Two Super Nintendo's don't work!

Bobmunkhouse

Bobmunkhouse

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Hi all,

Found 2 super Nintendo's in the loft both look fine but don't seem to work....both do the same thing they power on fine but nothing shows up on the screen....I bought a PAL composite RCA AV TV display cable that seem to have good reviews but still no luck...no picture or sound.....I have blown into them a bit and wiped with a cloth a bit but no idea if anything else I can do?

Both have no boxes or anything so not worth anything but would like to have a bash with games I have....

Any ideas or help would be appreciated....
 
Dunno what your loft is like or how they were stored but electronics don't tend to like sitting around in lofts - often end up with the copper on the PCB corroding into a green mess.
 
Rroff said:
Dunno what your loft is like or how they were stored but electronics don't tend to like sitting around in lofts - often end up with the copper on the PCB corroding into a green mess.
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Hmmm ok well it's kind of lofty....no more or less lofty then any other I guess...

So seems might just be knackered....

spoffle said:
Super Nintendo's what?
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SNES ....old school...
 
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try to clean the connections with a cotton bud and rubbing alcohol, then take a cart, do the same. Then firmly push the cart in and out of the slot a few times to effectively scratch off the layer of crap over the copper.
 
I've seen a few guys simply do the in and our bit only to bring consoles back to life. It'll be a poor connection between the cart and console pins
 
It's usually capacitors that fail first in old hardware, especially stuff from the 90's as there were a lot of dodgy capacitors doing the rounds.
 
Undoubtedly a poor connection with the cart or a TV tuning issue/dodgy cable. I've had dozens of SNESs in all manor of conditions and never seen a broken one.

Cleaning both the cart and the internal connector with rubbing alcohol is a good shout. You can clean the connector without opening the console by folding tissue around a credit card, dampen it with alcohol and pushing it in and out a few times.

Failing that try a different TV/cable/game (I assume you are trying it with a game installed, as you won't get a picture without one). If you can't get it to work on the new AV cable, try using the supplied RF lead and tuning to it if your TV still has analogue.
 
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