I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!

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I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!

Post by evilgenius31 » Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:56 pm

Hello, everyone - I've been working on consoles, and other electronics for a while now. I come to you today with a DIRE situation. I bought 2 gamegears on ebay (for $20 after shipping :D)
Unfortunately, only one of them works . The other had a battery leak - but it still turns on! I can get sound occasionally, but the screen stays black. I'm just wondering if this board can be saved:
(I've already cleaned it up a bit)
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Post by lovablechevy » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:24 pm

your best bet would be to replace all the caps. esp since they look rather corroded.

if after doing that, you still don't get a picture, but the sound still works, then it's just the screen that is dead. the screen is a pain to replace. but, you can use the board and a rgb/svideo/composite converter board to play on your tv.
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Post by hailrazer » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:07 am

Or just buy any of the thousands of GameGears off Ebay that work for $10.
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Post by Kumimono » Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:24 pm

hailrazer wrote:Or just buy any of the thousands of GameGears off Ebay that work for $10.
What's the point in buying something you don't need to tinker with? :|

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Post by hailrazer » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:52 pm

Kumimono wrote:
hailrazer wrote:Or just buy any of the thousands of GameGears off Ebay that work for $10.
What's the point in buying something you don't need to tinker with? :|
Great point. !!!!

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Post by Tibia » Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:55 pm

I can sit down and do a full cap replacement on a GG in about thirty minutes. It's not all that difficult, just repetitive. Caps are cheap, if you buy from an electronics supplier and not just Radio Shack. For the time/parts, it's usually worth it to repair a GG.
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Post by evilgenius31 » Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:39 pm

Yeah, I've been slacking lately - haven't done any soldering in 6 months :o Hopefully this will get me out of the slump. I went ahead and ordererd enough caps for 4 game gears... And a game-bit for my screwdriver. (my working game gear needs it's caps done too)

Seems like most people use radial, but is there any reason not to use surface mount caps?

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Post by lovablechevy » Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:45 pm

just generally easier to solder radial. and super easy to get ahold of. :yes:
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Post by Tibia » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:14 am

With the surface mount, I found that I had to add wire anyway to make some of the caps fit to the contacts. The radial caps already have the long legs on them. It's just a matter of convenience, I think.
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