USA SNES Repair

[Cauterize]

I have a USA Snes i wanna repair as in the Uk they are hard to come by (excluding ebay of course)

The reason i wanna get it working is because i have a USA SUper Wild Card (which came with it!)
I have bought an adapter with changable ends and voltage selection, so i have no problems there...

the problem is the power isnt coming on...

i was wondering is there a Fuse Inside the SNES (which might be the problem?) or any other things i could check out to fix the problem...

One more question, is there any other way around those evil screws nintendo has used other than buying the screwdriver? such as drilling through the screws? or anythink?

Please give me some ideas as im dying to get this to work!

Thank you for reading!

[mikeetler]

There is a small resister shaped fuse on the left side of the board (with the front of the board facing you) that bridges a small cut-out on the board. You can replace it with a glass fuse by soldering wires to the existing pads and using a fuse holder. I don't remember what it's rated but it color coded and you should be able to find out online what replacement to use.

-Mike

[Cauterize]

thanx.... and what to do regarding the screws? :P

[Predatorxs]

thanx.... and what to do regarding the screws? :P

If you have an old PAL snes you can just de-solider (the snes fuse) from the UK snes, and exchange it with the Blown US snes fuse, also check out ebay for the "Game bit" that will open both the UK and US snes consoles..

Also everybody calls it the game bit, but i think it's copywritten name is "sub zero" security bit!?!

:vamp:..XS

[Bratwurst]

The fuse rating is 1.5 amp. I fixed a 5 dollar SNES by doing just what mikeetler mentioned. Funny thing is that the reed style fuse costs about 5 times more than what a few glass fuses and holder would run you.

[v1rich]

I've had several power cords go out, just wanted to mention maybe you should try that if you have not already.

[anagrama]

Any electronics experts would probably curse me for it, but I've fixed a non-working SNES before by simply replacing that fuse with a small piece of wire.