Somebody's Been in This SNES MINI Before...
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2 жыл бұрынI bought this Super Nintendo Classic Mini off of eBay. It was sold as no power and no display.
What horrors lurk inside? And will I be able to FIX it?
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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@TheCod3r 2 жыл бұрын
Steve I can't believe you laughed at my port replacement. I thought I did a good job 😭
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
😂😂 mate, I've never seen anything like this one. I reckon someone was using a MIG welder on it! 😁
@evelynrodriguez9221 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't laugh 😅😂 😂
@lepterfirefall 2 жыл бұрын
That's masterful welding...I mean soldering! Better than what I could do though....🤔
@Null_Experis 2 жыл бұрын
Can I interest you in the teachings of our Lord and Savior FLUX?
@MuscarV2 2 жыл бұрын
That you thought you did a good job only makes this worse. This is like cooking something to charcoal and being proud of it thinking you did great. Sorry but this isn't just lack of knowledge and skill, it's pure idiocy.
@samwilliamson4715 2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that you still posted this even though it was dead and un repairable - not only is it a good diagnostic lesson but also answers my question about wondering what happens on your channel when you can't fix something - as you could just as easily not uploaded the video. Thanks for sharing 👍
@3lpid3 2 жыл бұрын
**SPOILER ALERT** 🤣
@mediatour8898 2 жыл бұрын
I thought he didn't post non-fixes, glad to see he does. He should post them all, maybe on a second channel if he thinks it's not worthy content.
@ElcarlosgamE 2 жыл бұрын
@@mediatour8898 StezStix Broke 😂 will be good name for this 2nd channel
@JoeyDoesTech 2 жыл бұрын
I've seen/done a couple bad port replacements myself, but this... THIS is amazing. Well done on the fault finding bud 😊👌
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate, I don't think I've seen one as bad as this! Looks like it was attacked by a welding machine! 😁
@Anthony-qt8wv 10 ай бұрын
@@StezStixFix Does anyone know what the 2 smd inductors are to the left of the K fuse? I need to replace those. Thanks!
@Mymatevince 2 жыл бұрын
Haha, that was a good lump of solder on the port. The backstory would be interesting on this one, at least they gave it a go 👍
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
👍 Thanks Vince, you're dead right. I shouldn't laugh really... I was just as bad when I started out! 😁
@narc1408 2 жыл бұрын
@@StezStixFix looks stickwelded :)
@a_googIeuser 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah m8!
@L3ttuc3 2 жыл бұрын
@@StezStixFix That may be the most generous lie I've ever seen told. 😂
@jamiegallagherDOinfo 2 жыл бұрын
yeah but they loose any good grace for then going on to sell it on ebay and pretend they don't know whats wrong with it, if i ever buy any faulty stuff on ebay (which i dont really because ebay is full of junk "faulty, maybe easy fix" horrifically botched items), but if i did i always have a quick look at their feedback and see if they have bought any "repair" parts previously, if so you know its either dead because another experienced repairer tried and failed, or 100% dead because some clutz screwed it up way worse than it was already and are now trying to play dumb and pass the turd onto someone else
@CTCTraining1 2 жыл бұрын
Poor Steve! A valiant effort. Don’t be downhearted, not everything is fixable otherwise there would be no donor devices!
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris, very true! I'm hoping I can do something else with the case, so all is not lost 👍
@gregyotz777 Жыл бұрын
@@StezStixFix stick a PI in it and turn it into a MAME game.
@markharrisllb 2 жыл бұрын
I never thought one of your videos would make me feel better about my soldering.
@Tronicsfix 2 жыл бұрын
Was that a Colin Furze fake hand at the beginning?
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
😁 Well spotted Steve!
@welshtony1 2 жыл бұрын
haha was just about to say it's the Colin Furze hand, you beat me to it haha
@ches74 2 жыл бұрын
Love your work. That was toast but for what it's worth K is a 0.8A fuse so not advisable to replace with a 3. I'd just connect after the fuse and use a current limited bench power supply.
@Arjay82 2 жыл бұрын
I think this is the first youtube channel I've seen where someone actually uses properly tinned wire when soldering.
@wizdude 2 жыл бұрын
You are cruel! 😂
@StephanieLaerkeAndersen 2 жыл бұрын
My brother (also a Stephen) is enjoying watching these videos because he used to work for Pace Micro Technology in Shipley in Bradford. My brother perfected and invented many PCB repair techniques in the mid to late 90s, and he loves to see the bad stuff that people attempt.
