Nintendo security bit - problem solved

MasamuneX · Post by **MasamuneX** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:44 pm

hey, I can't exactly remember which site I got this off of but I did save a quote off of it.
"In short, I took a 3/16" hex driver bit, and in each of the 6 corners I superglued a 5mm length of 1/32" brass rod (see fig 2). The homemade bit worked perfectly, and with no help from Gaycar."
Pay almost 20 dollars for a security bit? FN vampires. Oh yea this is my first post. Not a bad one eh.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:23 pm

Thats a very creative solution maybe I'll try it on my Vagrant64 (n64p)...or......?

MasamuneX · Post by **MasamuneX** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:35 am

Went on google and typed in "6 corners I superglued a 5mm length of 1/32" brass rod" and guess what I found. Tahdah, http://swut.net/snes.html scroll down to find the pics.

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:53 am

MasamuneX wrote:Went on google and typed in "6 corners I superglued a 5mm length of 1/32" brass rod" and guess what I found. Tahdah, http://swut.net/snes.html scroll down to find the pics.

As I recall, the screws for the SNES are taken off by a 4.5mm game-bit(on NTSC models 1, at least), while NES/SNES carts use a 3.8mm bit. I own both. However, the 4.5mm game-bit also takes apart Genesis/32X carts. ^^ I was lucky. I got my 4.5mm game-bit from a flea market for $5 US. the 3.8mm cost me $20. ^^* not bad for not leaving my area of the state or having to buy online....

Basically what I'm saying is that this mod won't work for 3.8mm NES/SNES(and maybe N64) game-carts, since they use a smaller bit. You may have to use smaller brass rods.

MasamuneX · Post by **MasamuneX** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:22 pm

Hate to bring up an old post but instead of buying the 3.8 mm gamebit I just used a pair of small finger nail clippers. Just ask your momma she'll let you use em.

Post by **gannon** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:34 pm

I ended up modding a screw driver and turning it into a spacer screw driver. It's not exactly the right kind of bit, but it works fairly well.

Post by **Gamelver** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:14 am

what kind of screwdriver was it and what did you do to mod it, gannon?

Post by **gannon** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:50 am

It was a regular screw driver and I cut out the middle to turn it into a spacer bit. It basically looks like a U or a fork.