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Re: [nesmodifications] LED Swap

Are you certain the blue LED is rated at the same
volts as the red? If its too far off from what the
red one is the mother board will either be getting too
much or not enough juice (the resetting sounds like
its not getting enough). Also make certian you didn't
buy a blinking LED, sometimes they aren't very clearly
marked.

That's the only thing I could think of. I hope it
helps you fix the problem.

-Joe


--- foolish_smart_guy <foolish_smart_guy@...>
wrote:

> I swapped the standard red LED in my NES with a blue
> one. Now, when
> powering up my NES, it constantly resets. Has
> anyone else
> experienced
> this? I'm going to try to cut pin 4 on the lockout
> chip and solder
> it
> to a ground tonight. Hopefully, that will fix this
> problem. I just
> don't understand why this would have happened in the
> first place. The
> LED works fine. So, I know I didn't bridge the
> connection on the
> circuit board. Even if I did, looking at the NES'
> schematic, I still
> don't this behavior would happen. Anyway, just
> looking for some
> thoughts...
>
>
>
>
>




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I swapped the standard red LED in my NES with a blue one. Now, when powering up my NES, it constantly resets. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm going to...
foolish_smart_guy
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Jun 2, 2005
10:21 pm

Are you certain the blue LED is rated at the same volts as the red? If its too far off from what the red one is the mother board will either be getting too ...
Joe
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Jun 6, 2005
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I'm not sure what voltage the red LED inside the NES is rated at. I'd assume +5v because that's pretty standard for circuits with ICs. The blue LED I put in...
foolish_smart_guy
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Jun 8, 2005
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How do you go about disabling the lockout chip and what good does it actually do? I love my NES but I'm not to up to date with the lockout chip. ... ...
Russell Archey
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Jun 8, 2005
10:47 am

Lock-out chip was designed by Nintendo to prevent what is collectively known by various names but generalized as the "Video Game Crash of the 80's" If you are...
Ronald Schatte
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Jun 9, 2005
2:48 pm

Just a comment here: I've never disabled my lock-out chips but generally just replacing the 72-pin connector has fixed everything for me in the past (MCM's...
Ronald Schatte
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Jun 9, 2005
2:48 pm

... i changed my LED from red to green, I removed the LED put the voltmeter on the two terminals and came up with 5.06 volts replaced the LED with a green one...
Donovan Flannery
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