@bathy85 2 жыл бұрын
:D
@JackhammerSiesta 2 жыл бұрын
Lived in Shipley when I first moved to Yorkshire, some nice places round there.
@StephanieLaerkeAndersen 2 жыл бұрын
@@JackhammerSiesta Yeah, some quite nice places, but Bradford itself is pretty terrible now. I lived there for a few years. So did my brother. I was born in Denmark, but now I live in California in Norfolk!
@Gimmi091984 2 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, I can't stop giggeling from time to time. You are such an entertaining and kind person, I really enjoy watching you!
@ZonicMirage 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, that poor thing. At least you gave it a good attempt. The shell still otherwise appears in good shape. Could transfer the innards of a working one with trashed plastic and make a good one out of two. Either that, or use it as a Retro Pie case.
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Zonic, I'm eyeing up both those options. I think I might go for the Pi option... think it will look pretty smart! 🤩
@ZonicMirage 2 жыл бұрын
@@StezStixFix Yes, that's definitely your best bet. Especially considering even a trashed functional unit would be ridiculously expensive for the purpose.
@OneHundredEnvelopes 6 ай бұрын
Steve! Thank you so much! Not only for the great videos, but for leaving links to the backing music. You are about the only youtuber i watch who does that. Kudos
@UkdangermanRepairs 2 жыл бұрын
What a great channel and a wonderful personality. Great videos, keep up the good work mate 😁👍
@logothaironsides2942 4 ай бұрын
Cant win every time. Im always amazed at how much can be salvaged from what initially LOOKS like game over.
@MattSmith18125 2 жыл бұрын
Why do I enjoy watching you fix video games? I can't explain it. It's absurd. But thanks, love it.
@hazertxc 2 жыл бұрын
I laughed so hard watching this video, I gotta say I LOVE your channel and your humour, keep up the good work ! Greeting from baguette !
@jody19027 2 жыл бұрын
My eyes can’t take it anymore! I’ve done some bad ones before but this one takes the cake!
@JimNichols 2 жыл бұрын
The hand........... Is the hallmark of your channel a fairly decent repair guy that does his own thing and is absolutely insane while doing it... Bravo I love it. Thanks for the time and energy that you put into the compilation, edit and UL of each one of these pearls of Monty Python esque humor gems.
@DavidJones-vh5py 2 жыл бұрын
Your facial expressions are priceless 🤣 keeps me watching and watching and also learning a thing or two or what not to do
@hardtymz2517 2 жыл бұрын
The music used is Tori Amos - Happy Workers (Kevin’s Spliff Mix)
@chris-pike 2 жыл бұрын
Good to see you attempt to fix this Snes mini there Steve 👍🏻
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris! 👍
@jerkizum2793 2 жыл бұрын
Learned a lot from you so far. Keep it up man
@WayneCatlin 2 жыл бұрын
I did not understand any of this, but found it ridiculously entertaining!!
@DRChupacabrah 2 жыл бұрын
wow, I don't do any kind of electronics repair or anything but I can still tell that is really gnarly
@nathandivino 2 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel and I'm loveing your content :)
@Levi-Tubman 2 жыл бұрын
The look of confusion and….. am i being stupid? 🤣 confused me too!
@imtrashbmx8834 2 жыл бұрын
I can show you a couple of my starter solder jobs that you would indeed get a good chuckle or two from xD
@shona-sof 2 жыл бұрын
At least the unit will look nice on a shelf! I've been trying to find a working UK or Japan style SNES classic.
@EpicureMammon 2 жыл бұрын
It was such a mess that I thought someone had just slathered clear silicone glue on the port to keep it from wobbling or something. Wow.
@Pulverrostmannen Жыл бұрын
Wow that solder job was amazing lol. it almost looks like this device got hit by lightning or something. And then someone wrecked it completely
@royalaxe 2 жыл бұрын
ive seen similar before, a lightning strike made it through the power supply and blew apart the connector, hence hole and solder splattered everywhere
@joshb6470 2 жыл бұрын
damn, great video to watch and I really like that magnifier, so much better than my setup when I used to do stuff like this of a magnifying glass duct taped to an adjustable arm
@tsbeech 2 жыл бұрын
Great video Steve!
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Travis! 👍
@hotlavatube 2 жыл бұрын
Oof, I'm reminded of Adrian's D.B. when he went to repair a board which looked like someone had used a propane torch to remove a chip and ended up scorching and warping the board.
