GAH!!! HELP ME!!!

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:52 pm

On my '95 SNES

Ok so I rewired the Game Port.

And a few other things, but I know those work (controller light was on. I might have fried that by accident though.)

I plugged it in to see if it would work.
And the controller port light filckered on and off rapidly, and some tiny sparks jumped on the game port connection on the motherboard.

I cleaned up the area wehre the sparks jumped, plugged it in, and nothing happened.

Have I FRIED my super nintendo? Or do I just have a bad connection somewhere? I know my game port is wired rather shantily, and several times a wire has broken loose.

But does the controller port rely on the Game port to run its light? Please help me!

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:00 pm

i looked at it. the whole mess was covered in flux. which conducts electricity. im guessing he managed to short a power line to ground, if not every other spot on the cart.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:02 pm

you may have connected ground to the 5 volts on the cartridge i'd reccomend taking ytou time next time. tin all of the wires and make solid connections. that way you wont have to worry about any wires coming loose

i guess you could check the 7805 to see if it is still outputting voltage that may be the problem

EDIT: sounds like you know this guy eh

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:05 pm

Guess i'll be making some flux.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:33 pm

Wel something is definitely fried or shorted out. Judging by the sparks and then no sparks I would say fried.

I can definitely say it's not the 7805 regulator, and that somewhere between the power and the controller port is not working.

Any suggestions?

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:41 pm

yah, get another snes and try again

.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:43 pm

I can see it now...$5000 for a SNESp, because I had to get so many!

Seriously though, a mini with some of the 95's parts would rock. Like the controller port that's seperate from the main board. Just plug it in when you want to do 2 player, and it doesn't make the case bigger.

Does anybody think it could be rescued?
I can get another one if I wanted to...$35

Post by **marshallh** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:56 pm

You might be able to rescue it if you put everything back in its place (resolder the controller port wehre it was originaly) and make sure there aren't any solder bridges.

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:31 am

<---- Use it...