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Don't let me die (some questions)

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ChadTower:
You can't stick a pink eraser into the 72 pin connector of an NES.

Stingray:
Pretty sure he meant the contacts on the board, not on the connector.

-S

ChadTower:
I've opened dozens of NES and the contacts on the board are never a point of failure... if the machine is so dirty that the contacts (which are covered by about 5 layers of plastic) are dirty, the machine is already dead for other reasons.

RayB:
OK OK , well pink eraser on the contacts of your cartridge pins... and then whatever method you can to clean the contacts of the console's connector.  The point is it's usually just dirty contacts.

ChadTower:
It's a combination of dirty cartridges, dirty connector pins, and fatigued connector pins.  The connector pins are thin bent metal with no support.  After a while, the pins bend enough out of shape that tight contact is unlikely.  It's a crappy design.

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