NES 72-Pin Connector - Fix the Blinking Power Light
NES 72-Pin Connector - Fix the Blinking Power Light
- Part no.
- OS-72P
- Type
- AFTERMARKET
- Fits
- Front-loading Nintendo Entertainment System (NES-001)
- Won't fit
- Not for the top-loading NES-101, the Famicom, or clone consoles - those load cartridges differently
- Skill
- Screwdriver
- Stock
- Coming soon
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NES 72-Pin Connector - Fix the Blinking Power Light
$14.99
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Shipped since 2021
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Blinking power light? Flashing grey screen? Having to press the cartridge down to make it load?
That is the 72-pin connector, not the game. Thirty-odd years of sliding cartridges in and out spreads the contacts and wears them thin, and no amount of cleaning the cartridge fixes a tired connector. The 'blow on the cart' ritual worked because it changed the contact for a moment - the connector was always the real problem.
Brand new Old Skool 72-pin connector for the front-loading NES. This is the single most common NES repair there is, and it turns a blinking console back into a working one.
No soldering. The connector lifts off the board once the shell and the cartridge tray are out of the way.
