Those threads were stripped out because they are plastic and some people think that the screws need to be tightened by a gorilla. Tighten until they are snug. That's all that is needed.
I definitely think some electronic technicians generally use powered screwdrivers and most cases and definitely in all cases older electronic devices especially made of plastic. You should always use a hand held screwdriver.
That Nintendo looks really great condition for its age. It does look like they cleaned it as well maybe not 100% perfect but wow looks good before you even touched it
I've begun refurbishing my own consoles, and I'm having a lot of fun doing it and I do my best to clean every reachable nook and cranny for everything I send out. I don't charge exhuberant prices, and I don't deyellow my SNES or NES because I don't have equipment for that. Just cracked open my first NES, got it working for 2 minutes and then it went to a wavey salt and pepper screen and blinking lights so now I need to figure out how to clean the slot pins
Those screws were cross threaded and tightened too hard. A trick I learned as a repair tech for a major company was when I'm putting a metal screw into plastic I start the screw backwards until it "pops". Its at that point the screws threads are in what has been cut into the plastic already. If you just start screwing it in, there's a chance it will cut new threads into the plastic between what has already been cut. This weakens the plastic and potentially shears it.
Thanks for contributing to help make our lives better. Your videos help a lot of us by having relaxing and interesting content with a nice person. It doesn’t seem much but you have a positive impact on humans and society moreover you repair things ! I wished I would contribute this much to make the world better ! :) keep going on !
In a few months im gonna be starting a NES Collection from lukie games. Going to start small at first mainly starting with the system and a few mario games but im super excited! They had some good prices in my opinion but then again im no expert.
When replacing any kind of self-tappers I always turn the screw anti-clockwise very gently first as you'll feel when it drops back into the original thread. Then tighten up. You can sometimes get away with recutting the thread into aluminium if you don't align with the original but you can only do that once - after that it's stripped and you're into oversize screws 😮
This is probably the only cart they produced with glob tops. Just because they packed it in with the system for so long and it was cheaper to do. There is actually a Nintendo branding on the solder side of the PCB.
To clean pins , having worked in IT in the 80s and having had vic20 early 80s and owning loads of cartridges, you can use paper with IPA. Paper is also slightly abrasive.
Great content as always! I was wondering about the damaged threads. I do abit of refurbishing myself and have the issue especialy on the NES and SNES that the threads are damage already when i take it apart, if that is from aging or that someone previously overtightened the screws is hard to tell, and iv been thinking about it if i should leave that issue as an 'Things wear and probably wont be perfect again' or if i should glue the screws in, making them stick better but risking total damage next time someone wants to open it. Do you have any fixes or suggestions for that issue? Also iv been thinking about it for a couple of your refurbished check videos. I have the experience that the pads between the 72 pin and the motherboard itself get relly.. i mean relly dirty, if its from electrolyte spewage over the years or what not, but iv hade multiple consoles that go from reading poorly, to reading perfectly after cleaning those connectors.. Can you possibly do i swab test in the future on those pins, or any thoughts on that? :)
This a longer recut of a video he recorder before his treatments. That said, he is in remission so hopefully this will be what he looks like again soon. Unless he changes his look of course
200 plus bucks for that, damn, i got my nes, plus 4 Controllers, 2 advanced Controller gamepads, the 4 player adapter, and 1 game for like 100 euros a while back, i hit a jacktop deal it seems
Clean any game you get from Lukie. They've sent me games that dont work despite them saying its been cleaned, just to find the pins coming up dark green for three or four passes. Then they'll try and say that's not possible and go "we'll let this slide this one time". Disc games are also a gamble, majorly scratched that are claimed in good condition with the center ring covered in the white powder you found on the console.
sold the same for 40 euro like 9 years ago and it was almost brand new and yes i feel like a fool now ! and yes with games mario bros 1/duckhunt mario bros 2 and 3 , metal gear ,zelda, track and field
These videos are reuploads of older videos, just re-edited to be longer than the original on the main channel. These videos were recorded before he started treatment.
I can't help thinking that these "refurbishing" companies are running a scam. This one at least works, but that is a bare minimum, and for a price like this, it should be pristine, and it is not. For $234, you will get a squeaky clean console on eBay more often than not.
Amazing video as always Steve and it's great to see doing extremely well. I personally feel though for that price, they could have given you a REAL Mario game and not a knock off.
