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REV-A NES Cartridge Teardown

Device	NES Cartridge
Difficulty	Moderate
Time	30 seconds - 1 minute
Steps	4

This guide is by Ethan Rempel on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

Tools: 3.8mm Gamebit

Step 1

• Flip the cartridge face-down on your table.

Step 2

• Use a 3.8 mm gamebit screwdriver to undo the 3 screws on the rear of the cartridge, and set them aside.

Step 3

• Gently lift up the half of the cartridge facing up, and set it aside.

Step 4

• Gently lift out the PCB, and clean the pins with isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab. if the pins still remain dirty, carefully sand the pins with a very fine-grit sandpaper.

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