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Nintendo Super Famicom SHVC-001 Controller Port Board Replacement

Device	Nintendo Super Famicom SHVC-001
Difficulty	Easy
Time	15 - 25 minutes
Steps	5

This guide is by Carter Eason on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

Are you experiencing trouble with your controller not working? This may contribute to the system not recognizing the controller input or a broken controller port. With this guide, we will help you replace the port in efforts to fix this problem. You will need a 4.5mm Gamebit screwdriver and a 1.25mm white ribbon cable for this guide as well. Happy fixing!

Tools: Gamebit 4.5mm; Phillips #1 Screwdriver

Step 1

• Remove the six 13.5 mm screws on the lower case with a 4.5 mm Gamebit screwdriver.

Step 2

• Flip the Famicom over and set it down.
• Lift off the upper case.

Step 3

• Carefully disconnect the ribbon cable that is attached to the controller board and the main board.

Step 4

• Lift the controller port board directly up and out of the chassis.
• NOTE: If your new controller port board does not come with a ribbon cable, you will also need to replace that.

Step 5

• NOTE: The next bullet demonstrates how to replace your ribbon cable.
• Disconnect and remove the old cable and replace it with a new 1.25 mm ribbon cable.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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