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 )
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)
I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!
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Re: I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!
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.
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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Re: I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!
Or just buy any of the thousands of GameGears off Ebay that work for $10.
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Re: I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!
What's the point in buying something you don't need to tinker with?hailrazer wrote:Or just buy any of the thousands of GameGears off Ebay that work for $10.
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Re: I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!
Great point. !!!!Kumimono wrote:What's the point in buying something you don't need to tinker with?hailrazer wrote:Or just buy any of the thousands of GameGears off Ebay that work for $10.
What the heck was I thinking..... LOL
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Re: I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!
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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Re: I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!
Yeah, I've been slacking lately - haven't done any soldering in 6 months 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?
Seems like most people use radial, but is there any reason not to use surface mount caps?
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Re: I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!
just generally easier to solder radial. and super easy to get ahold of. :yes:
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Re: I'm new here... and i must fix my gamegear!
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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