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Metalwario64

Member Since 14 Mar 2009
OFFLINE Last Active Yesterday, 9:21 PM

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In Topic: Replacement NES 52-pin connectors...quality

Yesterday, 9:21 PM

The thing is, I don't get why anyone would want to strip it away in the first place. I would only use an abrasive like Brasso or very fine sandpaper if there was heavy oxidation and other corrosive defects on the contacts that other, less destructive methods could not correct; as a last resort, in essence.

icemanxp300 may be referring to heavily corroded contacts that they use Brasso on, but because I don't think it wasn't stated, I just wanted to throw that out there.

In Topic: Related topic: best way to clean the NES connector?

Fri May 25, 2012 4:28 PM

View PostBillyHW, on Fri May 25, 2012 2:59 PM, said:

And probably not the same reason people boil spaghetti.
Mmmm.... Spaghetti and NES cartridge connectors.... Yum...

In Topic: Replacement NES 52-pin connectors...quality

Fri May 25, 2012 4:25 PM

View Posticemanxp300, on Fri May 25, 2012 6:32 AM, said:

I guess you missed the part about deoxit!
Yup, you're right. I was pretty tired. :_( Forgive me.

In Topic: Replacement NES 52-pin connectors...quality

Fri May 25, 2012 3:22 AM

View Posticemanxp300, on Thu May 24, 2012 7:11 PM, said:

meanwhile clean board pins using q-tips w/brasso until all green/black is gone, I mean scrub hard.
That's a good way to ensure that system will not last in the long term. Brasso is a strong abrasive, and using it on plated contacts such as on the NES and games will strip away the plating, making oxidation a ticking time-bomb. I speak from experience too. I tried using Brasso once years ago, and it stripped off much of the gold plating on one of my NES carts, leaving me with faded, silver tinted contacts.

Do not use Brasso on plated contacts on NES systems and cartridges, unless you want them to be useless in a few years. Instead, I'd recommend Q-tips with rubbing alcohol, and (preferably white) erasers.

Here's information to back me up:

http://nesdev.parodi...1c0aa9c8d#42565
http://www.nintendoa...&threadid=26600

In Topic: Classic NES Series question (Game Boy Advance)

Sat May 19, 2012 11:56 PM

View Posttoptenmaterial, on Sat May 19, 2012 8:11 PM, said:

Don't know if this is relevent, but:

I have NEVER gotten the Classic NES Series roms to run on an emulator. My guess as a layman is because they are already being emulated, as evidenced by slowdown in games like Zelda when there are a lot of sprites on the screen.
If I recall correctly, that's due to a form of copy protection Nintendo instated on the classic NES series games (or just games around that time).

Also, Nintendo's stock emulator used on the classic NES series is pretty useless on its own. It only supports mapper 0 games, so it only supports a small number of games. I'm not up to date on which games used what mapper, but if any games were released which used any other mapper, it was because the emulator was partially rewritten for that specific game.

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