SNES Freezing after one minute of play.

Hi, I recently got a SNES off eBay and I have this problem where the games work for a minute or so, but then it either freezes or the controller stops working. I know its not the games because they are cleaned and work on other systems, so I was wondering if anyone knew what the problem could be, and if it could be fixed. An example is in Zombies Ate my Neighbors, I get all the way to the "press start" screen but then pressing start doesn't work. The video and sound keep going but the controller won't do anything. Also, in Super Mario World I can move a little bit but once the initial message comes up I can't close it, and it then proceeds to freeze/crash. This all happens in a matter of about 30 seconds to a minute, so there has to be a pattern. There is some rattling in the console, but I can see there is a chip on it, so I figured it was just plastic. Could this be the problem?

Hi, I recently got a SNES off eBay and I have this problem where the games work for a minute or so, but then it either freezes or the controller stops working. I know its not the games because they are cleaned and work on other systems, so I was wondering if anyone knew what the problem could be, and if it could be fixed. An example is in Zombies Ate my Neighbors, I get all the way to the "press start" screen but then pressing start doesn't work. The video and sound keep going but the controller won't do anything. Also, in Super Mario World I can move a little bit but once the initial message comes up I can't close it, and it then proceeds to freeze/crash. This all happens in a matter of about 30 seconds to a minute, so there has to be a pattern. There is some rattling in the console, but I can see there is a chip on it, so I figured it was just plastic. Could this be the problem?

Morpheus9950

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I would suggest going to AtariAge.com and posting about this, there are a lot of technical people over there. However that chip might mean that the thing was dropped, but it could be a simple fix. Have you tried cleaning a game first though, while the pattern seems like the console just try cleaning your game's contacts with q-tips and rubbing alchohol. Try it a few times as that can help clean out your system's contacts.

Thanks guys. He mentioned it rattled and stuff before I bought it. I'm not too worried about it (I bought a big package with 6 NESs, 4 SNESs, etc.) I asked him and he just suggested checking whats rattling so I'll do that. I'm getting a gamebit screwdriver this weekend, and while I'm in there I might just clean out the console with some compressed air.