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by Addam
Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:46 pm
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: Famicom stopped working - Recommendations?
Replies: 26
Views: 13767

Re: Famicom stopped working - Recommendations?

I would be tempted to cut my losses and just buy another cheap famicom like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Untested-As- ... 2749.l2649
by Addam
Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:27 pm
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: Famicom stopped working - Recommendations?
Replies: 26
Views: 13767

Re: Famicom stopped working - Recommendations?

nnov wrote:@Addam: Does your FC have a fuse somewhere?
No fuse, I just replaced the 1000uf cap and found a suitable PSU.
I was lucky, the damaged component was easy to find.
You might need to do a little more diagnostics. Do you have a multimeter?
by Addam
Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:54 pm
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: Famicom stopped working - Recommendations?
Replies: 26
Views: 13767

Re: Famicom stopped working - Recommendations?

@OP, I did the same thing! I recently got a Famicom console, and I knew not to use a NES power supply as it is AC. For whatever reason I believed the SNES PSU to be DC, Maybe there's a Euro vs USA vs Japan difference? So after doing an AV mod I plugged in the bare board to the SNES PSU. After 2 seco...