Regular SNES (Non-Mini) Board Size - Not very big!

gamefreakfatty · Post by **gamefreakfatty** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:18 pm

Hey, I dont know who all knows how big the regular SNES's board is, but I took mine apart to see if I could disconnect the cartridge slot and reconnect it again. I decided not to. I did, on the other hand, take a pic to show it, it really is not that big. The SNES cartridge on the right is for a size reference.

Sorry if everyone already knows, it just seems like this could work very easily as well.

Post by **gannon** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:23 pm

Yeah, not too big...just kinda square

gamefreakfatty · Post by **gamefreakfatty** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:41 pm

i guess thats true, lol
i just thought it might work ok too though.

Raab · Post by **Raab** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:55 pm

cant u remove the cart slot ad cut the board right dont the middle?

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:49 pm

Raab wrote:cant u remove the cart slot ad cut the board right dont the middle?

What? No I don't think you can cut the board down the middle.

There have been a few nice portables made using the original board. Let's make it an Easter egg hunt to see if you can find them! Anybody got any links?

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:24 am

Raab wrote:cant u remove the cart slot ad cut the board right dont the middle?

Yeah, that's multi-layered fiber perfboard, you'd be cutting traces you didn't even know were there. You can try, if you want, though!

But yeah, some SNES V1's are quite tiny, especially the ones with only one motherboard. But if there's something smaller, why not use it? The more portable the better!

CTFan

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:18 am

Sticky.

http://benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1939
http://benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=8486&start=30
http://benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=11737&start=15

Here's Turbo's first portable. Let's all laugh at it and see how much he's improved in 4 SNESp's.
http://www.benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=5927

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:25 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:
Raab wrote:cant u remove the cart slot ad cut the board right dont the middle?
Yeah, that's multi-layered fiber perfboard, you'd be cutting traces you didn't even know were there. You can try, if you want, though!

But yeah, some SNES V1's are quite tiny, especially the ones with only one motherboard. But if there's something smaller, why not use it? The more portable the better!

CTFan

I used those got close to finishing a portable to. just fried one by being stupid and one just I don't know fried. (I blame static!)

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:34 pm

I took one apart the other day just to see how big the board was (oh god, its hard without the right screwdriver or a dremel) and I was thinking about portablizing it, with a round case.

Squares are easy to work with eh

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:42 am

Ya snes one is hard to open without a screwdriver. Bet method dremel around the screws

gamefreakfatty · Post by **gamefreakfatty** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:59 am

Hey, I wanted to know if I can solder onto the bottom of the board where the TV jack goes. The one with red, white, and yellow. If I do, I can connect the cable and it will show on the PSone screen it gets soldered to and the bigger TV right? I'm really new to "portabalizing," never done it before, it just sounds fun though.

I opened up the connector (kind of) for the cable for the TV jack. The one that goes into the SNES.

Dial-up users beware!
Here's some pictures on where they each go. On the PCB picture that I pathetically edited with Paint, I'm not sure that they're the right pinouts, but I looked at them and they looked like they're probably right.

Top:

Front:

Left:

Right:

Upside-down / Bottom:

PCB Board for the Connector:

-gamefreakfatty

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