• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Smug guy: "Blowing in NES carts never did anything"

Page 5 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Lol.. blowing does nothing. We have all the evidence that shows that simply reseating and scraping oxidized contacts through insertion will fix connection problems... and evidence that shows your pie hole isn't going to do anything special to make it magically spring to life. If there was anything covering the contacts enough that your wonderful set of lungs could correct, then it would equality be removed by the sliding of the contacts on the connector edge.
 
JeffMD said:
Lol.. blowing does nothing. We have all the evidence that shows that simply reseating and scraping oxidized contacts through insertion will fix connection problems... and evidence that shows your pie hole isn't going to do anything special to make it magically spring to life. If there was anything covering the contacts enough that your wonderful set of lungs could correct, then it would equality be removed by the sliding of the contacts on the connector edge.
Click to expand...
"Evidence?" I'd love to see it.

Absolutely none has been provided. That's why this thread exists. Supposition is "evidence" now?

Can you explain why, in the two-stacks test, the results were overwhelmingly in favor of blowing? Each game was seated only once. None of them were re-seated.

Lovely that the anecdote from the gentleman with the Game Boy got wiped in the forum reset 2 days ago. I don't even remember his username.
 
Last edited:
If actually blowing on NES carts did anything, then why did my friend that owned a used game store, use a swab and ammonia to clean the contacts of used games?

Put me in the "blowing is a useless superstition" camp.

Edit: No, I never blew on my carts, and I never had an issue. I never called them "tapes", either.
 
VirtualLarry said:
If actually blowing on NES carts did anything, then why did my friend that owned a used game store, use a swab and ammonia to clean the contacts of used games?

Put me in the "blowing is a useless superstition" camp.

Edit: No, I never blew on my carts, and I never had an issue. I never called them "tapes", either.
Click to expand...
I use a swab and 1 part 99% pure electronics grade alcohol + 1 part distilled water, as recommended by Nintendo's own official cleaning kit (yes, contradicting the warning label on every game).

You think we are talking about cleaning? We are talking about the assertion that blowing had no effect beyond just reseating.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top