cuting down the orig. snes

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:59 pm

is it possible to cut the orinal snes board down?

SNESguy · Post by **SNESguy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:57 pm

Yes you can, depending on which model board it is. If it is the 1992 model, like mine was, then yes. Look on the sides, where there is a lot of shiny metallic surface with nothing on it. That is all area that you can cut off. Be careful when you cut, because you may hit a few traces. As far as cutting mine went, it was successful and it removed about 1.5" from the width of the board.

If possible, find a fried board and practice with it first.

Good luck!

SNESguy

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:09 pm

i have a 1993
can i still take some off

Post by **gannon** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:24 pm

SNESguy · Post by **SNESguy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:17 pm

Ok there were three versions of the old SNES:

1st model- Year(s): 1991
This is the mark I of the original US SNES design. NOT good for portable use because of longer board and external bulky sound unit. No performance issues, but on a size scale, this is the worst to use. Motherboard is rectangular shaped.

2nd model- Year(s): 1992 to about 1995
This is the best choice because there are plenty of them(there are literally millions of them). The sound card has been replaced by two simple chips in its place. The motherboard is probably more power-efficient and has been shortened to a square shape and is more compact. Optimal for portable use.

3rd model- Year(s): 1995-1996
If you have your hands on one of these, you must have bought it when Nintendo was beginning to wind down the SNES era. This revision is possibly more rare than the SNES mini. Again, no hardware issues, and the only difference from the last model is a single audio chip instead of two. I think there is no size difference either, but I have only seen pics of this motherboard on the net and never in person. If you have one, then you are ready to make a SNESp, because it is probably the most power efficient of the three.

That's my grain of salt.

just doin' my job-

SNESguy

Post by **gannon** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:24 pm

Also, you missed that the last old mobo revision (95-96) has a 1 piece cart slot like the mini, not the 2 piece one like the others

SNESguy · Post by **SNESguy** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:28 pm

Oh yeah----

Like I said though, never held one in person, so I never knew!!

Learn something everyday!

[Homer] DOH!!!! [Homer]

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:43 pm

yes, basically With the things I typically do, I usually tend to cut off 90% of all that ground stuff around the edges. Thats how my dreamcast in in the ps1!

makes it smaller, and you really arent taking any traces out.

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:54 pm

and i have one more question
could i cut off the controller board on my snes and direct connect the controller to the 11 pins?

Houdini · Post by **Houdini** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:56 pm

This might sound really really stupid, but how do i know what year my SNES is?

atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:58 pm

Houdini wrote:This might sound really really stupid, but how do i know what year my SNES is?

Its written on the SNES board. Its in white lettering (pretty large) near the controller ports on older ones, but I can't remeber where on the mini (I've only worked with one).

SNESguy · Post by **SNESguy** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:40 pm

Yes you can connect the controller directly to the mainboard. That is what I did with my SNESp, but for some reason I cannot find my pinout for it.[/quote]

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:15 pm

I picked up two Super-famicoms this weekend with the intention of starting a portable. I sacrificed one pen so far to get out one screw. I would tear them apart, but the super famicom is a lot more streamlined than the US SNES and I'm going to try to make the case out of the console itself.

I wish my security bits would hurry up and get here!

Dubs · Post by **Dubs** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:05 am

@SNESguy

What's the best way to cut down the original?(scissors, knife, ...)

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:22 am

psychotic_mechanic wrote:I picked up two Super-famicoms this weekend with the intention of starting a portable. I sacrificed one pen so far to get out one screw. I would tear them apart, but the super famicom is a lot more streamlined than the US SNES and I'm going to try to make the case out of the console itself.

I wish my security bits would hurry up and get here!

But doesn't the super Famicom take a different type of cartridge? And plus it has programmkng to play the Famicom games only I think.