@_MJ07_ 2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed that, great video! Subbed.
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks MJR, much appreciated! 👍
@stevensonkfbeaversof4383 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Steve, I think it would be really cool if you made a handheld snes controller with a built in screen, I’ve seen it done and think you’d be great at doing one. You’re really funny and clever
@KisoX 2 жыл бұрын
I have seen some similar soldering work on a ps4 controller stick. And the owner wondered why it didnt work :D Thankfully that didnt burn the whole thing.
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks KusoX! It amazes me that people try stuff like this without practicing first! I guess it looks easy until you try. I'm pretty sure my first few goes would've come out very similar to this one! 😁
@X-Gen-001 2 жыл бұрын
Someone went out of their way to ruin that pcb 😂 Nice effort though mate. You're more skilled than I that's for sure.
@johnwayne7843 2 жыл бұрын
What an efford.... Mad respect
@Null_Experis 2 жыл бұрын
That K is indeed a fuse, and it why whoever botched that repair didn't burn his home down. Thank it for doing a good job, and give it a proper sending off.
@gregyotz777 Жыл бұрын
I saw several SMT paste ball shorts in your video of this board. If you look closely at the AXP chip legs, you can see small leftover solder from the surface reflow on this board. I've seen this on two others I have repaired as well. Might not be your only problem but usually this will be wide spread on the PCB.
@tsuyunobradley4439 2 жыл бұрын
The reason the switch acts like that is because it very likely holds a sleep line to ground on the CPU. It is a modern ARM CPU, and it never truly shuts down with connected power, it just goes to sleep mode.
@falloutguy8878 2 жыл бұрын
Loving your videos and more so loving your piss taking on a pretty good effort on my port replacement keep up the great work you do dude plus make sure you have a great day but more importantly keep safe dude as I love you and your quick responses to DIY disaster your one funny guy keep it up? Oh my wife wet herself when she saw the bomb blast 🤣
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
😂 thanks DR! It was a decent effort! 😁 hopefully I can reuse the shell and other bits for something else, so all is not lost on this one! 👍
@trikoolgg 2 жыл бұрын
love your content !
@michaelbarrett9490 2 жыл бұрын
Just got around to this one, just wondering if the power supply went bad and someone chopped the USB end off and attached it to a plug giving it 240V, I dealt with something similar where a customer chopped off a barrel connector and did the same!
@andersodgaard6699 2 жыл бұрын
keep up the good job much appreciated
@dean_c 2 жыл бұрын
The hand at 11 seconds in 🤣
@Furball2k 2 жыл бұрын
I've never looked at a board and winced like it was an open wound... until today haha
@joedarkness808 2 жыл бұрын
I would be so tempted just to cut the plug off just to avoid further damage to the board .. good job in avoiding the tracks lifting on the pcb
@JT-il3fe 2 жыл бұрын
Looks like Ray Charles and Hellen Keller had a soldering competition.
@IceNein763 2 жыл бұрын
My guess is that somebody tried to remove that by intentionally making a solder bridge so that the heat from an iron would flow to all the legs so that they could pull it out at once. Kind of a neat trick if you don't have a heat gun, it works, but this must have been his first try at the technique. Once the part is out you can just wick off all the extra solder on the board.
@LarixusSnydes 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one, didn't know that yet, but then again I do have a hot air station.
@ryankl1984 2 жыл бұрын
I would wick as I go, that way you dont melt the board and waste time.
@groundcontrol6876 2 жыл бұрын
Nahh just looks like a power surge screwed the unit up. They didn't have as good protection back then and even nowadays your electronics can still get fried from bad mains power. My town's been having voltage drops for years now, but I've seen other places that have the opposite and seen completely fried fridges where the plastic on the outlet melted and is black with soot.
@rebel4466 2 жыл бұрын
@@groundcontrol6876 "Back then"? That's a SNES mini from 2017. No mains power on there. Clint is pretty much correct on this one.
@groundcontrol6876 2 жыл бұрын
@@rebel4466 Ahh didn’t know this thing was recent. I only ever had a PS1 and went on from there. Thanks for the info. 🤙🏽
@joehair4220 2 жыл бұрын
idk why i watch this but ur show is def. better than most. please adapt play a few games or soemthing just to add dynamic. either wayy cool job yo
@palehorse864 2 жыл бұрын
New to these vids, what's the clear stuff over the points before he solders?
