A Job Lot of Faulty SNES Game Consoles from eBay - Can I Fix Them?
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2022
- Hi, here we have 3 broken Super Nintendo Entertainment Systems purchased from eBay for £50. They have a mixture of faults such as no power, black screen of death and one plays the game but doesn't show the display properly.
How many can be fixed, none? 1,2 or 3....let's find out.
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Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince. - Jak na to + styl
I like how real this is. Having no clue what could be wrong. He makes mistakes. He acknowledges them. And he shows us that he's human. I love it ❤❤
some common issues ive found when working on pal snes, the pico fuse (the little floating component) fails extremely often just from age but typically because of the 7805 voltage transformer failing also. the four rear most smd capacitors should always be replaced, they fail constantly but often leave the snes working in an intermittent state and eventually cause a black screen when they die, when they leak they can wreck the whole power circuit or often the audio. next cartridge ports have a tendency to condensate moisture and wick it down on to the board connector meaning the port can look clean but the board connector itself is corroded, its also good to check the boards underside for cracked solder joints on the connector. next step is the reset switch can often stick causing a reset loop that looks like a black screen, just desoldering it can be a good way to diagnose if its at fault. then finally the hardest to fix is cpu/ppu chip failure, although with flux and hot air they can be exchanged from donor boards the likelyhood is that even working chips will fail when exposed to even a fairly low temperature making it a challenging task.
The old game system repairs are definitely my favorite to watch! would love to see more!
I’m glad when you upload the “boring” fixes. They aren’t boring at all really and often can be the more common problems.
Fixes like these personally make for better viewing. I enjoy watching retro consoles repaired and saved from land fill
Hey Vince. Great video. For the really Yellow ones, would you think it may be worth another try at the de-yellowing technique used by odd tinkering? He seems to have tremendous results and would strengthen the plastic on the most yellow. But even with retro bright they look great. You're definitely a legend. Videos are so open and honest and the work always insightful
I have a Snes which I put together with parts from a completely trashed console and some new case parts. The buttons were more yellow than black and front piece was as bad if not even worse than the yellow in this video and I got it a bit lighter than I wanted. however that was in the middle of the winter and no sun here then so instead of UV i just heated the Hydrogen peroxide and put the parts in it. The retrobright was done in less than 20 minutes and the result is flawless without any shift in color and are not going back to being yellow either
Great job vince. These videos give me great courage to do fixes on vintage electronics. I would not have this courage without you vince, keep up the great content !!
This was satisfying to watch! I actually have a similar SNES console, albeit it being a Super Famicom from Japan I got at a convention. I love the nonUS case design very much. I'm glad you got all 3 of these working (aside from the borrowed fuse situation). Also congrats on approaching 800k subs relatively soon! I think I subbed when you had like 200k if not a bit less! You've come such a long way! You rock!
Vincent I cannot tell you how much I love your work. Thank you very much mate. All the best for you and your family for 2022 from Sydney.
I think this definitely needs a retro brightening video vince! Get them back to how they should be and a “how to” at the same time! 👍🏻
After a long day of working, your are the right guy to chill with. I like your videos so much. Thank you for that smooth kind of entertaining. Keep on going.
Loved this one, it's great to see these getting back to working order.
An hour went by very quick. I've enjoyed that. Thanks.
Hi vince I really enjoyed this video good honest faults with really interesting fault finding from yourself and decent fixes.
Just recently came across your channel, awesome content , love the channel mate. Did enjoy the B&O fixes very entertaining.
I dont know much about electronics but love anything Nintendo and really enjoyed seeing how you fixed these faulty snes's. Great work!
Great job on the fixes! I would love to watch a video about you refurbishing the consoles. I'm always fascinated in different perspectives on retrobrighting.
Rely good video, the longer the better.
Dont stress about time as we all enjoy watching the process
You have a good eye 👁️ I don't think I would've spot it👍
Thanks Paul, I was very lucky with these 3👍👍
Yo dude!, you have a great channel as well!
Really liked the longer video to be honest gets everything fixed and gives a surprise to next video instead of knowing there are another two very similar videos on the way great work keep it up
Great video!👍😁 I love working on super Nintendo Consoles, so much fun to be had with great results .
The yellowing when its uniform like that will be because they used to put bromide in the plastic as a fire deterrent. When its uniform yellowing like that that’s just age.
The first one you fixed looked like someone had been in there before. There’s a lot of solder on the fuse pads
Great work thanks for bringing these back from the dead. the best console from my childhood
Great to see 3 SNES brought back to life. Nice work Vince
Yellowing can occur due to high heat and humidity, as well. There are lots of competing theories (oxygenation, bromine, etc.) about *why* it happens, but simple aging is the case, and high temperature + moisture will accelerate aging. The corrosion was also likely caused by moisture, as well, and slowly dissolved the trace. Great channel, love the content. Cheers!
Thank you for the great video. I am inspired to repair mine now!
I can’t believe how lucky you got with these 3! Nice repairs!
3 out of 3, all simple fixes but still needed identifying, great work!
