$200 NES, but it's BROKEN - Extended Version

In this video I have two top-loading NES 101 systems. One is broken and won’t take in game cartridges, and the other has been modded at one point but was never finished. I’ll be trying to fix the broken one and take inspiration from the other, and hopefully I’ll have a fixed and modded NES of my own at the end!

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[NikoIreland]

I'm pretty sure I already watched this video a few months ago.

[darkstar]

I've definitely seen this a month or two ago but for my short term memory I'd watch it again to support the legend that is tronics.. hope your keeping well 🙏

[Willalvers]

Keep your tip clean ^_^ When inserting new capacitors what i like to do is bend one lead and keep the other straight & solder, then bend other one back up and repeat :) hope that helps.

[sahamal_savu]

That mod was really interesting to watch, I also didn't know about the top loading NES. Very cool video 👍

[gamingwithtoobock]

Hey TronicsFix I love the vids. the drop and catch at 29:53 was pretty epic. Keep up the great content.

[Stefan_Payne]

Things you learned from this Video:
If there are a big and a small cap next to each other and you replace both, you desolder both, remove both, then insert the smaller cap before the large cap and solder the small cap in first ^_^

[texastwitcher]

I end up learning so much from your videos. Not only entertaining but educational too😅

[dragonbb]

@TronicsFix Long, you sound and look good, brother. How's the fight going. I relapsed with my leukemia and now have to be one chemo for life every day. Mine is a pill I have to take. Chemo day for me so love watching your videos.

[pgreenawalt]

He pulled the age old solution to game cart problems - blow in it

[TheGuya]

I want to see more videos of you making your own stuff like that Lego console you made work👌

[BlackOmegaUK]

I was getting bored watching the desoldeing but then I realised it's usualy so edited down you have no Idea how long it actually takes or how much solder braid is used. So I sat back and enjoyed the realtime show.

[travismarshall]

I'm pretty sure the top loading NES' with video out had the same port as what you see on Super NES and N64.

Having the component cable plugs just jutting out looks wrong to me...unclean compared to the rest of the design.

[MRRacer]

the cleaning parts kept making me sleepy

[Asdasdas]

At what temp do you usually desolder?. Sometimes I have a really hard time removing solder from the through holes and I cant tell if I need higher temp or if its just the cheap braid I bought

[Scrildo]

The second one I think somebody just added those dummy “mods” on there to try and make maximum profit on the resale. Why go through all that and stop??

[KAPTKipper]

While Composite (or better) mods are great, there are also RF to HDMI convertors and they work OK

[Brett_is_Veng]

not "u F" its the greek letter "mu" which means micro and F is in this case farrads so its micro farrads

[texastwitcher]

Wouldn't that have been easier with the hot air instead of the irons?

[mikuneverdies]

AHHHH DUN BLOW in it STEVE-0~!! XDD jkjk O bloe in mine toooo~ Orz

[TheRepeatloader]

i had a friend tell me, solder tip goes bad, heat with heat gun and wipe with q=tip with vinegar ... then clean with alcohol to get rid of the vinegar.. i have had that work a couple times..but other times not so much... anyone have a better method to save a soldering tip? (ima cheapo) lol