Wierd mini SNES problem

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:00 pm

I purchased a mini snes a few weeks ago, and for some reason, when I put in a game, it won't start up. I put that game into another snes, it works fine. Here is the wierd part about it...I put in another game I have, and it works like a charm. Any ideas where I can start off looking at?

Post by **gannon** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:12 pm

Maybe a dirty cart connector?

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:15 pm

it may be the connector has dirty pins on the outer 8 wat games, do they use the FX chip

MilkMonster · Post by **MilkMonster** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:22 pm

clean the connectors with a WHITE eraser, it has to be white the pink ones just mess it up.

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:28 pm

I tested with these games and this was my results:::

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters - Worked perfectly
Donkey Kong Country - Won't start up
Super Metroid - Starts up but comes to a copyright warning screen
Secret of Mana - Won't start up

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:46 pm

hmm donkeyt seems to give everybody trouble
try a Q-tip with rubbing alchohol it works for me

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:05 pm

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:hmm donkeyt seems to give everybody trouble
try a Q-tip with rubbing alchohol it works for me

Be sure to delute the alcohol with water. You dont want to use straight rubbing that can cause damage to the pins. Also if you do a seach about cleaning cart connectors you may find a thread started by me, its about the NES's but can be used with the SNES's if your willing to desolder the damn thing.

Good luck.

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:14 pm

I heard somewhere that DK Country had special chips in it that prevents it from working properly on aftermarket systems. I don't know if this is true or not.

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:24 pm

That's the thing though...it's NOT an aftermarket SNES. I tried it on another mini-snes I have and it started up fine.

I forgot to bring it with me to work, so I'll bring my stuff home and clean it out tonight.

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:59 pm

psychotic_mechanic wrote:I heard somewhere that DK Country had special chips in it that prevents it from working properly on aftermarket systems. I don't know if this is true or not.

Wierd. When I was a kid I faintly remember seeing that screen.

SNESguy · Post by **SNESguy** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:05 pm

That copyright screen on the DKC games is fairly common when the connector is dirty-

I put in a DKC2 game into my regular SNES one time and it happened. I instinctively cleaned the system with a cleaning cart and Q-tipped the cartridge itself.

After that, I never saw the copyright screen again.

If you do the same as I did, the problem should be fixed.

extremesonic · Post by **extremesonic** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:05 pm

yeah this happened on my Mini-SNES with Megaman X2, i'd never seen it before, i didnt even read it though, just turned it off and on and it was fine. Also I got the DKC 2 copyright screen when i use a game genie on it.

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:17 pm

I didn't bring anything home today so I'll bring the snes to work tomorrow and try cleaning it there. That should be the problem (I hope).

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 2:56 pm

I finally found time to work on cleaning it out and it pretty much did the trick. Also, one game, I have to slant it a bit when I put it in the cart. slot. It's working...good enough for me. Thank you everyone!