I'm refurbishing some NES's | Poal: Say what you want.

Almost forgot. Redoing the thermal compound on the only heatsink in the system. Take the old compound off with high % isopropyl alcohol. New thermal compound is arctic silver 5.

Update 7:

https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132131.jpg

System put back together enough for testing. IT'S ALIVE!

Final update:

https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132136.jpg

From broken and dirty to clean and working. If you have any questions or want more details on any of the steps please feel free to ask. I'm more than happy to answer any and all questions.

Thanks for reading!

https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132102.jpg Top one is already refurbished and tested. Time to dig into the other two. https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132103.jpg They're dirty. This will take a little while. I'll post updates of my progress. Update 1: https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132104.jpg Testing to see if it works. This one has the "red blinking light". Update 2: https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132108.jpg Someone has been in this before. These screws aren't even in all the way. Update 3: https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132110.jpg All torn apart. Time for cleaning. Update 4: https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132117.jpg Trade secrect. To clean contacts like this just use a pencil eraser. Update 5: https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132119.jpg Connectors all cleaned. Capacitors all tested. Time for a new 72 pin connector, piece it all back together and test it out. Update 6: https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132120.jpg Almost forgot. Redoing the thermal compound on the only heatsink in the system. Take the old compound off with high % isopropyl alcohol. New thermal compound is arctic silver 5. Update 7: https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132131.jpg System put back together enough for testing. IT'S ALIVE! Final update: https://imgoat.com/uploads/fc3d7152ba/132136.jpg From broken and dirty to clean and working. If you have any questions or want more details on any of the steps please feel free to ask. I'm more than happy to answer any and all questions. Thanks for reading!

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That’s pretty cool, sounds like a cool hobby

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