Removing rust from SNES mini pins that cannot be removed?

[SuperSonic]

Games play 2/3 of the time. The connector is in pretty bad shape. Anyone ever use Deoxit 5? Does it work better than rubbing alcohol. Also, my restart button only works half the time I guess there is dirt in there. Its solder to the main board and I guess I wont be able to buy a replacement.

[plasticMan]

try a small amount of wd40 on a q-tip or use unrust. again, i would only apply a small amount to knock off the rusted areas.
if you can disassemble it and get in there i would use a small piece of sand paper to scrub off the rust.

[SuperSonic]

try a small amount of wd40 on a q-tip or use unrust. again, i would only apply a small amount to knock off the rusted areas.
if you can disassemble it and get in there i would use a small piece of sand paper to scrub off the rust.

Got the rust off still just blank screen. I also got in another batch of snes and ran across another one with no rust doing th same thing. I have no idea what is going on. Can bad caps cause this? Can't really get a good test of the caps with just a digital multimeter so I was thinking about ordering a cap kit or something.

[Gameguy]

Do you actually clean the connectors in your consoles before testing them? There are cleaning kits available made to clean cartridge slots.

[RP2A03]

For the one that was rusted, I would just say to heck with it and use an emery board. For the one with no rust I would try cleaning the slot really good. To do this take a clean game and repeatedly insert and remove it, stopping periodically to clean the game.

[SuperSonic]

For the one that was rusted, I would just say to heck with it and use an emery board. For the one with no rust I would try cleaning the slot really good. To do this take a clean game and repeatedly insert and remove it, stopping periodically to clean the game.

I sand the slots with fine sand paper, compress air then use rubbing alcohol and a credit card.

Someone told me that bending the pins upwards to make them connect better can help but I dunno

I am having the same problem this guy is having


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDcGeh1RYj4

I also disabled the lock out chip.

[wiggyx]

Tarn-X. Seriously.

[vintagegamecrazy]

Possibly try a fiber glass pen to clean the contacts. You can usually find them at Radio Shack for a few bucks. I've used them on carts before with great results and they may be fine enough to get into the slot of the pin connector too.

[SuperSonic]

Tarn-X. Seriously.

Bought some today. Says needs to be rinse off? Do you just go back over it with a damp rag?