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I just want to know how the hell do you fit the buttons themselves, the plastic part that has that metal blade, what is that for? And no video shows that! I already know how to solder!

The best nondestructive way to disable the lockout chip (if cleaning and boiling the 72 pin connector hasn’t worked) is to de-solder pin #4 from the board instead of cutting it. A cheap $10 soldering iron and a pair of needle nose pliers works well.

Please cut nails😅

know anyone that somehow has screens laying around me to buy lol. I need 1 to replace my current gameboy

Thank you

So some reason I mess up the pins on the ribbon cable can it be fix?

This is how backlight mods should be done. By removing the LCD panel first, peeling off the polarizer and reflector becomes significantly less risky. Well done!

Subbed for the thorough visual and teardown. Keep it up!

This was confusing

Honestamente, eu fiquei entretido com este vídeo, mesmo que não pretendesse usar as informações que ele contém. Este é um vídeo instrutivo de alto nível. Satisfatório de assistir. Além disso, sua técnica de soldagem é linda. Obrigado!

O meu so da tela preta .... Eu uso Everdrive esse console é caro e nao tem nenhuma garantia

Soooooo i didnt see anything change on the screen as he was oerforming the tasks.. what was the ourpose of what he was doing? I would have thought thay after he performed the task that he wkuld have advanced to the next level or somwthiy....

Should I bin the pins back or forget about binding them or should I just boil the 72 pin connector ?

I was wondering what if you break one of the pins while soldering them back together

exactly what I was looking for, thanks

Great video! What do you charge to do this? It's just a little out of my wheelhouse and have a son that needs his repaired.

Nintendo got rid of the lock out chip in future cartridge consoles.

There is not adjustment on the “carriage” just get it aligned correctly and you can tighten the screws all the way down. If they don’t go all the way down it’s misaligned. Ask me how I know 😅 ha ha good luck guys

I have disabled the CIC chip on a couple NESs. I like to desolder that one pin and pull it out away from the board. It will work leaving that pin floating but it really should be tied to ground. You can use a short jumper and tie it to the ground for the chip.

Hahaha at this point I would just buy a replacement PCB and be done with it lol much cheaper!

bro did exactly it says not to do on the back of the zelda cartridge, it says no not power on and off rapidly lol it can break the battery in the game

I wish you would have shown when you put the LED light on the board. I need help with that!

Hi, I did try and one is ok, but the other side I break the golden ring, it came out whit the switch, and I have no contact, do you know if is possible to repair that conector??

this is great but is there a source of screens to make this useful?

buy a new 72pin lol

The struggle to find replacement OEM sized screens is real! I don't particularly want to trim the OEM clear shell. Any ideas what can be done?

8 year old video. Still great info

i did change one of the original shoulder buttons for a "clicky" one and now it doesnt work 😅, any idea what it could be?

Great video thanks. I hadn't used my NES for about a year turned it on and got a grey screen. I accidentally ejected the cartridge without switching it off. Led started blinking. I replaced the 72pin connector. Still blinking. After following your video it now works perfectly again. The light was blinking with no cartridge in not sure if that was normal. Can ejecting cartridge with power off kill the lockout chip? Thanks again :)

So why remove the 4th pin on the Nintendo chip? Do you have to do that when you clean or replace the 72 pin connector?

Open your nes fully then you see a chip with 1985 on it cut the 4th pin where the letters c8 stand and your done

The confidence in that “Ta Da” at the end was superb! Lol XD

you kinda sound like dream the minecrafter

I've had an issue with the brown (gray, in my case) screen whenever starting Legend of Zelda through my old Game Genie. Works fine without the GG, and all other games work fine both with and without the GG, so I'm chasing connection issues. I'm fairly certain my NES, which I've rebuilt from scratch using a NESessity 1.4 and Hi-Def NES kit, still has the OEM connector since I saw no evidence of the console having been opened up in the past. So as part of my troubleshooting I'll be doing the boiling trick (seems about 30 minutes is the ideal time for the metal to "relax" back to its manufactured position the best), followed by cleaning it and all my cartridge and GG connectors with DeOxIt F5. Next step will be replacing the small caps in the LoZ cartridge, which will suck since my son will lose his game save after I've already replaced the battery, but a necessary sacrifice if he wants to use the GG......

Thanks for sharing this video. The teardown part is valuable by itself. I couldn't find a picture or video of the insides of the Retro Duo anywhere else.

jajajaj TONTOOO le as dado calor hasta derretir el plástico bien por ti

Honestly, I would be entertained by this video even if I didn't intend to use the information it contains. This is a top-notch instructional video. Satisfying to watch. Also, your SMT soldering technique is a thing of beauty.

I brought my NES out of retirement around 10 years ago and it had the blinking light problem. I was told about boiling the connector but thought I was getting pranked and just chucked it and bought a 3rd party connector. It worked fine for quite a few years but ended up getting replaced again but it lasted less than half as long. I replaced it again in June this year and it lasted about 3 months. Because I was tired of replacing the connectors with declining quality I bought a bulk lot of old 1st party connectors. They arrived this week and so far I've tried two of them. They were either giving grey screens, garbled screens or would only work with the cartridge up. After boiling them they worked much better, some games take a couple of goes but most work straight away. I'm a true believer now. 😁

I disabled the lockout chip, I even cleaned several games I owned that did not have the game bit screws, and now I’m getting just a blue screen. I’m not getting the blinking light, but now I’m getting just a blue screen. I did clean the motherboard and I did clean the connections but now I’m encountering this issue. Any advice?

Hi Have you done this mod on the low battery LED?? I did both and switched it for a pink LED however it is not working, I got the power LED working replaced with a blue LED - any advice on the low battery led would be appreciated

Is there any reason why I should cut the pin after i pull it out of chip? Because I didn’t cut it and it works fine

oh man the scene where you melted the shell had me rolling!

So which way did you have the T ?? Left side or right side when placed on the motherboard?

same problem is hard but when the game enter no more problem the probleme is when i change another cartridge

Hey im not sure you'll ever see this message especially 7 years after the posting date but I really want to know if your technique or method for doing this has changed. The reason I want to know is because I'm planning on doing this myself and I'm unsure on how to go about it.

Has anyone tried the Nintendo NES 72 pin connector boil method to restore any other console cartridge reader?

Has anyone tried the Nintendo NES 72 pin connector boil method to restore any other console cartridge reader?

Please. Some friend could tell me where to buy a replacement LCD screen form my DMG Gameboy?

Thanks for your video. I was wondering why my WiiU GamePad came with 1 less screw on the RZ side bracket. It seems some batches are not screwed on that position.

Idk what happened but I have a black screen and a buzz now. Fml