Cleaning snes cartridge port

[Scoey]

I got a snes earlier. Set it up and turned on the power with a game in. Got nothing but a black screen. I was thinking that this is probably due to the cartridge port being dirty. I've heard before that theres a way to clean this. Anyone have any advice? Thanks

[Garibaldi Biscuit]

http://www.classicgaming.com/ragegames/repairclean.html

Very first result on Google, a search engine is a wonderful thing.

[dataDave]

You can use Lynx deoderant (make sure it's not antipersperant though!) and ear-cleaners to clean carts with. Haven't worked out a safe method for cleaning cart slots with household items yet though.

[Scoey]

I was cleaning the slot when I noticed that one of the gold contacts in the cartridge slot is gone, so I guess thats why it wont work. Should I just dump this now or is there a relatively easy way to fix this?

[Blu3Flame]

If one of the contacts is gone its not the end of the world as many games don't use them all, but without you indicating which contact it is I can't tell you what its function was As far as fixing goes I'm not sure how to go about it but you could always buy a replacement connector and fit that in, but its probably not worth the hassle. Just pop down to a local carboot and pick up a snes for less than five quid, you can probably haggle it down if its all horrible and yellow, then just swap the insides over

[Scoey]

Thanks for the info. I think I'll just look out for a different snes at markets and stuff, although I don't see them too often at car boot sales , tons of megadrives , but usually not a snes in sight.

[Halo]

Blow on the cartridge port/cartridge. Some people will say this will oxydise the connections and ruin 'em, but that (in theory) should be extremely uncommon as they are gold plated.