taking apart the snes

[jediobi1]

so i took apart my snes to clean it and man was it nasty but i got cleaned and am trying to put it back together but am having a small setback, i just need to know if anyone here has done this and if so could tell me how the spring for the eject button goes? a picture would be great or a site with pics please let me know thanks

[xtkxhom3r]

lmao cant be that hard bro i dont have one to take it apart for you but if you can post some pics of yours maybe we can help you..

btw have you checked youtube? i wouldnt be surprised if there is a vid on youtube

[jediobi1]

lmao cant be that hard bro i dont have one to take it apart for you but if you can post some pics of yours maybe we can help you..

btw have you checked youtube? i wouldnt be surprised if there is a vid on youtube

i have checked both youtube and google and didnt find anything and will try and get some pics

[jmdixon85]

Found these 2 pics: dont know if they will help

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr8/jmdixon85/snes_10.jpg

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr8/jmdixon85/snes-motherboard-withcover.jpg

[xtkxhom3r]

its crazy to look inside of a snes it looks so empty... its amazing to see how far we have come... to the point where a phone has more power than 5 snes's put together...

[jmdixon85]

Too right mate. I remember in 1994 being happy with a Amiga 1200 with a 810mb 2.5" HDD and a motorola 68030 CPU (40mhz I think) and 16MB "FAST RAM" + 2MB "CHIP RAM". Those where the days. Wish I still had it to be honest.

[jediobi1]

Found these 2 pics: dont know if they will help

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr8/jmdixon85/snes_10.jpg

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr8/jmdixon85/snes-motherboard-withcover.jpg

yes they do help thanks, also for those that dont know the top one is like the snes mini i think or the pal version i cant remeber and the the 2nd pic is the first version of the snes that was released in the states i have the 2nd version,

[jediobi1]

has anyone ever heard of a site anywhere that you can buy replacement stickers for your snes games? the ones on my are either gone or almost gone and would to clean the games take off the old stickers and put new ones on

[hinderpits]

You could probably print them onto stickers if you had the image...

[rumbl3]

awesome to see people take stuff like this apart lol. I been doing alot of that lately to make a few bucks or fix things so i can get them cheaper or have a paper weight lol. Anyway only replacement parts i have found (when i had my snes collection) were the slot for the cartridges and stuff. Anyway now you can buy brand new super nintedo's

http://www.nintendorepairshop.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=79&cat=SNES+Systems

its been a long long time tho since i messed with this stuff. Anyway snes = greatest system ever made period

[jediobi1]

awesome to see people take stuff like this apart lol. I been doing alot of that lately to make a few bucks or fix things so i can get them cheaper or have a paper weight lol. Anyway only replacement parts i have found (when i had my snes collection) were the slot for the cartridges and stuff. Anyway now you can buy brand new super nintedo's

http://www.nintendorepairshop.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=79&cat=SNES+Systems

its been a long long time tho since i messed with this stuff. Anyway snes = greatest system ever made period

been there but they dont take paypal from what i have seen good site though

[xtkxhom3r]

any one have any idea how much a snes or a nintendo system is worth??? i have them in mint condition with a ****load of games

[jmdixon85]

I'd look on a ebay to get an idea of value. I wouldn't expect much at all unless you have a large collection of games to go with them. Wish I still had my Amiga's, Thier selling for a small fortune now!!

[jediobi1]

well i got my game bit tool in the mail today and started taking apart my snes games to clean the contacts and the carts themselfs and let me tell ya most of them are very nasty, and after a good scrubbing with a toothbrush and some liquid soap the carts look great, though when i took apart my super mario all stars game it was so dirty and the contacts are so dirty and seem to be messed up i dont know if it can be fixed

[Niku-Sama]

yes they do help thanks, also for those that dont know the top one is like the snes mini i think or the pal version i cant remeber and the the 2nd pic is the first version of the snes that was released in the states i have the 2nd version,

top one is a SuperFamicom, japanese version of the SuperNES, i am not sure if the european models got that one.
some times europe got the japanese model under a different name or the us model under the same name, its hard to keep straight what they got from system to system.

whats interesting is my US version SNES doesent have that box in the seccond pic (sound module) some of my spares may though, hmm

[jediobi1]

whats interesting is my US version SNES doesent have that box in the seccond pic (sound module) some of my spares may though, hmm

the reason why from what i have found through my research is that its the first us model released and then later they changed it to the one you have and they also made changes to the plastic shell that everything is in to a better plastic or something like that, but i still need to clean the contacts in the machine so my games will work first try, havent figured it out yet but i will

[Niku-Sama]

your talking about the mini.

i'm not talking about the mini

all i am saying that the bottom pic has a module in it that mine does not and its not a mini system

[jediobi1]

your talking about the mini.

i'm not talking about the mini

all i am saying that the bottom pic has a module in it that mine does not and its not a mini system

im also talking about the bottom pic, when that version was released which is this one http://www.rolentapress.com/rolenta/collection/nintendo/snes.jpg
it had the big thing and the ones released after that didnt have the big module cause they changed it during its production run sorry if i confused you

[neonblingbling]

any one have any idea how much a snes or a nintendo system is worth??? i have them in mint condition with a ****load of games

I think I've seen several in the classifieds, but there does not seem to be much demand for them.

[jediobi1]

well i got my nes repair kit in the mail today and am cleaning my nes and adding a new 72pin connector and took some pictures.

this is how much dirt and corrosion gets collected over the years and this is just so far i have more
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9280/nonamefpf.jpg

heres the nes motherboard without the 72pin connector on it, i dont know if ishould just keep cleaning until all the black stuff is gone of if what i have dont is good enough
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/7982/noname2jpeg.jpg

and here is the new 72pin connector
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4825/noname3m.jpg

[jediobi1]

small update on my NES i have cleaned it and 2 games and they work perfectly every time no more blinking lights etc

[Theocnoob]

its crazy to look inside of a snes it looks so empty... its amazing to see how far we have come... to the point where a phone has more power than 5 snes's put together...

5?

Crude calculations came up with about 120 times more powerful for me for a 32bit ARM 400Mhz vs the Motorolla CPU in the SNES. Theoretical, mind you. real world probably about 90? SNES is the most indestructible piece of hardware ever made though. Flawless design, quality components. I know of more than one unit that has fallen down stairs, out a window, been abused, had things spilled on it, still works after 19 years.