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Cleaning N64 cartridge slot and cartridges?

Retr0gamer · 2011-02-13 20:17:04

Ever since I got my N64 second hand it's had trouble reading games. You'd usually have to insert the cartridges multiple times gently to get them to boot. The cartridge slot is what can only be descrived as absolutely disgusting and the console was bought like this. What's the best method for cleaning the cartridge slot…

13-02-2011 9:17pm

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Ever since I got my N64 second hand it's had trouble reading games. You'd usually have to insert the cartridges multiple times gently to get them to boot. The cartridge slot is what can only be descrived as absolutely disgusting and the console was bought like this. What's the best method for cleaning the cartridge slot and also cartridges while we are at it.

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#2 13-02-2011 9:19pm

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Cart slot - Credit card type thing covered in some sort of cloth. Dip in rubbing alcohol and insert into the slot.

Carts - Cotton swabs and rubbing alcohol. Or if you can get the pcbs out of the cases, try those crumbly rubbers.

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#3 13-02-2011 10:01pm

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Where do I get this rubbing alcohol you speak of or is there alternatives?

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#4 13-02-2011 10:08pm

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It's Isopropyl Alcohol. I'm sure you could nab some from college?

Maybe a DIY store? I robbed the stuff I used from my parents house so never had to buy it.

I've used just water before with cotton swabs on carts as it's worked well. The swabs come out black!

/Edit - old thread about getting it here..should still be relevant though -

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055640166

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#5 13-02-2011 10:56pm

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Nice we've **** loads of that in college.

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#6 14-02-2011 12:28pm

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Windowlene works pretty well too, it did a good job on the NES carts I tried it with.

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#7 14-02-2011 12:39pm

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Any idea what's in Windowlene?

Might want to make sure whatever it is doesn't leave behind residue that interferes with electronics!

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#8 14-02-2011 1:16pm

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Well it hasn't done yet anyway! Stuff evaporates pretty quickly, and obviously tried it with a couple of doubles first. Just used one side of a q-tip to apply it and the other to dry it up. Mind you if I'd have had rubbing alcohol handy that's absolutely what I'd have used

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#9 14-02-2011 5:38pm

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Since we are a small country and things are harder to get,Isopropyl Alcohol is actually used in many cleaning materials,example electrical contact cleaner,cleaning fluid in the ye olde tape cleaners,but of course let it dry out as its flammable!.

*check wiki and the actual bottle ingredients to learn more .

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#10 14-02-2011 5:42pm

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Appropriated a bit of ISA from the lab. We have a 5L winchester up there so I'm sorted. Can't wait to see how filthy the N64 really is.

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#11 15-02-2011 12:31am

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Thanks for the help guys. Cleaned my N64 and it actually wasn't so bad. Turns out it's some of my games that are filthy, specifically the ones I picked up years ago in gamesexchange. Tried Goldeneye which gives me some trouble. Q-tip came back filthy. Put it in the N64, worked straight away, no need to place it in gently and try it a few times. Next Perfect Dark, again works perfectly now. The final test was Blast Corp, a game that when I got it I thought it was broken until I got it to work after about 50 tries. Q-tip was absolutely manky. Usually I need to be really careful inseting the game into the N64 then perform a virgin sacrifice to the gaming gods before it works. Bangied it in and it worked first time. Now to clean my entire collection!

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#12 15-02-2011 12:38am

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Nice one

I always wondered, how the hell did some peoples carts get so manky? Were they spilling their coke on them?

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#13 15-02-2011 10:43am

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Always wondered that too o1s1n even some of my mates from the old days when I'd be at thier houses looking at thier carts they'd look like they were being stored underground in a coal mine or something. Now I don't want to call anyone a pikey but these people were pikeys because no matter how you look at it something that lives in a box and is taken out occasionally and put in a console beside the tv shouldn't be able to get in that condition

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#14 15-02-2011 10:58am

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Same, I remember a few of my friends would ask to swap Megadrive carts for a lend. Would have to take booklets out just in case they chewed on them.

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#15 15-02-2011 11:00am

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o1s1n wrote: »

Same, I remember a few of my friends would ask to swap Megadrive carts for a lend. Would have to take booklets out just in case they chewed on them.

Exactly they'd treat the games/cases/booklets as if they were nothing sure thier least favourite toy would get treated better than the games:(

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#16 15-02-2011 11:01am

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Retr0gamer wrote: »

...Tried Goldeneye which gives me some trouble...

Ah here we go again! Oh old on, you meant...

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#17 15-02-2011 11:09am

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Retr0gamer wrote: »

then perform a virgin sacrifice to the gaming gods before it works.

You kill yourself before turning on the N64 every time? :eek:

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#18 15-02-2011 11:20am

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Ah, genuine LOL at work in the middle of a quiet office. damn you

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#19 15-02-2011 11:28am

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o1s1n wrote: »

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Ah, genuine LOL at work in the middle of a quiet office. damn you

They'll be all like "Sshh here's yer man who laughs at his desk coming"

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#20 15-02-2011 1:18pm

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EnterNow wrote: »

They'll be all like "Sshh here's yer man who laughs at his desk coming"

Well it's still better than -

'shhh here's yer man who's always browsing boards.ie and never doing a tap of work'

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#21 15-02-2011 1:28pm

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o1s1n wrote: »

Well it's still better than -

'shhh here's yer man who's always browsing boards.ie and never doing a tap of work'

Oooohhh, o1s1n's consoles just got bumped to the end of the list :P

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#22 15-02-2011 2:12pm

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EnterNow wrote: »

Oooohhh, o1s1n's consoles just got bumped to the end of the list :P

I wouldn't do that if I were you. I rigged one of those consoles with a bomb. If the speed drops under 55mph...oh wait, wrong bomb.

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