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7/9/2025, 11:25:01 PM
>>11854681
Had a similar problem with my current NES but much worse. I could never get any game to read, except once. I made sure the cartridge contacts were spotless, tried cleaning, boiling and rebending pins on the 72 pin connector. I was going to purchase a 3rd party 72 pin connector but read they can be too tight on the cartridge. As a final fix, I was reading on a forum board about a guy who was really passionate about Bar Keepers Friend and swore by using it to clean cartridges and the pin connectors. I tried it and made a watery paste and rubbed it onto the contacts and cleaned it off. Reassembled my system and games and they worked perfectly. My NES loads every game first time now, no issues. BKF is like $3 at any store. Try it if nothing else works.
Had a similar problem with my current NES but much worse. I could never get any game to read, except once. I made sure the cartridge contacts were spotless, tried cleaning, boiling and rebending pins on the 72 pin connector. I was going to purchase a 3rd party 72 pin connector but read they can be too tight on the cartridge. As a final fix, I was reading on a forum board about a guy who was really passionate about Bar Keepers Friend and swore by using it to clean cartridges and the pin connectors. I tried it and made a watery paste and rubbed it onto the contacts and cleaned it off. Reassembled my system and games and they worked perfectly. My NES loads every game first time now, no issues. BKF is like $3 at any store. Try it if nothing else works.
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