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well, the easiest way is either using a heat gun, or getting a second cart slot and just breaking the original one in the process of removing it. I can sell you a SNES cart slot, if you want, I have a couple.

Thanks for the info everyone. As for cartridge slots, I have an extra one that I might ...

Hi. I'm trying to remove the cartridge connector from an SNES mini motherboard, but I'm running into some problems. I removed as much solder as I could from the pins on the bottom of the board using a solder sucker. When I try to remove the connector from the board, the pins are staying connected to ...

So now you have two working mini SNES?

I haven't wired up the first one yet, but I think I can pretty much assume that it had the same problem.

I'm just surprised that those two grounds (one for the 10v DC jack and another for the 7805 regulator) weren't bridged in the first place. On second ...

Well, I received my second mini SNES, made similar connections, and had the same exact problem. Because I was careful this time, I knew there was a problem somewhere with the connections I made, rather than the board being fried.

Then I had an idea. Why not connect the ground from the power jack to ...

I haven't rewired the capacitors. However, I looked more closely at the capacitors, and it seems like I burnt the last one on the right with the soldering iron (a little plastic on one side is burnt off). I somehow doubt that this would have killed the capacitor, but my electronics knowledge is ...

The A/V connector shouldn't be much of a problem. Nothing major is located near there, as long as you didn't rip up any traces.

Now stop jumping to conclusions!

1) Is the video on the LCD black or blue. If I recall, blue means the LCD is on but not getting any video, and black could be a few ...

1) Connect the +5 volts to BOTH sides of the mini snes 7805 regulator spot (NOT THE MIDDLE GROUND). For some reason this fixes lots of problems. (You can also save some power by connecting this point to a 7805 on the screen board, and removing the SNES's 7805 altogether. But do this after you've ...

Hi. I started working on making a portable SNES, but I can't seem to get my mini SNES working.

I managed to LED mod a PS1 LCD and hook it up to some batteries (2 x 3.7 li-poly batteries in series. I know it works because I was able to get it to turn on and work the volume and contrast controls ...