Technical and Repair Assistance

[keiffer01]

Ok not to sound like a jerk but considering this is famicom world everyone knows what a famicom is and everyone knows what mother is. Secondly, did you tune it to the correct channel? what channel are you using to view the games?

Well, sorry if I wrote that! I wrote this question for nintendocity.com first, but the only thing people replied were,''Famicom?'' or ''MOTHER?''. It just didn't help, so  I simply copied the question and posted it on Famicom World, forgeting to erase what I added for nintendo city. As for the channels, I can see the system turn on on channel 8 and partially on channel 96.

[Doc]

You'll probably need an older television, as well. I'm screwed now, since I don't have any more old televisions...

[kite200]

im using mine on an HDTV.

[Doc]

im using mine on an HDTV.

Do tell me how!

And all this time I thought it was my new television...

[kite200]

well you plug the rf thing into the cable port and tune to channel 95....

[JC]

Topics merged.

[Doc]

well you plug the rf thing into the cable port and tune to channel 95....

It works fine? I put mine on L2 or something and I get great picture but this horribly loud buzzing noise that overpowers then game's sound...

[keiffer01]

I recently bought it from Rosemary as a non working Famicom, but she only said that it had trouble to play games, so I thought it wouldn't be much of a problem and bought it so I could fix it. The system did not come with the orginal adapter, so I looked for the adapter information and made one using a SNES adapter and the tip of a NES adapter. But when I plug it in, i can see it partially turning on with only a black and snowy screen appearing . I opened up the console and noticed two of the chips towards the front of the console come very, very hot. I checked the voltage of the adapter, and instaid of outputing 10 volts, it outputs 13-14 volts! So what can I do to have the proper voltage and have my system working perfectly?

[madman]

13v should still be fine, the chip that is getting hot is probably the voltage regulator.  As I mentioned somewhere else, if you take 5 different adapaters that say they output a specific voltage, you will get 5 different results.  Voltage regulators are forgiving on their input voltage.  Snowy output is not the result of a power issue.

Edit: My Famicom has a lm7805 voltage regulator which can take up to 24vdc input.

[Doc]

My Famicom officially works. I figured out the problem. As you may know, I plugged the system in and it works, but has a loud buzzing. Well, turns out after waiting around two minutes while leaving it on, the buzz goes away. No idea on what it  means, but it means that I get to play the Famicom again! Still can't find the Disk System's RAM cart though.

[madman]

Is the buzz coming from the TV, or the system itself is making a buzzing sound?

[JC]

I get a buzz, too, but mine comes from Controller II. It's the mic on there that, even when turned off properly, will buzz. I've found that if I whack the controller hard enough the buzz'll stop for a while. Think it's possible to replace Controller II with a second Controller I?

[kite200]

no, they're different. you need a new one.

[JC]

Oh ok. I've got a few Famicoms, so I'll have to swap controllers.

[Doc]

Is the buzz coming from the TV, or the system itself is making a buzzing sound?

Television.