To relocate or not to relocate...

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:33 pm

Here's the deal. I want to relocate my SNES's cartridge slot. The problem is, I also want to turn it 90Â°, so all the wires will be different lengths and such. It wouldn't matter if I didn't (I'd save myself about 1/2-3/4" on my hopefully 1337ly small SNES) but if I didn't is there anything I should know?

Some exmaples would be wobbly games crash or if you hit it against your knee it'll crash too and such.

What are the disadvantages of relocating the cartridge slot? Is it hard? I don't want to wreck a SNES but I don't want a portable that sucks either.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:01 pm

Well, when It came to relocating my n64's cart slot, It took awhile, and it didnt work. Just make sure you go slowly (2+ days) and it shold work great.

Disadvantages If done quick: small unnoticeable errors
Disadvantages if done slowly: NONE

Just take-a some time

SS

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:10 pm

its kinda hard, kinda easy if ya know what im saying. if you do a decent job tinning and stripping all of your wires before hand it can go by really quickly and pretty easily. but if you just do a half assed job your in for one hell of a fun time

and rotating it 90 degrees is easy, just make sure your wires are kinda long

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:31 pm

I was planning something like this:

There's not much else in between the cartridge slot and the board other than a piece of plastic to protect the board from beinge exposed (on top of all those wires from the top of the board up to the back of the cartridge slot)

I'm thinking that I could make a cardboard case mock-up and THEN solder everything with the cartridge in the right location. I'm even thinking of wiring from the bottom and around the board to the cartridge slot on the top. (In the un-used space created by the bottom of the PSOne screen)

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:30 pm

its not like wires take up to much space why go through the hassle trying to solder shorter wires to save such little space

minkster · Post by **minkster** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:35 am

Just like what turbo said, spend more time tinning your wires. It makes the job a lot easier, although I've never relocated a cart slot, I find that tinning them makes soldering in general much easier.

Post by **Triton** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:08 am

what i did was i relocated it once and it sucked so i redid part of it, moved the slot ot the ohter side of the board and moved the wires around to reach it, works good

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:43 pm

That looks great. I think i'll do it like that. Only with enameled wire.