Well it smelt like burning plastic or something. Is this normal with Famicom AVs. I'm talking about like close to an hour's worth of play like 45 minutes.
Well it smelt like burning plastic or something. Is this normal with Famicom AVs. I'm talking about like close to an hour's worth of play like 45 minutes.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
Are you playing a pirated game? Those were made cheaply and actually can overheat easily.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
If it catches fire you've played it too long.
Having trouble with Napalm Man?
Also the smell of buring plastic came from where the contacts are.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
I checked the FC adapter and the Genesis model 1 adapter since I have both. They're both outputting 10V DC but there is a difference. The FC adapter is marked 850mA but the Sega adapter shows 1200mA (1.2A). I wonder if the higher amperage is what is the cause for the excess heat building up. Maybe you should get the Japanese Nintendo adapter; it's the same part/adapter for both the FC and SFC (part number HVC-002).
Higher amperage doesn't matter, it will only take what it needs. It's more like the maximum amperage that the adapter can supply, systems won't always use as much current as the adapters list. The thing is while some Genesis Model 1 adapters output 10V, most seem to be rated 9V. They changed the adapters during production of the Model 1s, so his might be slightly underpowered to run the Famicom properly.
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You shouldn't use that adapter. I burnt (destroyed) a good AV-modded Famicom I got off Ebay some years ago by accidentally plugging in the Genesis adapter.
There was actually a wisp of smoke that came out the back!
Ok the Genesis power adapter I am using is one rated at 10v. Now I do have the adaptor that came with my Famicom AV, I didn't want to use it becasue of the output differences of US to Japanese outlets. I was afraid that was going to do something bad to the Famicom.
What's up with islands? Get more land.
What's up with deserts? Get less sand.
I'm willing to bet you're taking more risk using that Sega adapter than the matching FC adapter. Your outlet is only 10 volts higher than a Japanese outlet and the adapter is converting to DC anyway. As with any electronics regardless of country of origin, I use surge suppressors for everything.
Not using a voltage convertor? I learned my lesson after frying 2 saturns, if you care about your Japanese systems do NOT listen to anyone that says its okay to run it bare through a US outlet, if a power spike happens say goodbye to your system, your already running 10-20+ extra volts into it.
Oh you switched the power adapter around? Thats a terrible thing to do to a famicom, always use its official adapter. Switching adapters usually leads to problems as well.
You can take my word for it, famicom is the only thing I collect.
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There's a youtube video that explains the basics about this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36J_Ejnv2qc
Sorry, I meant to say I used a NES adapter on the Famicom. Don't think I did a Genesis one. That video made me remember.
NEVER CONNECT AN NES ADAPTER TO ANYTHING THAT IS NOT A NES!
Why is this so important? Because those boneheads released the NES adapter without doing conversion to DC! It feeds AC directly to the console and since every other console doesn't have this stupid design, if you try using the NES adapter you will blow the unit. I still don't understand why the NES adapter is a brick if it isn't doing any conversion.
I've been using a bunch of Japanese consoles without voltage transformers. Famicom, Saturn, PS2, etc.... I haven't broken anything! Like I said I always use surge suppressors to keep my consoles and TV safe.