> saw a random street seller had an old SNES> was selling it for like 20 bucks> holy shit what a deal> went to the market today to buy SMW and a cable it was missing> so excited to finally try out snes gaming on the actual thing> it doesent turn on> mfwhonestly my hopes were way too high for 20 bucks, i hope i can get it repaired at least.
I've had a few occasions where that happened to me (bought a psone and a ps2 for like 10 bucks with all accesories and cables).The guy said the psone didn't work and when i got home i cleaned it and saw it wasnt reading discs so i calibrated the laser and it worked fine again.The PS2 i think he said it didn't read discs but after I cleaned it (it was dirty as fuck) I tried a burned disc and it was working fine, even hacked it with fmcb.Not retro but I bought a wii for 10 bucks and the guy had no idea if it worked, all he said is "i just want to get rid of it" and i got it, it was working fine except for no controllers, had to waste like $35 for component cables, a wiimote, a nunchuck and a classic controller.
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>>12164597Have you tried to look inside and figure out what's the problem?
>>12164597>buying SNESlop in 2025just use an emulator
>>12164597If it's not repairable you could probably resell it as "for parts" and get most or all of your money back
>>12164597Its most likely the fuse anon.just bridge it with a wire to test powering it on for a sec
>>12165189well actually if you have a multimeter first check if the fuse is bad, if you dont, then just jump it
>>12164597time to learn about soldering, electricity and circuitry, it will serve you a lot
>>12164597guess it's time to open it up and show us the damage
>>12165117yeah, ive played my favourite titles on emulator (as one does without an snes) i was just hyped to actually have the real thing power up
>>12165315For sure will do, once i get home lmfao. ill keep you posted for the potential electronic carnage
>>12165284this.
>>12164597no power? OP you're in luck. snes consoles blow their fuses a lot, and it's an easy fix. That black component that is soldered and hanging over air is the fuse, it's probably dead. The fuse is on console5 for $0.79 and it's a simple two point solder with giant pads and there's no directionality to worry about so you can't fuck it up.https://console5.com/store/fuse-125v-1-5a-pico.htmlIt's not a guarantee that you're gonna fix it, but it's cheap as hell to try.
>it doesn't turn onDoes the power LED not come on? Or does the game just not boot?If the former, it could be a bad solder joint on the power input jack, or has been said elsewhere, a bad fuse. Also, make sure you're using the correct AC adapter.If the power LED comes on, it could be some other issues, the simplest of which is that the pins on the game cartridge and/or the pins in the cart slot in the console itself are dirty. To clean the cartridge, get some isopropyl alcohol and a q-tip, and clean the pins on the cart. For the cartridge slot, tear off a strip of paper, douse it in isopropyl, wrap it around the end of a credit card (or similar), and insert-remove it against all the pins in the cart slot.Speaking from experience, some carts can get really fucking dirty, and one clean might not be enough, and sometimes even multiple passes with a qtip won't be enough. If this is the case, you can also use printer paper doused in isopropyl to clean the cart pins.
>>12164597>see a Game Gear and some games at a car boot sale a few years ago>seller tells me the screen was broken >tell him I could probably fix it>seller starts laughing, sarcastically offers to sell me it all for £20. >hand over the cash, seller starts howling with laughter, like I was a mug. >screen was fine - he just had the brightness too high
>>12165117I don’t use emulatroon
>>12166450OP here,LED doesent turn on, console seems completely unresponsive. Will try out what you reccomend tho. Thanks
>>12166470GGs are a crapshoot, it seems. My Japanese one has a poor quality LCD, with noticeable dark vertical streaks emanating from certain color areas (I see the same effect on my GameBoy Pocket, and to a much lesser degree ob my GB Light), while the US one has a better screen, with much less noticeable streaking. Unfortunately the better screen one has a PCB to LCD connection setup which is apparently prone to failure, though mine is still good.
