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BetaWolf47
09-01-2009, 06:34 PM
When I opened up my new frontloader to clean, I noticed something. The controller ports are molded around the outside of the sockets, so that you cannot remove the ports from the socket without de-soldering the wire. On my other NES, the controller ports hang loose inside the system when I open it up, independent from the socket.
Sorry for the confusing description. I'm just curious if anyone knows anything about this, and if there are any other differences.
<EDIT> I can take pics of the first one when I get back to my apartment. As for the 2nd, maybe over the weekend.
Starwander
09-01-2009, 06:40 PM
Pictures?
izarate
09-01-2009, 10:37 PM
So, are you saying that the controller ports are molded in the bottom shell??
I've seen NESes up to revision 7 or so but I haven't seen anything like that.
I'd also like pictures, please.
Joe West
09-01-2009, 10:50 PM
yea pictures, i'd like too see that too...........\\^_^/
BetaWolf47
09-02-2009, 01:36 AM
Well, not molded perse... just that the plastic is placed on the other side of the socket from the wires themselves.
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9003/picture0006g.jpg
See how the controller ports protrude from the console? On my other NES, when the system is open, the controller ports hang loose on the inside.
izarate
09-03-2009, 09:46 AM
ummm...every NES is like that, isn't it? I think that your other NES is the weird one.
When I open any NES I have to unplug the controller ports from the sockets on the PCB to remove them. You said that you needed to de-solder them. So, are the controller ports permanently wired to the PCB?? That would be a first too.
BetaWolf47
09-03-2009, 09:51 AM
ummm...every NES is like that, isn't it? I think that your other NES is the weird one.
When I open any NES I have to unplug the controller ports to remove them. You said that you needed to de-solder them. So, are the controller ports permanently wired to the PCB?? That would be a first too.
No, I just meant that I need to remove the cables somehow if I wanted to remove the ports. I (falsely) assumed they were soldered.
My other NES is at my parents' house. I'll get a pic over the weekend.