Wish was able to know where to get PS3 Controllers that are good be better if was a Sony or not as long lasts a long time under alot of use as there no where near me that repairs them even if was a simple problem like R1 button sticking down and not popping back up but the PS3 got drom Lukia Games still working since a few years
@@Darktophat_10 usually children call others children to make themselves feel superior over others. I’m glad you got that opportunity on a RUclips video. Must feel like a big boy now, mama’s gonna be proud.
A little squirt of chloroform on broken plastic, like the screw post of the controller, would bond it together without any residue unlike you have with super glue. But use it in well ventilated rooms :)
Oh yea lemme just go buy some chloroform because that won’t look suspicious 🙄… (lol I’m not funnin you I would just feel weird buying it, also where does just go by chloroform?)
Am I the only one that hoped Steve got keelt by the very first Goomba? Silliness aside, hopefully your recovery is going both well and quickly! I like this content, educating most of us on scam vs at least mostly legitimate companies. I agree with your point of "I'll pay a little extra for something that was advertised accurately rather than WAY overpay for being lied to." I've never purchased from a certain company that.. well.. straight up hasn't learned a damn thing so far, but I'd rather learn about other places as well that MIGHT be a little more reputable than those hacks at the other place. Another good video, keep up the good work and keep the retro culture alive! 🖤
The trouble with using Magic Eraser, or any sandpaper, is that it could be repeated by someone else on the same cart, or even just repeated by someone who doesn't know how to use it spareingly. I'm a firm believer in using white pencil eraser to clean metal contacts. I was taught taught that from my grandfather, in 1982, when cleaning Vic-20 carts, and still do it today. I also used to clean many the NES, Gen, SNES carts from multiple Funcoland stores, which sent us their inventory overage, so I've probably cleaned upwards of 10,000 carts, and I think I only had maybe 5 carts that the pencil eraser didn't fix. They all worked on the first try on a clean console. -Matt
To anyone who didn't know or was too young to possibly know, the original gun controller was actually a different colorway. The orange was a different shade of grey. They changed it when laws came into effect to make toy guns look less realistic.
All these companies you get what you pay even on Ebay.. just gotta do your own research. Yes, these companies have to make money but still crazy prices so again you get what you pay for.
Series two zapper gun. Changed to that disgusting orange because of Congress, Nintendo was being proactive after the change in regulations. Because you know somehow a plastic gray toy gun with a cord looks like a “real weapon.” I had the gray version growing up, it looks so much better.
Will never buy anything from Lukie Games again. Bid on a SNES lot that supposedly had a copy of Chrono Trigger in it with no label. The name was written on the cart. Turned out to be an NBA game but because they never listed it as Chrono Trigger in the info, they wouldn’t take it back. Way too fishy of a situation to me. Really looked like they either wrote that on there themselves to inflate the price or just didn’t bother to check the games. Shoddy business practices there.
I hope you never purchased any of my refurbished any esses on eBay, they will not pass your meticulousness lol. Wow, speech to text “NESes” Also, it could be possible that used power tools for the screws if they’re going to be working on a lot of machines and maybe that’s how the screws threading got destroyed. I’ve done that before.
This is all wrong...now everyone is a tech ? No liquids left on or in electronics ever all you need is a clean pencil eraser and a paper towel. It's not opinion there's a right and wrong way to do things and 99% of RUclipsrs got it wrong. I've repaired electronics since 1978 and I know for a fact no liquids should be used on that cart it's all fine until that PCB swells up like a sponge 🤔
Those threads were stripped out because they are plastic and some people think that the screws need to be tightened by a gorilla. Tighten until they are snug. That's all that is needed.
Yep, agreed
I definitely think some electronic technicians generally use powered screwdrivers and most cases and definitely in all cases older electronic devices especially made of plastic. You should always use a hand held screwdriver.
@@brickupgrades Yep gotta work faster for the slave drivers lol (Though sometimes they're too cheap to even give us those)
Please do Sega Genesis/ Sega CD repairs too besides NES and SNES console repairs!
I honestly don't ever remember him repairing or refurbishing a genesis before
I've got some here that I'll be making a video on.
@@TronicsFixLongs can't wait to watch it!
I'll be watching that one too :)
That'll be awesome!
Speedy recovery, Steve❤
That Nintendo looks really great condition for its age. It does look like they cleaned it as well maybe not 100% perfect but wow looks good before you even touched it
Been waiting for a new drop! Fastest and easiest click today. God speed brother in your recovery.
