Best Cleaning Kits [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

kainemaxwell

11-22-2002, 10:37 PM

What are the best cleaning kits to use with various systems?

Raedon

11-23-2002, 01:22 AM

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Neo-Jorge

11-23-2002, 03:14 AM

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YOU READ MY MIND.....LOL

Thanks

CrazyImpmon

11-23-2002, 07:19 AM

Naturally... ;) of course make sure you're using the real Q-Tip as many cheap cotton swap tended to fall apart easy and you don't want to use magnifying glass and tweezer to pull out the strands from the cart connector.

Achika

11-23-2002, 11:57 AM

1 part alcohol
2 parts water
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To clean systems I use the scrubby bubbles bathroom foaming cleaner (well I use a cheap knock off from a local store--but I'm not sure how many of you have a Kroger's near by) And an old t shirt.

kainemaxwell

11-23-2002, 01:29 PM

How you recommend cleaning my old NES then (since i don't have a store-bought cleaning kit from Funco)?

Raedon

11-23-2002, 02:17 PM

you open it up with a philips head screwdriver and take the pin connector off.. Now just throw that in the trash and put a new one on.. cleaned..

kainemaxwell

11-23-2002, 02:55 PM

Would ya recommend this:
http://www.classicgaming.com/features/articles/nesrepair/

Raedon

11-23-2002, 03:06 PM

no, I tried that with an old NES i had when classicgaming first posted that and all it did was make it hard to put games in and get them out.. No one but the guy who wrote that thinks it works. If you're going to open your NES you might as well spend the $10 and buy a new connector.

kainemaxwell

11-23-2002, 03:42 PM

Found a site with the connectors for $5.99 online. Anyone know of places offline that would possibly sell them?

omnedon

11-23-2002, 06:37 PM

Which site online for $5.99 ?

please wid da linkage! :grin:

GENESISNES

11-23-2002, 07:01 PM

whenever i tried to do that to my NES, it was compleatly backwards from what the description said. i went about halfway down, and then gave up.

kainemaxwell

11-23-2002, 07:32 PM

A site many other NES sites have plugged as being the place where they get their connectors:
MCM Electronics- NES 72-pin connector (http://www.i-mcm.com/Search/level_5.jhtml?PRODID=47121&SKUID=46365)