Finally Finished my NesP! problems UPDATE 9/5/05

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Finally Finished my NesP! problems UPDATE 9/5/05

Post by machina28 » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:49 am

Hello. Bought the book a few weeks back and after 2 looong weeks of soldering and cutting and bending and etc..i finally finished the Handbuilt NESP! HOWEVER! as luck may have it, i'm having some problems with it.

Now, the unit is getting power and the screen is turning on with leds and all, but it's flashing like this sort of light black and dark black, back and forth, back and forth. everything else seems to be werking, but i'm getting no game. i thought it was a cartridge problem, but after cleaning it, and the 72 pin connector, i'm still getting nothing..even when i adjust my volume controls and brightness, those two green features on the ps one screen sort of "bend/distorts" with the picture, when it flashes. the ONLY thing that i have not yet hooked up yet is the actual built in contoller to the nes motherboard, but i figure give it a try now, i just won't have any controls to the game yet...i just wanted to see it it'll even work.all the components are there and soldered right, i just have those 5 wires from handbuilt nes contoller (both right and left boards), to the nes motherboard left....should i hook these wires up and give it a try? i doubt tho' it would even make a difference...would it? HELP!!!

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Post by gannon » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:53 am

Sounds like it may be the lockout chip of the nes.
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Post by bicostp » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:06 am

Umm, you may want to re-name it. ;)

EDIT: Much better. :)
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Post by bioniclebert » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:10 am

bicostp wrote:Umm, you may want to re-name it. ;)
yup, and I can say that from previous experience. :)

Now its just the NES portable.
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Post by extremesonic » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:22 am

bicostp wrote:Umm, you may want to re-name it. ;)
:lol: :lol: :lol: i just noticed that now :lol:

machina28 friend: damn I sure could go for some Mario Bros right now
machina28: no problem, let me just whip out my pNES
machina28 friend: :shock:
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Post by G-force » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:45 am

What's so funny? They guys just asking why his PNES is not working...:shock: Oh!

Wish I could help you but I know nothing when it comes to NESp's that use the orinal NES (or pNes's for that matter)
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Post by machina28 » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:46 am

gannon wrote:Sounds like it may be the lockout chip of the nes.

whats the lockout chip on the nes? how do i get around it?
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Post by machina28 » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:47 am

bicostp wrote:Umm, you may want to re-name it. ;)
thanx for the "heads up"...

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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:54 am

i thgink you arent giving it enough power :wink:
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Post by gannon » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:15 am

I'm givin' 'er all she's got!
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Post by extremesonic » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:22 am

gannon wrote:I'm givin' 'er all she's got!
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power..??

Post by machina28 » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:20 pm

ok so should i just charge the battery a lil' longer than just 1 hour then? or should i have to re wire it to give it more power..i dunno..

thanks for the help so far tho' guys :)
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Re: power..??

Post by extremesonic » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:25 pm

machina28 wrote:ok so should i just charge the battery a lil' longer than just 1 hour then? or should i have to re wire it to give it more power..i dunno..

thanks for the help so far tho' guys :)
what kind of battery are you using anyway? can it overcharge?, if it can't then leave it for several hours(3-5)
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Post by halo2rules » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:19 am

if the battery is an rc battery u definitely have to charge it for more than an hour. they take forever to charge
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Post by machina28 » Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:29 am

heya, yes i am using the power supply that i got from radio shack. it's initially made for a remote control car, and comes with it's own charger...it's all from bens book..

i'll charge today as see what happens..
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