SuperNES (Nintendo)
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Posted by mpm on July 2, 2008, 8:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options the niece & nephews, but it has a problem. Hoping someone here has experience with these... Some games will not play at all. Others will occasionally play - (which SEEM to be related to either reset button, or wiggeling the cartridge sometimes helps - but not all the time - and sometimes not at all. In other words - It could still just be random). Other games play just fine, every time, no problem whatsoever. I know I should take an eraser to the SuperNES game cartridge connector.. I intend to clean that. Is there anything inside the game cartridges that could wear out? I've not opened one yet - (will require glue to re-close?) But I assume it's just an onld-style EPROM and maybe a cap inside? Maybe in the non-working/flaky games the cap dried out?? (Total SWAG) I guess my question is: What was the most common failure with these game consoles?? And of course, and hints or suggestions are appreciated before I get the screwdrivers out. Thanks. -mpm | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Tim Williams on July 3, 2008, 9:52 am
Please log in for more thread options Tim -- Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk. Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by mpm on July 3, 2008, 10:21 am
Please log in for more thread options > Did you blow in the cartridge?
> > Tim > > -- > Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk. > Website:http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms > > > > > > >I have an old Super NES (Nintendo Game from the late 80's?) to give to
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> > the niece & nephews, but it has a problem. > > Hoping someone here has experience with these... =EF=BF=BD Some games w= > > play at all. =EF=BF=BDOthers will occasionally play - (which SEEM to be
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> > related to either reset button, or wiggeling the cartridge sometimes > > helps - but not all the time - and sometimes not at all. =EF=BF=BDIn ot= > > words - It could still just be random). =EF=BF=BD Other games play just=
fine,
> > every time, no problem whatsoever.
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> > I know I should take an eraser to the SuperNES game cartridge
> > connector.. =EF=BF=BDI intend to clean that. >
> > Is there anything inside the game cartridges that could wear out?
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> > I've not opened one yet - (will require glue to re-close?) =EF=BF=BDBut= > > assume it's just an =EF=BF=BDonld-style EPROM and maybe a cap inside? =
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> > in the non-working/flaky games the cap dried out?? =EF=BF=BD(Total SWAG=
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> > I guess my question is: =EF=BF=BDWhat was the most common failure with =
these
> > game consoles??
> > And of course, and hints or suggestions are appreciated before I get > > the screwdrivers out. >
> > Thanks.
> > -mpm- Hide quoted text - >
> - Show quoted text - No, but I'll clean those connections today too. I did find a Wiki article on the earlier Nintendo model, and it said some of the games have a "keep-alive" memory battery for storing game progress / results. I assume if the battery dies (which is almost certainly the case on some of these cartridges), that you lose the ability to save a game midway, but that it would still work in all other respects.?? Anyway, that's one more thing to try.... Thanks. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by BobW on July 3, 2008, 10:30 am
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> Did you blow in the cartridge? > > Tim > No, that's just a little ice cream. Bob -- == NOTE: I automatically delete all Google Group posts due to uncontrolled SPAM == | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Stephen D. Barnes on July 3, 2008, 3:09 pm
Please log in for more thread options Tim Williams wrote:
> Did you blow in the cartridge?
Actually the cartridge connector in the console should be
> > Tim > replaced. This is a common problem on those game systems. Just Google for NES repoacement cartridge connector. Regards, Stephen D. Barnes | |||||||||||||||||||
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> the niece & nephews, but it has a problem.
> Hoping someone here has experience with these... Some games will not
> play at all. Others will occasionally play - (which SEEM to be
> related to either reset button, or wiggeling the cartridge sometimes
> helps - but not all the time - and sometimes not at all. In other
> words - It could still just be random). Other games play just fine,
> every time, no problem whatsoever.
>
> I know I should take an eraser to the SuperNES game cartridge
> connector.. I intend to clean that.
>
> Is there anything inside the game cartridges that could wear out?
> I've not opened one yet - (will require glue to re-close?) But I
> assume it's just an onld-style EPROM and maybe a cap inside? Maybe
> in the non-working/flaky games the cap dried out?? (Total SWAG)
>
> I guess my question is: What was the most common failure with these
> game consoles??
> And of course, and hints or suggestions are appreciated before I get
> the screwdrivers out.
>
> Thanks.
> -mpm