Snes v1 trouble/portablizing thread

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:41 pm

Alright, I got a Snes from a friend, along with the power cord and Super Mario World. Since I don't have the AV cable, I tried taking it apart and soldering another AV cable directly to the contacts using this as a guide.

http://pinouts.ru/Game/SnesVideo_pinout.shtml

I finished soldering it, I hooked it up to the Tv, switched to the right channel and nothing but a black screen, did I miss something or is the Snes just broken?

Edit: It turned out to be broken. When I buy a new one that I know works I'll bump this

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:41 am

You solderd ground? Did you discharge it?

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:57 am

Yes to both.

gamefreakfatty · Post by **gamefreakfatty** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:09 am

Hey Valium, in my thread about the v1 SNES, I posted some pics of the cable in the SNES and the pinouts that should work I think. If you want to take a look here is a link:

http://benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=248860#248860

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:19 am

Have you tested yours?

gamefreakfatty · Post by **gamefreakfatty** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:22 am

i havent tried soldering anything yet, but my connector works. i tried it a couple days ago, Mario Paint anyone? lol. i just took the outer casing off last night though.

edit:
i just checked. their pinouts (on that website) for ground are 5 and 6.
mine are 7 and 8.

on my pic, 7 is the video (yellow) ground, and 8 is the audio (red AND white) ground.

btw, my cable only has the 2 grounds and the audio and video. 5 connectors in all.

connector numbers:
1,white
2,red
4,yellow
7,black (ground) for/from yellow (video)
8,black (ground) for/from BOTH audio

hope this helps.

-game

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:36 am

Alright, I just had a bad source of info then. Thanks

gamefreakfatty · Post by **gamefreakfatty** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:45 am

your welcome, tell me if it works

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:21 am

Alright, I followed your instructions, soldered everything up, and plugged it in to the tv.

I got some nice diagonal lines going down over and over again. Its probably just the board, as I said, I didn't know if it worked or not.

gamefreakfatty · Post by **gamefreakfatty** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:23 am

ok, sorry to hear that. its too bad that it doesnt work (the board / instructions)

u can use a Gamecube or an N64 tv connector just so u know. im using my n64 one, cause my n64 is broken.

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:26 am

Oh then that just confirmed it then, I tried a Gamecube Av connector when I first got it.