Blinking red light NES

[Coops]

Hey,

My NES has a blinking red light. I removed the 72 pin connector and gave it a clean and it worked again for a few minutes. When I switched it off and back on it started blinking red again.

Would replacing the 72 pin connector fix this issue?

Thanks

 

[robotech]

You can boil the connector it dident work on my one
Or bend the pins back manually
Replacement connectors are avaliable but i was told to steer clear from them as the quality is crap

The blinking light is the connector issue i think as contact cleaner fixes mine for a bit then im back to the blinking light again i havent got round to doing the bending the contacts fix yet

robotech2020-08-25 18:51:57

 

[Coops]

I tried bending them but I was cautious as I was worried I might break them. I saw the boiling method online but wasn't too comfortable in boiling something plastic lol. I might have to try bending the connectors again and see if that works and if that don't work I will have to replace it and see how that goes.

 

[Coops]

So I boiled the pin connector (25mins) and connected it back together. I was a but dubious if this was going to work but after a few wiggles of a game it actually worked. Everytime I put a different game in I have to remove it and then re-insert it. I think I will need to replace the pin connector eventually but at least I have it working for now.