I've begun refurbishing my own consoles, and I'm having a lot of fun doing it and I do my best to clean every reachable nook and cranny for everything I send out. I don't charge exhuberant prices, and I don't deyellow my SNES or NES because I don't have equipment for that. Just cracked open my first NES, got it working for 2 minutes and then it went to a wavey salt and pepper screen and blinking lights so now I need to figure out how to clean the slot pins
thank you for another long video always look forward to theses
Glad you're enjoying them!
Purchased many games from them. I think they did a good job.
Those screws were cross threaded and tightened too hard. A trick I learned as a repair tech for a major company was when I'm putting a metal screw into plastic I start the screw backwards until it "pops". Its at that point the screws threads are in what has been cut into the plastic already. If you just start screwing it in, there's a chance it will cut new threads into the plastic between what has already been cut. This weakens the plastic and potentially shears it.
Thanks for contributing to help make our lives better. Your videos help a lot of us by having relaxing and interesting content with a nice person. It doesn’t seem much but you have a positive impact on humans and society moreover you repair things ! I wished I would contribute this much to make the world better ! :) keep going on !
This is such a sweet message, thank you!
Looking good! Love seeing the long vids
Hello Tronixfix, we need a video of you showcasing all of your tools.
Haven’t heard anyone else mention the light gun functionality on new tvs, nice info to have. ✌️❤️
In a few months im gonna be starting a NES Collection from lukie games. Going to start small at first mainly starting with the system and a few mario games but im super excited! They had some good prices in my opinion but then again im no expert.
When replacing any kind of self-tappers I always turn the screw anti-clockwise very gently first as you'll feel when it drops back into the original thread. Then tighten up. You can sometimes get away with recutting the thread into aluminium if you don't align with the original but you can only do that once - after that it's stripped and you're into oversize screws 😮
Isn't the smb duck hunt cartridge a fake?
No nintendo branding and 4 blob chips...
Yeah, that's why the screws were new.
This is probably the only cart they produced with glob tops. Just because they packed it in with the system for so long and it was cheaper to do. There is actually a Nintendo branding on the solder side of the PCB.
It's real
Nope it's legit, smb/duck hunt always has blob chips
I was wondering the same thing
My childhood right there, Mario/Duck Hunt.
SHIRT LINK?? We want that shirt Steve! Keep on kicking that recoveries butt!
To clean pins , having worked in IT in the 80s and having had vic20 early 80s and owning loads of cartridges, you can use paper with IPA. Paper is also slightly abrasive.
Great content as always! I was wondering about the damaged threads. I do abit of refurbishing myself and have the issue especialy on the NES and SNES that the threads are damage already when i take it apart, if that is from aging or that someone previously overtightened the screws is hard to tell, and iv been thinking about it if i should leave that issue as an 'Things wear and probably wont be perfect again' or if i should glue the screws in, making them stick better but risking total damage next time someone wants to open it. Do you have any fixes or suggestions for that issue?
Also iv been thinking about it for a couple of your refurbished check videos. I have the experience that the pads between the 72 pin and the motherboard itself get relly.. i mean relly dirty, if its from electrolyte spewage over the years or what not, but iv hade multiple consoles that go from reading poorly, to reading perfectly after cleaning those connectors.. Can you possibly do i swab test in the future on those pins, or any thoughts on that? :)
Nice to see the hair growing back.
This a longer recut of a video he recorder before his treatments. That said, he is in remission so hopefully this will be what he looks like again soon. Unless he changes his look of course
Looking good bro. Back to the old looks
These videos were recorded before he started treatment, they're just longer versions of videos previously published on his main channel.
200 plus bucks for that, damn, i got my nes, plus 4 Controllers, 2 advanced Controller gamepads, the 4 player adapter, and 1 game for like 100 euros a while back, i hit a jacktop deal it seems
You didn’t blow in the cartridge, or jiggle it back and forth or anything the first time you put it in. No wonder it didn’t work! 😂😝
Time is money. I'm guessing they are using screw guns and that's what's snapping the screw threads out. Glad to see you're doing better. 👍🏾🙂
I'm guessing that as well
Nice. Thank you for your work. Always its relief to watching your videos. I hope you are doing well. Best wishes from 🇺🇦
Nice to see you are better mate!
Thanks for the video. Is there a way to remake the treads of the plastic? Thanks.
When the game started, the music played in my head 🤭
Lol!
Clean any game you get from Lukie. They've sent me games that dont work despite them saying its been cleaned, just to find the pins coming up dark green for three or four passes. Then they'll try and say that's not possible and go "we'll let this slide this one time". Disc games are also a gamble, majorly scratched that are claimed in good condition with the center ring covered in the white powder you found on the console.
