What to do with old NES connectors after a replacement

[erehwon]

I've replaced the connector in two NES systems and I kept the old connectors. I was wondering what I should do with these? Is there any way to fix them or should I just throw them away?

[BetaWolf47]

Well, you can always bend the pins back into place and give them an extra scrub. I'd just store them somewhere because there may come a point when they work better than the new ones for your purposes.

[gokugohandave]

I dont even replace em, i just rebend the pins with a paper clip and they work like brand new, so good in fact that you dont have to push the game down, just push it it and leave it. Just make sure to not break any off.

[Superman]

They usually are fixable, as BetaWolf mentioned.

If they aren't, you can always use them for target practice. :-D

[erehwon]

Well, you can always bend the pins back into place and give them an extra scrub. I'd just store them somewhere because there may come a point when they work better than the new ones for your purposes.
I've never actually tried bending the pins. I've heard of it, but I've never tried it. You mention giving them an extra scrub. What do you use to do that?

[NES_Rules]

I've never actually tried bending the pins. I've heard of it, but I've never tried it. You mention giving them an extra scrub. What do you use to do that?
I've been rebending the pins in my NES systems for years, it's really easy and works great.
I clean mine with a toothbrush dipped in rubbing alcohol. They're usually not too dirty, but it certainly doesn't hurt to clean them anyway.

[erehwon]

I've been rebending the pins in my NES systems for years, it's really easy and works great.
I clean mine with a toothbrush dipped in rubbing alcohol. They're usually not too dirty, but it certainly doesn't hurt to clean them anyway.

I don't really have to worry about rebending my nes, since I reacently found a toploader. I will try it though. I have a original style NES that I kept for my self and never fixed.

The connectors I replaced were in nintendo systems that I was selling on ebay. In one of those, I preferr to put something in that's brand new. I haven't really wanted to risk selling a system with the rebent pins. I like having 100% positive feedback and I haven't wanted to risk lowering it.

[mrmark0673]

If anyone here was looking for official 72 pins that have been removed from systems that they would like to bend back the pins on, I have at least 20 of them I'd let go for $.50 a piece plus shipping.

I just swap the pins because just doing that makes them sell better on Ebay. Many probably were fine before I swapped them.

[BetaWolf47]

I've never actually tried bending the pins. I've heard of it, but I've never tried it. You mention giving them an extra scrub. What do you use to do that?

You can use a few things. Sometimes, I use a dummy game (cheapest game in my collection or a duplicate game), take the chip out of the cartridge, slather rubbing alcohol on the pins, and repeatedly insert it in and remove it from the 72-pin. Then clean the game's pins with q-tips and rubbing alcohol, and repeat the process. Note that though this cleans the pins very well, it may bend the pins even more if they aren't already completely bent in.