Hello, I just finished recapping some game gears. On one of the game gears a pad ripped off. It's a 2 asic version. The pad that's ripped is on C31(big one on top, 100uf, 6.3V). I can't find the spot where this (minus) pad goes to. But the game gear works without this cap. My question is: can I leave it like this and use the game gear without this cap?
You don't *really* need it. It's the main +5v power supply filtering cap. The minus goes to ground, which comes from the blue connector above. You can connect to another ground if you like with similar results.