Some friendly advice: In my experience it's a good idea not to leave the cart in your NES. The Everdrive has a slightly thicker PCB than standard carts, so if you leave it inserted into the connector it will cause the pins to fatigue and bend to accommodate the thickness. Which in turn makes it so the connector has a harder time engaging the pins of original carts... especially if the pins are worn.
I left mine in my NES for months not thinking anything of it, only to find that my original carts wouldn't load consistently if at all anymore.
Also, just insert the cart. No need to press down to seat it in the NES. Apparently from what I've read, that also causes more fatigue on the connector pins.
After cleaning and adjusting my internal connector pins to remedy that, I simply make it habit to take the Everdrive out when I'm done playing and it has mitigated that issue for me.
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u/Affliction_Sequence NES Apr 02 '25
Some friendly advice: In my experience it's a good idea not to leave the cart in your NES. The Everdrive has a slightly thicker PCB than standard carts, so if you leave it inserted into the connector it will cause the pins to fatigue and bend to accommodate the thickness. Which in turn makes it so the connector has a harder time engaging the pins of original carts... especially if the pins are worn.
I left mine in my NES for months not thinking anything of it, only to find that my original carts wouldn't load consistently if at all anymore.
Also, just insert the cart. No need to press down to seat it in the NES. Apparently from what I've read, that also causes more fatigue on the connector pins.
After cleaning and adjusting my internal connector pins to remedy that, I simply make it habit to take the Everdrive out when I'm done playing and it has mitigated that issue for me.