape off all these dried up diarrhea splotches from whoever last wiped their ass with it.
Wouldn't it just be easier to remove the pins and put new ones on? ??? Or desolder the ROMs and find a new board?
I've had some boards like this, too. Moist can be very awful. I usually just try clean them with polishing cloth and then use q-tips afterwards. Got all games running with that method.
QuoteWon't that scratch the contacts?
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Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on October 06, 2019, 07:50:59 pm
Yes, it was my nail filer. It also doubled as a door stopper.
HAHA ;D
I'd sandpaper the hell out of it and after cleaning with ISO put a new coating with electroless tin plating.
(http://giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/5gs9hVFjvPbcQ/giphy.gif)
That's why, children, you never blow in to a cartridges ;D :redcart:
Here what I fixed for game boy advance it was bad corrosion and 2 traces destroyed
This all seems like too much work/time for me. Does anyone want a free game?
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on October 06, 2019, 09:23:14 pm
Won't that scratch the contacts?
That's the point, scrape off the oxidation. It's not like you can turn it back into copper again anyway.
QuoteWouldn't it just be easier to remove the pins and put new ones on? ??? Or desolder the ROMs and find a new board?
I don't think you can replace the pins manually, and desoldering is a lot of work. The fastest way is to just scrub the pins with something abrasive, clean them and see if it works.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on October 06, 2019, 07:50:59 pm
Yes, it was my nail filer. It also doubled as a door stopper.
;D
I'd still rather not do this myself. So the offer's still up: anyone want a free game? I'll even pay shipping (but you'll have to deal with the handling :bomb:).
you did not say what is the name of the game :)?
1. Cut out the broken connector
(https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/3551927000_1571562772_thumb.jpg) (https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/3551927000_1571562772.png)
2. Remove soldermask from non-exposed part of pins using sandpaper or scotch brite
3. Make/order a piece of PCB with 2.5" pads on both sides
4. Solder it to the rest of board
Here is how I fixed 60 pin cartridge with 2 lifted pad that way:
(https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/7700355800_1571563014_thumb.jpg) (https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/7700355800_1571563014.jpeg)
Quote from: FAMICOM_87 on October 19, 2019, 10:29:34 pm
you did not say what is the name of the game :)?
Ass-Raping Pirates on the High Seas (http://bootgod.dyndns.org:7777/profile.php?id=369)
Quote from: krzy on October 20, 2019, 02:17:00 am4. Solder
I'm not doing that.
never played this :redcart:
I am sure that if you scribe a bit those contacts the game will work ;)
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Quote from: krzy on October 20, 2019, 02:17:00 am
Here is how I fixed 60 pin cartridge with 2 lifted pad that way:
(https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/7700355800_1571563014_thumb.jpg) (https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/7700355800_1571563014.jpeg)
Cool hehe Crazy style , oh I mean Krzy style ;D :D
A free copy of Lone Ranger covered in vintage slobber...
That's got to be worth something!
I'm interested.
The imperfections are whats make it, it.
Like the Japanese used to do, adorn the imperfection with gold dust to accentuate it living its life.
Kintsugi
So I took a flathead screwdriver to all the muck, wiped it down, and wiped it down again with isopropyl alcohol, and tested it again.
Woohoo! :D Works almost flawlessly, :) and without glitchy artifacts! :o
Quote from: krzy on October 20, 2019, 02:17:00 am
Here is how I fixed 60 pin cartridge with 2 lifted pad that way:
(https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/7700355800_1571563014_thumb.jpg) (https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/7700355800_1571563014.jpeg)
Will it really hold together with just solder? I'm thinking pulling and ramming it up and down the cartridge might break it.