*FIXED* Inserted SNES cart backwards, now console is FUBAR

[Mike 01Hawk]

I know, I'm an idiot. I took apart a SNES game, and decided to put the game board in the console.... turned on the console, got nothing. Turns out I had the dam thing in backwards. Now the console won't turn on.

 

I tried the game on another console and both work fine.. so I messed something on the original console.

 

Pointers?

Edited September 21, 2008 by Mike 01Hawk

[Mike 01Hawk]

I've got the mainboard out.... I can't tell wtf I'm looking at... no obvious 'burn' marks. I guess it's trash eh?

[SEgamer]

You could've blown the fuse if it's the older model (I can't remember if the SNES mini has one that is similar). http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/nintendo/snes-fuse.htm

 

Make sure that this is the case by testing the one you have in it now b/c I also have an SNES that won't power on at all and the fuse is fine.

[Mike 01Hawk]

I've got that 1.5 fuse that bridges the gap... dunno how to test/look if it's blown. Yeah I have 0 electric skills other than when I soldered my motor back in the day on my RC10

 

I'll try replacing that fuse and see... but I'm not getting my hopes up

 

Thanks for the link.

[Mike 01Hawk]

SEgamer

 

I took a paper clip to bridge where that 1.5 picofuse is.. and WALA!!! It works!!!! Now I gotta fine a place that sells those fuses.

 

Woot!!!

[SEgamer]

Glad to hear . I actually managed to fix my old one this weekend by rewiring it b/c no voltage was getting to the voltage regulator. After being dead for a few months my very first SNES lives again! Although I did manage to blow a fuse in another one right after fixing mine...

[intvnut]

SEgamer

 

I took a paper clip to bridge where that 1.5 picofuse is.. and WALA!!! It works!!!! Now I gotta fine a place that sells those fuses.

 

Woot!!!

 

Would this one be an appropriate replacement?

 

Of course, that's $1 for the fuse, and probably $13.75 in shipping, handling, tax and fees.

Edited September 22, 2008 by intvnut

[Mike 01Hawk]

That could probably work.

 

So could this: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.c...FTOKEN=33674215

 

Or even better since it's local, I might try this: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...oductId=3009546

[shadow460]

For what it's worth, the SNES isnt the only thing with sensitive fuses. I dropped a Color Game Boy's motherboard and it blew one of the main power fuses somehow. I just jumped over it with a strand of wire and it works flawlessly.

[Uzumaki]

If you can't find a small fuse locally and don't want to pay an arm and a leg to have one shipped, try using standard automotive 1.5A fuse and a pair of wires to connect it to the SNES board. It may be big but once you protect any bare wires and put the SNES back together, no one will know you have big fuse inside.