Game Gear Shut Down problem after caps change...

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  1. retroborg

    retroborg Active Member

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    Hi all!
    I recently changed all the caps of a nonfunctional game gear (Mother board, Audio board & Power board), it was a routine job that I have performed many times before, but this one acts very weirdly now.
    When I started it, either with batteries or via the SEGA 9V 500mA AC adaptor, both video and audio worked fine, but when I connected the audio jack to the PC speakers the game gear turned off.
    When I restarted it, the LCD turned on without displaying anything and no audio but after a few secs both the power led and LCD shut down and it persists with each try now.

    I tried the motherboard with a different working audio board & power board but the same problem persists.

    So, I changed all the caps again with different ones in case I had ran into a defective one, but again the game gear worked for a few secs and again it shut down after some time and the same phenomenon persists.

    If I leave the game gear off for some hours and start it, it will work but again after some time it will shut down and the same problem will repeat itself.
    I have careful checked the main mother board for any other defective components including the 2 fuses on the side of the LCD, but I have not been able to isolated anything defective which would explain this behavior.


    If anybody has an idea of what could be wrong and how I could fix this, I would highly appreciate it.
    Thanks in advance.

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    Last edited: Apr 16, 2014
  2. VaNDAL

    VaNDAL Rising Member

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    Those caps on the audio board look quite a mess. I would first of all remove all the audio caps clean the pads and replace with new ones.

    I always replace those when re-capping Game Gears. If the issue is still happening I'd check for shorts from the audio jack.
     
  3. retroborg

    retroborg Active Member

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    The caps on the audio board have been replaced. I tried it without any audio board connected to it and the same problem occurs.
    I'll check the audio jack it self for shorts and I'll re-install the audio caps again and clean the pads again.
     
    Last edited: Apr 17, 2014
  4. GoodTofuFriday

    GoodTofuFriday Site Supporter 2015,2016,2017

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    I would redo the caps in your second picture and try to start it without the audio board.
     
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