--- title: Fixing The Damage Of A Botched SNES SuperCIC Mod | daily.dev description: A Super Nintendo console arrived with a badly executed SuperCIC mod chip installation, featuring ripped CIC pads, a solder bridge on S-PPU1, and poor wiring... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fixing-the-damage-of-a-botched-snes-supercic-mod-2vbsaovfx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Fixing The Damage Of A Botched SNES SuperCIC Mod | daily.dev og:description: A Super Nintendo console arrived with a badly executed SuperCIC mod chip installation, featuring ripped CIC pads, a solder bridge on S-PPU1, and poor wiring... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fixing-the-damage-of-a-botched-snes-supercic-mod-2vbsaovfx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2vbsaoVFx.png og:image:alt: Fixing The Damage Of A Botched SNES SuperCIC Mod og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fixing The Damage Of A Botched SNES SuperCIC Mod **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Super Nintendo console arrived with a badly executed SuperCIC mod chip installation, featuring ripped CIC pads, a solder bridge on S-PPU1, and poor wiring throughout. After cleaning up the mess and completing the SuperCIC mod using a PIC16F630, burn-in testing revealed VRAM issues traced back to the solder bridge between pins 25 and 26 on S-PPU1, which had forced 5V into an unintended pin. Replacing the damaged S-PPU1 chip with one from a donor board resolved the graphical artifacts, restoring the console to working order. The takeaway: SNES modding requires real soldering skill, as mistakes can destroy hard-to-replace chips like the S-PPU1. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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