View Full Version : SNES cart - board transplant?
Foofie
05-30-2010, 02:39 AM
On my copy of Earthbound, the traces on the cart board are in really bad condition - Some are broken, it's just a mess. Could the chips be taken off my copy, put on a donor board, and replaced in my cart? What would that entail? Would a Super Famicom Mother 2 be a compatible donor? Is this hard? Would this be a project for the folks who make repro carts?
Thanks in advance :)
MasterJSP
05-30-2010, 10:17 AM
You would probably be better off just buying another copy of Earthbound.
izarate
05-30-2010, 12:46 PM
It would be less difficult to just add a jumper wire on the damaged traces:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5095/img1819t.jpg
Foofie
05-30-2010, 07:46 PM
It would be less difficult to just add a jumper wire on the damaged traces:
I'm trying to avoid that, 'cause I've tried in the past and it didn't work.
Well, at least I can frame it and feel special. 8-)
izarate
05-30-2010, 09:23 PM
I'm trying to avoid that, 'cause I've tried in the past and it didn't work.
If it didn't work then the ROM was damaged as well, I'm afraid.