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Family Converter Troubles

Post by Kurt_ » Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:21 pm

I got my family converter today. And it's wiggly on the NES card edge connector part. It is rather bad. It causes the game to freeze unless it's in a certain position.

Are they all like this? Did I get a bad one? Fixes?
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Post by jeroen » Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:34 pm

try using a pin to put the pin's "tighter" this also works for "normal" cart connectors don't worry.

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Post by Kurt_ » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:08 pm

They're already insanely tight. After putting 3-5 carts in my hands started to hurt. But still, it wiggles a lot, and when it wiggles, it crashes.
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Post by kidw/32+systems » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:19 am

Yep all family convertors are like that cause they do not have a case to keep them stable.

Try using one in a gamaxe :evil: you move a tiny bit and it freezes.
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Post by Kurt_ » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:41 pm

So...how did G-force get his to be rock solid?
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Post by Kurt_ » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:11 am

Look, it's orange now!
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Post by Skyone » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:48 pm

Kurt_ wrote:So...how did G-force get his to be rock solid?
Hot glue and screws? :P

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Post by Kurt_ » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:53 pm

I mean, cart not glitching up wise.
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Post by Skyone » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:42 pm

So do I. Force it into the working position then stabilize it with screws.

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Post by Kurt_ » Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:30 pm

Elaborate?

You mean with a cartridge inserted, jam everything up to the side as far as it will go, then go crazy securing it into place with whatever I got?
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Post by G-force » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:18 pm

Kurt_ wrote:So...how did G-force get his to be rock solid?
Well you have to get excited first... :P

Did you mean on my latest one? Because it came with a casing, and it makes it much more stable than just the connector alone. My other ones also had a place for the cartridge to rest on plastic casing. Just add some plastic along the sides to meet with the casing of the cartridge, and it will hold it still.

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Post by CronoTriggerfan » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:49 pm

G-force wrote:
Kurt_ wrote:So...how did G-force get his to be rock solid?
Well you have to get excited first... :P
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Post by Bibin » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:24 pm

Do what I'm doing; take the famicom connector, and desolder it off. Then, use a VERY ACCURATE SAW THING or KNIFE and cut it right in half at the 15th pin. If done properly, you should have two 30 pin halves. When put on the left and right edges of a NES cart, the only missing 12 pins don't matter, as they are expansion port pins :D It's like the floppy solution, but with the perfect pitch and size.

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