Help me fix some Game Gears.

Discussion in 'Repair, Restoration, Conservation and Preservation' started by Tokimemofan, Oct 9, 2013.

  1. Tokimemofan

    Tokimemofan Dauntless Member

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    Just bought a crap load of broken game gears with various problems. Here is the list of problems I fixed:
    No Sound: (3/4 had this, cap fix worked on all of them)
    Weak Picture: (a few had this, cap fix worked on all but 1 of them)
    No Power: (2 had this, replaced power board)
    Dead blotch on the left side of the screen (1 had this, the cause was a failed sealing blob so the screen leaked, replaced the LCD, not an easy fix)

    I still need to fix some more of them:
    Black Screen (Backlight is working sound isn't. I recapped a few of these but still dead)
    Crimson haze on the edges of LCD (Probably a heat damaged or leaky LCD I'll try replacing that)
    Black Screen, with randomly moving horizontal lines (Also tried recapping on a few, used one as a donor for the one with a dead blotch)

    I have also written some off as unrepairable.
    Greenish Black screen (VA4 unit the IC that controls the right 1/3 of the lcd almost caught fire during testing,)

    Edit: Some of the of Black screens are cap problems, I'll re evaluate those.
     
    Last edited: Oct 9, 2013
  2. xmog123x

    xmog123x Peppy Member

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    This sounds like the connection on the lcd ribbon near the lcd has gone bad. If the caps trick doesn't work, try using a soldering iron on the ribbon near the connector, just to reheat the connection.
     
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