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So I have been having terrible luck with my consoles. The other day, my NES finally kicked the bucket. Today, I turned on my N64 to find that when booting up, it takes a few flickers to get going (if it even does). What gives? I looked at my pin connector; maybe a little dusty, but nothing out of the oridinary. Plan of action, anyone?
Also, how does one go about cleaning the n64 pin connector?
Tanooki
12-03-2014, 07:27 PM
Licensed (or not) N64 cleaning kit, doubt they're worth much unless maybe the new ones might be due to shenanigans. If that fails, a thin cleaning cloth, the type that's durable meant for glasses/screens, wrap it around a credit/library card. Soak that in 91% isopropyl alcohol and just run it in and out of there a bunch like a cart would until no more black/gray stuff shows up on the cloth.
Good call. You think that is the reason for the flickering??
Gameguy
12-03-2014, 11:39 PM
Take out the N64 power supply and see how that looks, try inserting and removing it a few times from the console. Also do the same for the jumper pak or expansion pak, it could be a poor connection. You can clean the connector on the jumper/expansion pak too. Finally, check the video cable. Maybe there's something wrong with the AV cable if not a dirty connection.