When you're bending the pins at 16:45, does that make them tighter or looser? Thanks
sold the same for 40 euro like 9 years ago and it was almost brand new and yes i feel like a fool now ! and yes with games mario bros 1/duckhunt mario bros 2 and 3 , metal gear ,zelda, track and field
Playing Mario without pressing the B button? Ok...
You didn't have to retro-bright the case! LOL (see Odd Tinkering for that process... LOL)
You're looking good, hope you're feeling better!
These videos are reuploads of older videos, just re-edited to be longer than the original on the main channel. These videos were recorded before he started treatment.
@@HMJ66 oh okay.. thanks
curious if the zapper is modifiable to work on flat screens?
The extra super glue after you got the piece into place; that’s why they pay you the big bucks Steve!
Gotta make sure it's nice and secure!
May be they are using electric screw drivers. May be that's why some of the screws are tight, loose and stripped
Yep, I think that's the problem
I can't help thinking that these "refurbishing" companies are running a scam. This one at least works, but that is a bare minimum, and for a price like this, it should be pristine, and it is not. For $234, you will get a squeaky clean console on eBay more often than not.
Yep
Baking powder on the glue would have made it go off more quickly and strengthen the joint :)
i would love to watch you play retro games all day!!! 22:30 24:28
i dont know if that was the perfect amount of super glue
@23:18 🎤Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama 🎶
-"Circle of Life" Lion King
Hey Steve, hair is back good for you…. My forehead continues to grow in other news lol
23:18 XD XD thanks for the laughs Steve!!
when you buy a new after market 72 pin connector the back 2 holes are bigger. every time I referb. a NES I have that issue with the back 1 holes.
Amazing video as always Steve and it's great to see doing extremely well. I personally feel though for that price, they could have given you a REAL Mario game and not a knock off.
It's a real game
Tronics when he tries to sleep at night, why wasnt the screw tightened all the way down?
Why won't the gun work on a flat screen television?
I say make a full Mario 3 playthrough video, all the best Steve
Wish was able to know where to get PS3 Controllers that are good be better if was a Sony or not as long lasts a long time under alot of use as there no where near me that repairs them even if was a simple problem like R1 button sticking down and not popping back up but the PS3 got drom Lukia Games still working since a few years
4:10 omg. I’m so immature….. I laughed at the sound that made. 😅
its ok, children are usually quite immature.
@@Darktophat_10 usually children call others children to make themselves feel superior over others. I’m glad you got that opportunity on a RUclips video. Must feel like a big boy now, mama’s gonna be proud.
Sprinkle baking soda on that wet super glue and it will make it rock hard
Imo, doesn't look like they did any cleaning inside. Maybe they tried the outside a bit, but it was a quick wipe.
Hello from Ecuador, big fan of your videos. I guess you didn’t notice when you open the game cartridge but that’s not an original game 🤔
It's original.
Super Mario Bros 3......The best Nintendo game ........in my opinion!!
I thought the 1st NES game motherboard looked like a repro
I saw on tiktok, that somebody cook 72 pin to clean it
I only use ipa and a pink eraser on my carts and they all play first try every time
That is a good way to clean them too!
I'm not 100% sure but the 72 pin connector doesn't look original to me.
10:25, better off using a welding plastic glue, that melts the plastic together like modelling glue does. Super glue is brittle.
A little squirt of chloroform on broken plastic, like the screw post of the controller, would bond it together without any residue unlike you have with super glue. But use it in well ventilated rooms :)
Oh yea lemme just go buy some chloroform because that won’t look suspicious 🙄… (lol I’m not funnin you I would just feel weird buying it, also where does just go by chloroform?)
Where does one buy this chloroform. Asking for a friend
@@mrtree1368 😂
Isn’t that cartridge a copy?
Nope
Methinks they were using a drill to put in screws thats why they is stripped.
Too bad you can’t use that light gun on your LCD tv.
Am I the only one that hoped Steve got keelt by the very first Goomba? Silliness aside, hopefully your recovery is going both well and quickly! I like this content, educating most of us on scam vs at least mostly legitimate companies. I agree with your point of "I'll pay a little extra for something that was advertised accurately rather than WAY overpay for being lied to."
I've never purchased from a certain company that.. well.. straight up hasn't learned a damn thing so far, but I'd rather learn about other places as well that MIGHT be a little more reputable than those hacks at the other place. Another good video, keep up the good work and keep the retro culture alive! 🖤
Jesus loves you!
