Nintendo Purple Screen?

I think I'm gonna try to deep clean it better first. I really don't feel like spending 8 dollars or so on one yet. I know that seems cheap of me, but some part of me still wants this to be a deal.

 

Do not boil the connector as some people recommend. The health risks outweigh the benefit of being able to play some video games.

 

Health risks? He's not melting it down? What do you mean? I've used the boiling method before to clean up dirty antique knives I found at a garage sale, it removes all the debris if your luck, or at least loosens them enough to use say rubbing alcohol to finish the cleaning. As long as you dry it thoroughly it should not rust or corrode.

 

So, I may have to just buy a new 72 pin and see if it works. I don't have any other NES's in my house and I don't know anyone with one to check it out. Only other thing I noticed after cleaning was if I press the reset button half way multiple times the color on the screen keeps shifting from blue to green to white to a few others. Has anyone heard of this?

 

Uhh boiling the connector doesn't in any way melt the connector. If you're that paranoid about fumes just turn on your stove hood, problem solved.

 

So, people have tried placing the 72 pin connector in water and then boiled them?

 

Yeah, I tried it myself and did not find it very effective. Although someone recently told me that he uses this method however when they are dripping and hot he uses a cartridge to rub the connector pins which according to him is necessary to complete the cleaning process.
Well, I just hope he does not use his favourite cart as the connector cleaner...