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CopyNES USB available at retrozone

Jan 24, 2008 at 4:51:53 PM
NES.God (10)

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i purchased one, i can only hope that it wont take 2 months to get the package this time around.

Jan 26, 2008 at 1:15:07 AM
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12 left...if I had the money and some spare time...

Oh, yeah, I got mine today...seemed to be missing the 6-foot cable it says it comes with, though :/ .

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Jan 26, 2008 at 10:48:38 AM
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Mine was missing the cable to, but Bunny refunded me $5 to even it out. Came super fast this time, I was very excited to see it!

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Jan 26, 2008 at 12:09:15 PM
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Yeah, I just checked my e-mail, and he refunded me $5 too. Now to see what the local Dollar Tree has in the way of USB cables .

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Jan 30, 2008 at 4:51:31 PM
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And for those of you who are new to soldering:

The solder you buy usually has lead and the solder on nes's and carts definately has lead. Treat it carefully. Don't solder where your kids play!

The fumes aren't good for you either. Solder in a well ventilated area.

I used to solder in my home, but not anymore now that I have a kid. I go to my father-in-law's workshop/basement. I wash my hands very well when i'm done, and I solder on those big desk sized calendar's which makes it easier to clean up splatters (just throw away the top sheet).


Jan 30, 2008 at 9:43:41 PM
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And if you plan on doing lots of soldering, get a full station with a fume absorber. The one I have ( http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.... ) has a vacuum inside that runs the smoke through a filter. Makes me happy when I clean out the piles of white dust thinking that I wasn't breathing it anymore.

Feb 7, 2008 at 1:05:14 AM
Shags (65)
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I just got mine put together and let me say it was alot easier than I thought it was going to be. It took about a half hour and worked the first time. No problems at all. Im seriously thinking about doing a few of these. Thank You once again bunnyboy for a superior product.

Feb 15, 2008 at 6:43:18 AM
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Hi I got an USBCopyNES and it is not working for me. I am in the Process of reinstalling it in to another toaster.   I just hope the first toaster was bad.


Feb 15, 2008 at 4:48:10 PM
Shags (65)
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did the toaster work before you installed the copynes?

Feb 15, 2008 at 5:28:27 PM
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Just pull the CPU out of the CopyNES, plug it back into the NES, and power it up. Then you'll know if the toaster works and/or the socket or CPU were damaaged during your work.
Al

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Feb 15, 2008 at 5:59:03 PM
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I try putting the CPU back in and it did not work. So I think I grab the wrong toaster to mod! Thanks for the help!!

Matt

Feb 16, 2008 at 1:40:53 PM
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Well I put it into a working toaster and it worked. Then I added the wire to pin (16) and turned it back on and now the audio has static on it now!! I took it off and still have the problem. Please some one help!!


Thank you!!

Matt

Feb 20, 2008 at 4:30:17 PM
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How long time did you guys use to desolder the CPU?
I did probably use about 1 hour to get the CPU loose, I was afraid to heat the CPU too much at the time.
Fortunately both the CPU and the CopyNES worked afterwards, if I was to do this job again I'm going to get me a real expensive desoldering station
I used a Hakko soldering station and braid, maybe those vacuum suckers are better....

Feb 20, 2008 at 4:58:20 PM
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I can do the whole process in about a half hour, and the desoldering iron with the bulb on it works very quick

Feb 24, 2008 at 10:59:02 AM
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anyone successfully dump a cart yet? i tried to, but the rom didnt work. i tried ice hockey and the program said it was dump successfully but the rom didnt work. and then i took out the game and tried it and it said it was dumped successfully, which is really strange. i guess it isnt reading the game. i didnt hook up the flash wire though, do i need that for dumping?

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Feb 24, 2008 at 1:43:04 PM
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Did you choose the correct mapper?
I dumped Mario Bros and it worked when I tried it in a NES emulator.

Feb 24, 2008 at 1:46:14 PM
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Does the game run correctly when you choose Play Cart before dumping? If so, which mapper plugin are you choosing to do the dump? 

Flash wire is not needed for dumping, only for using the RAM Cart options.


Edited: 02/24/2008 at 01:46 PM by bunnyboy

Feb 24, 2008 at 3:44:12 PM
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i did choose the correct mapper (NROM). when i hit the play game button, it says "playing game hit ok to terminate"

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Feb 24, 2008 at 4:00:43 PM
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But is the game playing correctly when you do that, or is it just a 1 color or glitchy screen? If the game is playing correct, post the .nes file that is created. It will be legal to post since if its not working it won't be a copy of the game

Feb 24, 2008 at 5:54:01 PM
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ill have to dig out my small tv and hook it up tomorrow. but i am having trouble connecting the copynes. i am plugging into a good usb power source (in the back, not the low voltage front ones). It was working fine and then it stopped connecting altogether (i tried the reset thing too).

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Feb 25, 2008 at 3:56:46 AM
Shags (65)
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mine works fine and the one i did for starwander, i dumped a cart with it and it worked fine

Feb 25, 2008 at 6:01:22 PM
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i have the non working ice hockey rom, but dont know how to post the file. how do i do this?

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Feb 25, 2008 at 6:37:02 PM
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i got it to work! i found the tv and hooked it up and got the game to play. then i dumped it. i didnt realize the game had to playing to get the dump to work.

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Feb 26, 2008 at 7:18:28 AM
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Originally posted by: Bigmatt

Well I put it into a working toaster and it worked. Then I added the wire to pin (16) and turned it back on and now the audio has static on it now!! I took it off and still have the problem. Please some one help!!

Thank you!!

Matt



Can anyone help me??

Thanks!


Feb 26, 2008 at 3:25:33 PM
Shags (65)
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I have no idea I just did my third one last night and had no problems with it either.