@lepterfirefall 2 жыл бұрын
My SNES mini has a loose USB socket. It works but you have to wiggle the cable. I wish I could solder. What a skill.
@tonyperez6573 2 жыл бұрын
Omg, the assasin soldering iron was there hahaha.
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
😂 definitely!
@Dukefazon 5 күн бұрын
0:06 - You've got some pretty hands!
@codebeat4192 2 жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure it is one or more of the tantalium caps. Had a few in the past that go bad. What is the termal camera you are using? That can be a really helpful tool.
@Notpoop906 2 жыл бұрын
yeah looks like they had trouble getting it off and just gave up. basically impossible to remove a surface mount connector like that with the supports and stuff without using some kind of solder sucker / hot air station
@stevehoare7087 Жыл бұрын
Don't you just love it when they've tried to solder with a oxy acetylene torch... 😂
@foundatlantis 2 жыл бұрын
the fake hand LOL
@ihateevilbill 2 жыл бұрын
Ive seen that kinda damage on HDMI ports before (before the god awful attempted fix). Its usually caused by having a locking hdmi cable and someone not unlocking the hdmi connector before pulling it out. My son pulled the pins right out of his GTX-980Ti doing the exact same thing. Luckily the gfx card had multiple ports so fixing the bad port wasnt urgent. I did eventually get round to fixing it before selling it, right enough. Luckily nothing else blew, so it was a simple matter of replacing the port itself.
@IanTheWoodchuck 2 жыл бұрын
I have to wonder if they tried to fix it, shorted all the terminals with the botch job, and then tried to hook it up to a "quick charge" usb wall wart that somehow misinterpreted the short as a signal to ramp up the juice and nuked the port. We may never know!
@matthewtilley2674 Жыл бұрын
Nice to find you on KZfaq. My problem is where u plug the power cord in to. At the adapter in the little piece some how fell out and got lost. Can you please me.
@duncanpaton7344 2 жыл бұрын
Loving the fake hand, I’m late to the party on your videos, but I’m binge watching, keep up the good work
@geovani60624 2 жыл бұрын
man that's some good fuse, it managed to fry the whole board before opening true nintendo engineering
@Wenlocktvdx 2 жыл бұрын
That’s one messed up device. My NES was got at but only to the tune of a cut track. Someone cut IRQ and added a wire to rejoin it, didn’t realise they’d cut the next track. All it need was another wire, clean the 72 pin socket at both ends and it was all good.
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this one was a mess! Glad you got the NES working, excellent stuff! 👍
@MegaX50 2 жыл бұрын
That port looked like the soldering equivalent of "Spray and Pray".
@starcrashr 2 жыл бұрын
1:00 You've missed a great opportunity for a "de-feet-ing" pun.
@kennethbarker852 2 жыл бұрын
1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth
@callumthomas653 2 жыл бұрын
Someone tripped house with that job 😂
@shawnbyrd4646 4 ай бұрын
That damn hand scared the hell outta me😂
@pieluvr7362 2 жыл бұрын
Don't worry about it 🐻 the bears had a problem like that with Goldilocks
@relaxxxrrr 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, there's clearly a trace going to pin 4 (power cable sense?). This was not going to turn as it was wired.
@neatt3815 Жыл бұрын
Original owner probably had a friend that "could do it for cheaper" 😂
@jonskitch8082 11 ай бұрын
That port replacement messed the entire board! Poor Steve.😢
@randysmith7094 2 жыл бұрын
Even if the board was ok, it probably would NOT power on with just a 5v and ground jumper wire. I tried that with a Playstation classic and it does not work. The board is looking for resistance on pin 4 of the micro USB power port. I think 470 ohms to ground, not sure...
@Rainbow__cookie 2 жыл бұрын
its like a otg
@loopylad4722 2 жыл бұрын
This is something I want to do as a hobby, but have no idea where to start. Any recommendations?
@FAMEforM Жыл бұрын
how did you get this things hot? do you plug in your selfmade battery or do you use your multimeter to conduct electricity?
@evolity_ 2 жыл бұрын
REALLY? nobody noticed the FAKE HAND :D but keep it up, Steve, you're my favourite! :P
@trevornewton7072 2 жыл бұрын
Wish I had your smarts and patience
@omijharjani 2 жыл бұрын
God this episode I was laughing like crazy!!! especially when he finds the hole Hahahahaha
@kikihobbyrepair 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video Steve.
