Completely and utterly stumped on this SNES problem *PLEASE HELP*
I'm really hoping for some insight on this problem as I am usually good at troubleshooting tech, but this one, I just can't understand.
Recently moved into a new house with accomodations that were such that I could finally unpack my old retro video game collection from when I was a kid- NES, SNES, N64...all in great shape, all stored properly, sealed and clean.
I get everything set up and all consoles are working fine.
The other day I power on my SNES and I am met with a strange flashy grey screen with a large black stripe running through it- not your typical "dirty" grey screen from unclean games like the kind you see on a NES. Power light is on. At first I thought it was just the game that became dirty so I cleaned it...nothing changed. I cleaned and tried a different game...nothing. Cleaned the pins inside the SNES...nothing. Then, I started thinking the AV cables went bad so I swapped out with a working Gamecube AV cable...no change. Tried a different input on the same TV and then completely moved everything to a different TV. Same grey flashy screen with black stripe.
Naturally at this point, I begin thinking it is something internal having exhausted everything else. I chose not try try doing anything internally since I am not knowledgable with circuitry, I bit the bullit and bought a used, but working SNES from eBay. It came today and I plugged it in useing the same AC adapter and AV cables from the old, non-functioning SNES....SAME GREY FLASHY SCREEN WITH BLACK STRIPE.
Went through the same exact process of swapping cables and cleaning and the problem still remains. The ONLY thing that I haven't tested is the AC adapter...but of the SNES powers on, that can't be the problem, right?
Completely stumped and missing my SNES fix.
Any ideas at all?
Recently moved into a new house with accomodations that were such that I could finally unpack my old retro video game collection from when I was a kid- NES, SNES, N64...all in great shape, all stored properly, sealed and clean.
I get everything set up and all consoles are working fine.
The other day I power on my SNES and I am met with a strange flashy grey screen with a large black stripe running through it- not your typical "dirty" grey screen from unclean games like the kind you see on a NES. Power light is on. At first I thought it was just the game that became dirty so I cleaned it...nothing changed. I cleaned and tried a different game...nothing. Cleaned the pins inside the SNES...nothing. Then, I started thinking the AV cables went bad so I swapped out with a working Gamecube AV cable...no change. Tried a different input on the same TV and then completely moved everything to a different TV. Same grey flashy screen with black stripe.
Naturally at this point, I begin thinking it is something internal having exhausted everything else. I chose not try try doing anything internally since I am not knowledgable with circuitry, I bit the bullit and bought a used, but working SNES from eBay. It came today and I plugged it in useing the same AC adapter and AV cables from the old, non-functioning SNES....SAME GREY FLASHY SCREEN WITH BLACK STRIPE.
Went through the same exact process of swapping cables and cleaning and the problem still remains. The ONLY thing that I haven't tested is the AC adapter...but of the SNES powers on, that can't be the problem, right?
Completely stumped and missing my SNES fix.
Any ideas at all?
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If it were me I'd get a new one. It's less likely that the console is damaged; typically the pico fuse inside would blow first.
I wonder if there's a break in the secondary coil or some issue causing the transformer to output less than the SNES needs to properly work. If you had a multimeter you could check the output.