I finally got my old NES working again after 3 weekends of trying

So I dug my childhood NES out of my parents' attic in Sacramento after 20 years and it just flashed a blinking gray screen. I figured it was the classic pin problem, so I ordered a $15 replacement connector and spent the first Saturday taking the whole thing apart. The new connector got me nowhere, and it turned out the real issue was a tiny crack in the solder on the power jack that I only found after borrowing a multimeter from my neighbor. Total fix cost me about 12 bucks in parts and maybe 6 hours of actual work spread across 3 weekends. Anyone else hold onto a console way past its time and refuse to just emulate it?