I just opened the console and cleaned the port and memory cartridges and it still won’t read.

I reckon the hardware is getting too old.

However, I prefer the original hardware without any fancy upgrades like a new operating system.

Pieces are also chipping off inside and I just had my Dad fix the power cable port by gluing a piece back on there to fix the power cable usage.

Thoughts?

  • Fake4000English
    3•4 months ago

    Have you tried cleaning the memory card and port with isopropyl alcohol?

      • Altima NEOEnglish
        4•4 months ago

        Like separately? I’ve put alcohol on the contacts of the card and then inserted and removed into the system , over and over, to get the oxidization off. I have to do that with my n64 from time to time.

        • @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3•4 months ago

          If I can get at the connector I prefer to de-tarnish it with Flitz, then after a bath in contact cleaner I’ll goop it up with dielectric grease, which ensures I will not have to do it again any time soon.

          You can realign the leaf contacts carefully with a dental pick or, if that doesn’t come to hand, a pin with a short 90 degree bend in it. You can also truly realign the pins in specific connectors if the fancy strikes you; my front loader NES will now happily (and easily!) play cartridges without having to push them down.