Have many years experience with repair snes, nes and genesis consoles. Important for the next time, please make 2-3 power on/offs without ac adapter connected to unload the capacitors. Sometimes it could happen, that the rest of the capacity unload to ppu/ram and damages the parts. Nice video. Have fun! )
Such a great video! I was having issues with not getting any power to my snes and yeah for me it has to be my port. Thank you for showing me how to check for dc/ac!
A good all around fix & nice to see some more retro consoles getting the vince treatment & bringing them back to life instead of ending up in landfill 👏👏👏
Again very nice video and it's educational too keep up the good work 👏
I really enjoyed this video. Really nice fixes.
Excellent fixes vince, very nice work. Huge like 💯👍
I blew that fuse on my SNES because of static. I actually saw it happen. I was wearing football shorts while messing about with it which was a mistake. I actually saw a flash and a long thin spark hit the board. Still it was easy enough to sort.👍
I'm amazed at how easily they do blow. Watching back the video I didn't really manhandle the board. Unless it was static like yours...I was on a wool carpet???? Cheers Chris 👍
@@Mymatevince I have nintendo kiosks there fun the wii u kiosk is hard wired to the game pad as well. It also sends all power from the back of the unit to the gamepad.
I'm glad you swapped the plastics over as I was thinking the same thing! I recall the severe yellowing was to do with the fire retardant chemicals added into the plastic during manufacture. I have first-generation machine (purchased on release) and no yellowing whatsoever! :)
Nice fixes as usual Vince, Exhaust heat was a special game for me, my dad bought it from Boots (the chemist) back when they sold games in the early 90s, the first SNES game and video game I ever got
I purchase my mega drive with sonic from boots.
brother thought it would be a good idea to sell it and open a bank account with promises of buying more SNES games.
I can't remember if he did buy more games, but I dinned out on the fact he sold it for years, once he was on the yts scheme earning 47 pound a week.
Been watching for quite a while now think ur content is good like all ur different things u fix amazing
You were so lucky Vince! :)
All the ones I had with the black screen of death turned out to be dead CPUs which seems to be one of the most common faults.
Great job, nice fixes!
Nice, really relaxing fixes
Vince you’re a better man than me 👍 congrats on fixing those SNES’s.
Excellent work again vince
Hi Vince, I've thoroughly enjoyed your channel content and watching you grow in regards to your abilities to repair many things. Very well done my friend. Kind regards. Paul.
Thank you Paul👍👍👍
@@Mymatevince your welcome Vince. Keep up the great work. 👍
Great fixes for all 3, I've been looking forward to you doing a fix video on snes consoles as the faults with these are very common..
Thanks Danny, I loved all 3 of these, just single faults that knock out the whole unit. Hope you are keeping well mate 👍👍
Great video, always a joy to watch you repair old consoles and so.
Excellent! These videos make want to repair something.
I know you say "trying to fix" but you've gotten quite good at fixing as I've watched your videos overtime.
Had to rewatch this because unbelievably I have 2 with the exact same symptoms. (Down to the alternate yellowing patterns!) The no power one is the fuse. One thing I read when looking into replacements is that you should use the 125V ones not 250V for better protection. They are also available from RS £0.79 each for 5. Great video as usual and thanks to everyone for the comments with good advice on the cause of the fuse blowing. 🥰
I'm not sure if the voltage actually matters, it's basically the highest voltage the fuse can break safely without exploding. Since we're on 9 V here, either fuse is so far out of its design range I really can't imagine it would matter.
Very well done Vince.
The silver SMD capacitors are known to leak and eat the traces away. I bought several high quality panasonic capacitors and replaced all capacitors on my own SNES before I got any damages.
I also replaced all capacitors on a friends SNES, there they already were leaking, I came just in time.
Also the reset button was not working on my SNES, some contact cleaner solved the problem.
The SNES outputs RGB, I bought a rad2x HDMI cable. It was my first console, I got it from my parents for chistmas and it still is in use today :) Respect how you found the problem of all consoles and brought them back to life! R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
One of your best. Enjoyed that.
Hey Vince! Love your videos. Learn a lot and love to fix stuff myself. One thing you need to learn is to Clean things before you try to spot whats wrong with it ;). Thank you for all the videos! Best Regards /Daniel from Sweden
Great job Vince!!!
Great as always . Thank you for sharing ☺️☺️☺️
Love your videos mate. really inspiring .
3 for 3, is that a hat trick Vince? Really enjoyed this video. Love all your posts honestly. Cheers from Baltimore, Maryland USA!!!!
That's great, now if you would be so kind as to post this video to me back in 1995 I may have been able to fix mine back then. Great video. Love your work.
3 out of 3. Amazing, Vince 👍
I miss your Long Play videos. Great fixes on these!
so glad there are some genuine people out there not everything on ebay is trash just most of it
Nicely nicely. Love these retro repairs Vince. First by the way 😂
Got really lucky on these ones Phil. Congrats on first although I feel it is slightly cheating 🤣👍
@@Mymatevince nah pure skill mate 👌 and haha nah it isn't cheating if I pay for the privilege 🤣
@@TheCod3r 🤣💰🤑
@@TheCod3r pay to win😂
Well done, Vince!