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kiki!
@thegreyman4920 2 жыл бұрын
Could you buy a replacement cpu or would that cost more than it's worth it to fix?
@alaricjeard269 2 жыл бұрын
Nice vidéo! Keep going i enjoy your vids and i learn a lot!
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alaric! 👍
@JustinEmlay 2 жыл бұрын
When they plugged that in and it went KLABLAMO! Just imagine what shorts do your body.
@hgn7811 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 😁 juste being curious since I'm New to this field but I did'nt get the last part involving the 1Volt , could someone please explain this to me ? Thank you 😊
@djmulder 2 жыл бұрын
"How did they get a hole there"... well.... my xbox (original first one) looked worse than that hole... Since then I'm very insecure over my soldering :P
@MrMegaManFan 2 жыл бұрын
The way you said "oh my good God" I thought roaches would come crawling out!
@tybertimus 2 жыл бұрын
Yikes! With something like this, is there anything on the board that makes it worth saving as a donor? Or just altogether a loss?
@arch1107 2 жыл бұрын
it can be a donor, but cant donate much, mostly i would sell it as spare parts, the plastic case in particular
@joesshows6793 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! That is wild
@KeplerEmeritus 2 жыл бұрын
What is the goo you use when soldering? What does it do?
@jensrogerkristoffersen5472 4 ай бұрын
LOL someone got a BIG soldering iron for Xmas.
@slyfoxkgar 2 жыл бұрын
That port looks perfectly soldered when you first looked at it.. nothing wrong at all.. nothing.. 11 out of 10 job there. lol
@Evermore098 2 жыл бұрын
was it a kid that did this? You got a lot more patients than me I would gave up the moment I seen the burn damage
@electron0002 2 жыл бұрын
Time to put a raspberry pi in side the casing
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Great idea, I think that would be awesome! 👍
@SatiVaMov Жыл бұрын
Where did you get the hoodie from? cant find it anywhere
@OperationDecoded 2 жыл бұрын
Dear @StezStix Fix? I just got another SNES Mini with the same issue. I was able to confirm that the power board (the small one) was fine since I was able to connect it to a working SNES mini and it would work just fine and I was able to connect the power board from that SNES mini to this board and nothing would happen, thus confirming that it was indeed not the small board. Now it looks like nothing was done inside yet actually and I can't find anything wrong with it, except for the fact that it won't power on at all. I compared the working and the non working board and at least cosmetically I couldn't find anything different... Do you have any recommendations what in particular I should look for?
@BlakeKane 2 жыл бұрын
Did you try turning it off and on sir? (Before seeing the soldering on socket)
@ToxoRetro 2 жыл бұрын
Well that was frustrating - by no means your fault. Not even a third hand would've helped here. I am curious to see how the circuitry compares to similar devices, such as the Mini Classic Mini NES (yeah I said it 😉), TheC64/Mini, PlayStation Classic, etc; especially as they use similar software interfaces. At least the controller will work (if they haven't "fixed" it...) on another Super Nintendo Mini Classic Mini SNES (that's what they should've called it!) or for certain Wii games (Mario Kart Wii, Mario All Stars or any Virtual Console game downloaded before the service was shut). The console shell would look good on display, if not as a donor or Pi mod as others have suggested. Off topic a bit, Retro Games Ltd (TheC64/Mini makers) have announced a A500 Mini based on the Amiga series, due to be released around Easter time.
@StezStixFix 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Toxo! I am incredibly excited by the A500 mini, it was my weapon of choice growing up.! I think I'm gonna whack a Pi in this Snes mini classic mini nintendo. I reckon that will be pretty cool and definitely something I would use! 👍
@ToxoRetro 2 жыл бұрын
@@StezStixFix Cool. SNES - I wonder if the "Wii nunchuck" connector would adapt to USB without too much wizardry? If so it'll be handy for a Raspberry π retro emulator - for many systems' games. Amiga - Dad had a 500, so I too am nostalgic for it. I couldn't be kept off of Lotus II. Although cosmetically based on the 500, it's supposed to support all the various Amiga models - I'm curious how it's going to change between the main 3 chip set types and processor/RAM specs whilst being user friendly - especially with side loading. 🤔 Let's leave the brain pain to the pros... 😁 As excited as I am, I may wait a while to see if a full keyboard model comes out, akin to TheC64. Could also be a future Christmas present idea for my old man...
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