Super Famicom refurb and recap

[Steve]

Allo all,

I do a lot of retro console modding besides working on Ataris and Amigas. I always fancied having a SNES, never had one in my childhood as I had a Megadrive, but I always wanted one. Massive fan of Mario Bros etc.

I wanted an NTSC console for 60hz but really didn't like the look of the USA super Nintendo, so I picked up a Japanese Super Famicom from someone in the UK. I've ordered a Super Everdrive from Krikzz so that will automatically unlock English region ROMs for me.

I've also ordered an RGB Bypass board which is supposed to make the video output cleaner. But first I just need to re-cap the machine because the SMD caps have started to leak. This version I have seems to be the very first model which had an audio module completely separate from the motherboard, fully shielded. I quite like this :)


Ps - does anyone know what the crappy bodges on the controller port PCB are? I assume to allow UK controllers?

Anyhow photos of my recap:

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New caps ready, I didn't have any 47uf for the audio module so hopefully 56uf will be fine:

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Re-capped:

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[Steve]

I'll post some more next week when the RGB Bypass board arrives.