r/nes • u/SteveTheAmazing • 5d ago

Modding Repair complete!

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Bought a blinking red light NES to see if I could fix it and success! Luckily, it was just the 72-pin connector as usual. Boiled it, pulled the pins a bit, threw some DeoxIT in to clean up connections, and replaced the voltage regulator to fix some wavy lines in the background and now it's good to go!

The plan is to throw it in a new black transparent case, replace the caps, and add a PPU Digitizer mod when they come in. I'll keep this one as my main system and probably send the old family one to my brother after refurbishing it too.

Happy to get this NES up and running either way. Picked up Dragon Warrior 2 from eBay to celebrate, ha.

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u/Unlucky-Shop3386 4d ago

I love NES Tetris. good job.

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u/SteveTheAmazing 4d ago

Thanks! It's my delegated test game since I keep getting them in game lots for whatever reason. I'm up to three and avoiding more until I trade these in or sell them. Lol

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u/KimKong_skRap NES 4d ago

Damn that's a beautiful monitor!!

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u/SteveTheAmazing 4d ago edited 4d ago

LOVE that thing. My parents have had the Commodore since the 80's and it was boxed up for years until they asked if I wanted it. The monitor just needed a little degaussing along with a small magnet added to fix one color spot in the upper left corner. The C64 itself was another story, but it's now good after replacing three chips and a power supply.

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u/KimKong_skRap NES 4d ago

I grew up with the C64 as well, such an amazing computer! I still have most of our old game collection packed away!

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u/Accomplished-Egg-419 4d ago

Love seeing a C64 monitor. Really takes me back...

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u/Bahamut1988 NES 4d ago

Oh man, I played all my games growing up on this monitor, from C64 to PS1. loved it.