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Posted on 08-30-10 06:17:19 PM

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They actually don't seem to have a repair guide for the SNES yet, unfortunately. I'd love to be able to fix my roommate's console, the second player port doesn't work right for some reason. Maybe I should just take it apart and figure it out..

Anyway, this site is pretty cool. I love how each console has a Q&A section that seems to have some thoughtful posts. Hopefully it'll do well.

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Posted on 08-30-10 09:46:11 PM

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I need the SNES guide too! every other console is fine and peachy, its the SNES and its processing of games like DKC2 and parts of Yoshi's Island that are bothering me.

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Posted on 08-30-10 10:19:47 PM

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Originally posted by yde
They actually don't seem to have a repair guide for the SNES yet, unfortunately. I'd love to be able to fix my roommate's console, the second player port doesn't work right for some reason. Maybe I should just take it apart and figure it out..

It might be a bad controller, a dirty connector, a loose internal cable, or a cracked solder joint. Isopropyl alcohol works great for cleaning electrical connections.

Originally posted by Viola
I need the SNES guide too! every other console is fine and peachy, its the SNES and its processing of games like DKC2 and parts of Yoshi's Island that are bothering me.

Sounds like your cartridges have dirty connectors. Use isopropyl alcohol to clean them off. Put a cartridge into the SNES before it dries off to clean the connector inside the SNES.

I don't need no stinkin' guide.

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Posted on 08-31-10 08:42:05 PM (last edited by kellykel at 08-31-10 05:44 PM)

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One time I was trying to repair a NDS, I got some fuses but then they were so small I still have not fixed it. With my GBA I just took some solder and bridged the fuse and it worked fine. I felt like fuses would be too much of a hassle and not worth it. Then I posted a guide and someone fixed their friends.

Edit: I do need to fix my SP backlight though. I got the idea of how.

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Posted on 08-31-10 11:36:07 PM

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I just want replacement joysticks for Gamecube controllers. I know they exist for the N64. Smash Bros. fucking ruins my controllers.

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Posted on 09-01-10 11:00:27 AM

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I have a nonfunctional Super NES, too, and I think the SNES Indiana Jones game killed it somehow. I think we have at least three other working SNES consoles (one of them being the redesigned version), but I'd still like to get that broken one repaired since it's the one I grew up with and I have a nostalgic attachment to it.

I also accidentally put a hole in my boyfriend's original SNES console when a chair fell over onto it. It still works, though.

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Posted on 09-01-10 03:38:54 PM

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Originally posted by Flying Omelette
I also accidentally put a hole in my boyfriend's original SNES console when a chair fell over onto it. It still works, though.

You're a terrible person.

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Posted on 09-01-10 04:57:17 PM

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Thanks, I've been practicing.

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Posted on 09-02-10 12:50:59 AM

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Originally posted by Joe
Originally posted by yde
They actually don't seem to have a repair guide for the SNES yet, unfortunately. I'd love to be able to fix my roommate's console, the second player port doesn't work right for some reason. Maybe I should just take it apart and figure it out..
It might be a bad controller, a dirty connector, a loose internal cable, or a cracked solder joint. Isopropyl alcohol works great for cleaning electrical connections.

Originally posted by Viola
I need the SNES guide too! every other console is fine and peachy, its the SNES and its processing of games like DKC2 and parts of Yoshi's Island that are bothering me.
Sounds like your cartridges have dirty connectors. Use isopropyl alcohol to clean them off. Put a cartridge into the SNES before it dries off to clean the connector inside the SNES.

I don't need no stinkin' guide.

The site also sells parts.

I've been meaning to fix my DS Lite's L and R buttons, and replace my Wii's nonfunctional fan though >.>

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Posted on 09-03-10 03:53:02 AM

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Originally posted by Viola
I need the SNES guide too! every other console is fine and peachy, its the SNES and its processing of games like DKC2 and parts of Yoshi's Island that are bothering me.

Sounds like your cartridges have dirty connectors. Use isopropyl alcohol to clean them off. Put a cartridge into the SNES before it dries off to clean the connector inside the SNES.

Allow me to reiterate: Multiple cartridges. It's an error in how they handle the illusion of 3D.

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Posted on 09-03-10 07:05:31 AM

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Originally posted by Viola
Allow me to reiterate: Multiple cartridges. It's an error in how they handle the illusion of 3D.

Mode 7 is broken?

I'm pretty sure that can't be fixed.

On the other hand, washing off a very dirty motherboard resurrected its previously-nonfunctional IDE ports, so it's worth a shot.

Before doing anything else, make sure you have appropriate screwdrivers (gamebit and phillips), isopropyl alcohol, cotton swabs (or an appropriate substitute), and a photographic guide on disassembling the SNES. My instructions are limited to the steps you need to get to the parts that you should clean.

• Unscrew the SNES case and remove the top.
• Carefully remove the eject lever. Pay attention to how the spring goes in, since you'll probably want to put it back together.
• Lift up the controller ports to get a better view of the ribbon cable.
• Unplug the ribbon cable from the black connector on the SNES motherboard. Don't pull on the black connector, and don't unplug the cable from the controller port board.
• Unscrew the power switch and move it aside (but don't bother unplugging it).
• Remove the six screws holding the edges of that sheet of metal with a hole for the reset button. The two screws on either end of the cartridge connector are longer than the other four.
• Carefully remove the sheet of metal. Underneath it you should see something resembling the right side of this picture.
• Use a cotton swab (or something) and isopropyl alcohol to clean off the pins of the S-WRAM/CPU/PPU1/PPU2 chips, and the two Sony* chips.
• Once it's dry, it's ready o be reassembled. You have the choice of just plugging in the ribbon cable and playing, or putting the whole thing back together.

*Sony? in my Ninte-- yeah, you've probably heard that one already.

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Posted on 09-03-10 01:39:00 PM

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Posted on 09-04-10 06:36:46 PM

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