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Santa Cruz, California

I filmed this for another thread.
There's some issues with the quality of the video, and I can place the blame solely on my camera and the editing software.
Anyway, it's a pretty good overview, and if you know how to work a soldering iron, this is well within your capabilities.

I'm working on another cut of this video with some better software.
Stay Tuned...

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SLC, UT

Just tried this on the NASTIEST nes you'll ever see and it worked perfectly. Didn't even disable the lockout chip yet. Thank you!

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Santa Cruz, California

Years of experience, dude. wink

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San Diego

Your commentary makes up for the video quality! Instant classic.

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Santa Cruz, California
Vile wrote:

Your commentary makes up for the video quality! Instant classic.

I never realized that I said such crazy shit while I work...

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Gosford, Australia
Vile wrote:

Your commentary makes up for the video quality!

definitely this. actually the AV quality and lighting feels very 90s so it's kinda awesome like that. great video!

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Maine

do you have to ground it?

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Santa Cruz, California

I always ground it.
I've noticed that sometimes I'll get an NES that won't work if I just leave the 4th leg stump hanging.

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Medina, Ohio

Well, I cut my pin on my lockout chip, and didn't ground it, and instead of a blinking light, the light is always on. I'll ground it later, and share my results.

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Santa Cruz, California
dsv101 wrote:

...instead of a blinking light, the light is always on.

Clean your cartridges.
Use a Q-tip and some Brasso until the contacts are super shiny, then swab it out with some alcohol.

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Medina, Ohio

They work fine on my other NES, I done did screw up the CIC, I remember. I tore where the pin meets the CIC, It needs replaced. At least I have one fully functional NES. BTW, the light is always on regardless if there is a cart in

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Santa Cruz, California

I know. Disabling the lockout chip gets rid of the blinking light... it also makes it region free and lets you play bootlegged games.

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Medina, Ohio

That's why I originally did it, I was going to make some homebrew! But, I ran out of motivation after breaking the CIC. I should just get a game for a buck, and replace the one on my nes.

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Ottawa, ON
Teh D3th St4r wrote:

I always ground it.
I've noticed that sometimes I'll get an NES that won't work if I just leave the 4th leg stump hanging.

That's funny, some guy over on nesdev found that if pin 4 is grounded on some revisions of the 10NES lockout chip it would cause the system to be in a constant reset state (ie not power on) and that it would *sometimes* work if the pin was left floating.

http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php? … it=lockout

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Santa Cruz, California

I've never encountered that problem... he must be doing it wrong.
There's absolutely no reason for it to get stuck in a reset loop.

Anyway!
Get ready for some Famicom mod tutorials.
Coming soon to a youtube near you!

Last edited by Teh D3th St4r (Mar 12, 2013 8:33 pm)

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What does your knuckle tattoo say?