Hi Vince, great video! Back in the day when the SNES was all the rage people would use adapters so they could play American or Japanese games and sometimes the converter would blow the internal fuse.
Very nice work. Considering how so many Super Fami/Ninty consoles are going out, it's so nice to see some rescued from becoming e-waste.
Nice repairs.
Small tip: For fixing the screw posts, as the plastic is ABS, make some ABS juice (slurry) or use straight acetone, it will melt the edges & make a really strong bond. I've never had much long term success with supa glue.
Alternatively, replace the case completely, there are new aftermarket cases available.
A spent many hours as a kid playing killer instinct and street fighter still have all carts and controller just no console yet!! Love the videos vince
Ripristino perfetto dei 3 SUPERNES,ottimo lavoro
Great fixes!!! well done!
Great video Vince
38:20 Congratulations Vince! 🎉🎉 I laughed so much through this part, perfect music too 🤣
Thank you Garth, one of my proudest moments. I actually got every single bit of the reassembly wrong...🤣🤣🤣
Nice one Vince. Have been watching your vidoes for a long time. Always love watch your videos. I tried to fix an xbox one s. But the motherboard wasn't fixable.
love the retro video game content!
pretty cool to see all three SNES working in the end :)
Nice fixes i enjoyed this video genuine faults and repairs
Hey Vince, I remember reading an article a while ago now about the yellowing, it was something like -
The discolouration is due to a flame retardant additive being added to the plastic and different parts would be made with different mixtures of the additive in batches, which would possibly explain the colour difference in different parts of the system
3 SNES's saved :)
Love this system so much, and so much great memories on it.
Awesome job as always 😁
Thanks Pawn 👍👍👍👍😎
Great fix Vince. I keep meaning to buy a snes myself. 1 of the only consoles I never bought.
Three for three...great work Vince!
This was a fun vid to watch. I’d look into getting a replacement case for the third system though.
SNES? Yeah!!
Killer Instinct? Yeahhhhh!
Your 2nd fix will be very helpful for me, my SNES sometimes work and sometimes it doesn't: only display BSOD.
Wasn't aware that you can remove the slot itself, but will have a look this weekend if it might be a broken trace too (or a faulty slot).
Thanks Vince 🤝
great stuff vinny
Got a good chuckle at the "spot the mistakes" bit, congrats on the world record 😄
Thanks for the vid, my Snea went yellow just being in the attic, I replaced the the fuse with a glass one, but now not working, starts up but hangs and you can see a slight image on the screen, but that’s all. Will look more into it after seeing this vid 👍
Another excellent video. Will be fun to see if you can fix the donor board.
I have probably commented it before, but I use solder as a temporary fuse when diagnosing things, just wrap it between the fuse holder sides. If there's a fault the solder melts very quickly :-)
Well done great work. I think the unpowered switch cycle is to discharge the DC power circuit electrolytic caps. To prevent the shorted pin issue upon removal of the cartridge. Maybe slackness in the cartridge holder can allow some to come up uneven and short pins.
This is good timing. I received my SNES from eBay today that I bid on a few days ago.
2 controllers, 2 top games, an original power supply, and a 1 chip SNES (the best graphically) all for £60
Hey Vince, rule of thumb is never to short out fuses. There's always a possibility to fry something downstream. Ask me how I know! Great video anyways as always. Cheers!
I feel you had a nicely fried chip once upon a time 🤣 Cheers M Marv 👍👍
Hey Vince, an alternative to that specialist solder mask is UV hardened nail polish like they use at salons. Not sure which is cheaper where you are, but nail polish is cheap as chips in the US.
It's solute is acetone or mineral spirits so IPA shouldn't attack it. Otherwise ladies' manicures would melt when they put on hand sanitizer.
Hi Vince. Please put the SNES branding plate of the second SNES onto the first SNES you fixed. So it matches at least.
I would like to see you retrobright the consoles and your SNES controller.
Nice work as usual.
4 years with ipa and your hands give up now :) pleas try the green working hands, hand cream, it works wonders!
Brilliant video! Thank you
Yeah, I think they are not getting the chance to heal properly, and also maybe all the hand sanitising isn't helping when out and about 👍👍
Well Done Vince, you're a Legend. Mick 👍👏🍻
This was another awesome lot video and fixes
Just best console ever, the snes. Nice easy fixes Vince. Looking for a SNES for a while now. Maybe i ll try my luck as well ;)
Nice fixes. If you don't want to retrobrite the 2nd console, just wait until summer and when there are a few really sunny days put it out into the open where it gets a lot of sun. I know it sounds counterintuitive, but I've been told it brightens it up. Of course you won't have perfect results, but it still should make it better.
Great work🙏👍
Now about that cracked case you could actually 3D print those missing parts of it and glue it to the case to make it look more prestine,but who ever knows.
great job. I guess older tech has something going for it
nice job vince