Nintendo Entertainment System Controller Cable Replacement

Written By: themap504
  • Comments: 3
Nintendo Entertainment System Controller Cable Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

3

Time Required

15 minutes

Introduction

This is a fairly straight forward repair. Soldering skills are required.

Still possible even if you've only soldered twice in your life and are afraid you'll make a mess of it. You know who you are ;)

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    • Remove the 6 8mm screws in the back cover using a #1 Philips screwdriver.

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    • Lift the back cover off the controller.

    • Remove the cable from its holders to facilitate PCB removal.

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    • Lift the PCB straight up and out of the controller. Turn the board over to access the solder joints for the cable.

    • Desolder the 5 connections and solder in your new cable.

    • Wire colors are printed on the reverse side of the board.

    I did this, now pressing any two combo of buttons like up and b to jump triggers the pause button. Any suggestions as to what is causing this?

    Matthew Settle -

    I would check and make sure none of the solder pads are shorted together, or the cable is damaged somewhere else.

    themap504 -

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Author

themap504

Member since: 08/01/15

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One comment

My replacement plugs have different colors. Colors are yellow, white, red, black, and green. I’m also doing a max controller not regular nes controller. The max has yellow, red, white, red, and orange color schemes. Any advice. I wired up same colors and guessed for rest. figured black could replace one of the reds, and used green to replace orange, but console just resets over and over with that controller plugged in.

Daniel Melvin -