The trouble with using Magic Eraser, or any sandpaper, is that it could be repeated by someone else on the same cart, or even just repeated by someone who doesn't know how to use it spareingly. I'm a firm believer in using white pencil eraser to clean metal contacts. I was taught taught that from my grandfather, in 1982, when cleaning Vic-20 carts, and still do it today. I also used to clean many the NES, Gen, SNES carts from multiple Funcoland stores, which sent us their inventory overage, so I've probably cleaned upwards of 10,000 carts, and I think I only had maybe 5 carts that the pencil eraser didn't fix. They all worked on the first try on a clean console. -Matt
Damn they sent a repro SMB cart? Yikes
No, some of the boards look like that.
Nope it's legit
This is a repro game
It's not.
@@BIayne Sure?
@@dkaytan Certain.
@@BIayne OK,seems Like repro because of the blobs and new screws
@@dkaytan the multicart games have blobs.
I have Mario/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet and Mario/Tetris/Nintendo World Cup boards which are the same.
Its unfortunate, but a lot of people just tighten way to much.
Very true
Geez all that wasted space inside a NES game cartridge
Haha yup.
Inside the console too.
Not all cartridges have boards that small but compared to the Famicom they are alot bigger
To anyone who didn't know or was too young to possibly know, the original gun controller was actually a different colorway. The orange was a different shade of grey. They changed it when laws came into effect to make toy guns look less realistic.
All these companies you get what you pay even on Ebay.. just gotta do your own research. Yes, these companies have to make money but still crazy prices so again you get what you pay for.
anyone else sing the mario level start music?
👍👍👍
ngl most "refurbished" sellers are a scam. For me refurbished does NOT mean a rattling controller and residue on the outside of the NES
You really need to up your Mario game.
all of that would of been like 400$ at a place like dk oldies lmao
Twice as much when new. What a fucking scam.
Still more money than i would pay . U just can't beat ebay get all that for under 100 bucks
Well, I am glad you are better at repairing these systems and games than you are at playing them.
Series two zapper gun. Changed to that disgusting orange because of Congress, Nintendo was being proactive after the change in regulations. Because you know somehow a plastic gray toy gun with a cord looks like a “real weapon.”
I had the gray version growing up, it looks so much better.
bad IPA will leave residu behind even 99%.
Will never buy anything from Lukie Games again. Bid on a SNES lot that supposedly had a copy of Chrono Trigger in it with no label. The name was written on the cart. Turned out to be an NBA game but because they never listed it as Chrono Trigger in the info, they wouldn’t take it back. Way too fishy of a situation to me. Really looked like they either wrote that on there themselves to inflate the price or just didn’t bother to check the games. Shoddy business practices there.
😂😂😂😂😂
Get well soon egg 🥚 head..
"Refurbished"
That game cartridge is fake, not sure if know already.
It's not.
It's really not
DeoxIT?
Amateur... EVERYONE knows that the way to clean an NES cartridge is to blow in it! 🤣
Lol
I hope you never purchased any of my refurbished any esses on eBay, they will not pass your meticulousness lol.
Wow, speech to text “NESes”
Also, it could be possible that used power tools for the screws if they’re going to be working on a lot of machines and maybe that’s how the screws threading got destroyed. I’ve done that before.
not a legit game cart.
That's a fake. Nintendo doesn't put that resin crap on the chips.
It’s not, it’s authentic. Nintendo didn’t do it often, but some games had glob tops. Key thing to look out for is if they are square globs.
It's real.
Some of the boards were like that for the multi-carts.
All smb/duck hunt have blob chips, that game is legit
who names these companies?? 40 year old 5 year olds? Lukie games...DKOldies....
That game board is not real Nintendo
It is real, Nintendo made those and some starfox games as cheap as possible when bundled
🇷🇺😙
Um isn’t that game a fake? I didn’t know Nintendo ever did the chips with epoxy resin on them
Yes they did
It's legit
Yeah that is definitely a fake Nintendo game
This is all wrong...now everyone is a tech ? No liquids left on or in electronics ever all you need is a clean pencil eraser and a paper towel. It's not opinion there's a right and wrong way to do things and 99% of RUclipsrs got it wrong. I've repaired electronics since 1978 and I know for a fact no liquids should be used on that cart it's all fine until that PCB swells up like a sponge 🤔
5TH! WOOO
Welcome!
Stupid Game.
Fake games no official logo Nintendo in a pcb sry Steve
That game is legit
The game is fake the broad has no nintendo logo lol
No, it's real.
It's legit