SNES serial number UP16109979 which chip design

[PantherB]

Good evening,

I have a question. My German PAL SNES has the model number SNSP-001A(FRG) with the serial number UP16109979.

Does anybody have a serial number close to this one and knows which chip design it is? (One-Chip, SNES-CPU2, etc.)

I don't want to open it, I don't even have the necessary tool to do so.

I have the feeling that the serial-number is not high enough to be a One-Chip SNES, do you think the picture quality is much worse?

Thanks!

[blizzz]

The serial is on the border between SNSP-CPU-02 and SNSP-CPU-1CHIP-01. If it has two big stickers plus serial on the back it is a CPU-02 board, if it only has one sticker plus serial it might be a 1CHIP. The screwdriver bits to open SNES consoles only cost a couple bucks and from what I've seen in used SNES consoles, I would definitely recommend to open and clean it.

The 1CHIP has a sharper picture which can be easily spotted by the lack of smearing on the right edge of objects.

[FBX]

I hunted on ebay for SNES console listings that had pictures of the serial number on the bottom. Eventually I found an NTSC one with a serial number that was right on the border between the 1CHIP-02 and 1CHIP-03, and it ended up being the -03. These -03's supposedly have an even better picture than the -01 or -02, but I don't know for sure since I cannot compare them directly. I will say the -03 does in fact have a razor-sharp RGB picture once CSYNC is hooked back up.

[ApolloBoy]

I don't want to open it, I don't even have the necessary tool to do so.

Gamebits are cheap and opening your SNES will do absolutely no harm to it. Just open it up and you'll know for sure which revision it is.