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How to Take Apart a Super Nintendo 62 Pin Connector

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a console gaming system first released by Nintendo in Japan on Nov. 21, 1990. The console featured cartridge games ranging from action/adventure and sports-themed to puzzles and role-playing. The games had to be inserted into the console's specific 62-pin connector before they could be played. You can take apart your 62-pin connector after you remove it from your SNES.

Things You'll Need

4.5 mm security tool bit
Zip-up plastic bags
Flat surface
Phillips screwdriver
Wire cutters
Soldering iron (optional)
Rosin solder core (optional)

Instructions

- 1
  Flip the SNES so the cartridge opening is facing down. Unscrew the six screws in its back plate with the 4.5 mm security tool bit. Place them in a zip-up plastic bag.
- 2
  Remove the back plate by hand to reveal the interior of the SNES. Place the back plate on a dry, flat surface, such as a table.
- 3
  Grip the middle cart ejector from the SNES interior on both its ends with your hands. Jiggle the ejector upward until it comes off. Place it on the flat surface.
- 4
  Find the large metal plate in the bottom side of the SNES interior. Remove its six screws with the Phillips screwdriver. Place them in a second zip-up plastic bag. Pull the metal plate off gently by hand and place it on the flat surface.
- 5
  Find the 62-pin connector below the top two metal plates of the SNES interior. Remove its far-left and far-right screws with the Phillips screwdriver and place them in a third zip-up plastic bag. Gently pull off the pin connector by hand.
- 6
  Take apart the connector further by clipping off its pins with the wire cutters.

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