Cartridge Connector

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Cartridge Connector

Post by Mario » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:34 pm

Alright, so I'm building an NES portable. I come to the part where I need a new cartridge connector, so I spend 3 hours soldering one with two card connectors and ribbon cable. I finally finish, and it's the moment of truth! I plug it into my nes, and into a cartridge, and...
Nothing. Nada. Zip, zero, zilch. So I check all the connections, check all the wires, check the connector, and I try again. Nothing.
All that might have been to say that I cant make something right, but it isnt. Instead I was wondering if anybody knew where I could buy pre-made nes cartridge connectors.
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Post by schmellyfart » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:59 pm

Make sure the cart contacts are alligned with the card edge connector

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Post by THON » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:39 pm

Put the cartridge in the other way? I know that's happened to Ben more than once :shock: :roll:

EDIT: Oops... :roll:

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Post by Mario » Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:25 pm

THON wrote:Put the cartridge in the other way? I know that's happened to Ben more than once :shock: :roll:

EDIT: Oops... :roll:
I checked that too.

Maybe I need to make another one...
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whaaaa

Post by Notyu Oviosly » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:54 pm

NOOOO!!!

1. cartridge dusty?

2. did you add the extra wire like on ben's noac to kill any built in games?

Check these, before spending any more money :D
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Post by Seaniccus » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:49 am

I asked a question about "what connector" I should use for my NOAC project, and I was told that pretty much only ben has been successful with the floppy connectors, as the spacing is a little different and... well ben is awesome like that.

I know I never got MY floppy cartridge connector to work, and I eventually broke down and bought a game genie, then desoldered the connector from that.

Even though it's a lot of work to re-do all the sodlering, that's what I recommend.

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Post by kidw/32+systems » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:51 pm

That is because you need to bend out all the tabs in the connector to get good contact. The Nes game boards are thiner then the standard size.
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