Sega Genesis VA2 Board Rev. SMD Component Replacement

I have a Sega Genesis VA2 Board Rev. that outputs garbled video, sound is fine.

https://goo.gl/photos/JxpuiPovkzVbCTSU7

I tested both the AV out and RF out, tried different game carts, different power supplies, all with the same results. I cleaned the cartridge connector and looked for bent pins but it appeared to be in excellent shape.

My next step was to look inside for bad solder joints when I discovered this :https://goo.gl/photos/oqYceUjPzATbUrmy8

the small (light beige) ceramic component in the picture. It appears to be chipped in half, or blown do apart ? can these components explode?

(zoomed out) https://goo.gl/photos/z4nwXXsQkXuBfdKj6

It think it is a surface mount ceramic capacitor but I'm not sure. I'm hoping replacing this part fixes it , however I can't identify it to know the specifications to buy a replacement part.

I'm very new to console repair and have never done surface mount soldering before (just leaded through-hole components) . Currently I have a 40W iron and .6 MM 60/40 Solder, would solder paste and a heat gun be better ?

Also any recommendations on flux, right now I have a cheap flux pen and it is pretty terrible.

DHeth

 

As far as I can tell it is a ceramic capacitor
http://www.mouser.com/Passive-Components/Capacitors/Ceramic-Capacitors/_/N-5g8m/
So I would have to identify the capacitance and voltage rating to pick the correct one?

 

That ceramic capacitor could very well be the problem. Unfortunately over time they can become brittle and break.
Here are some Sega Genesis/MD schematics. I don't remember if they are for the VA2, VA3 or VA4 but it may help, just follow the trace of your broken part to find the value.

https://emudocs.org/Genesis/mega1.png

https://emudocs.org/Genesis/mega2.png

https://emudocs.org/Genesis/mega3.png

 

I'm still pretty green and even more so about schematics. What is a capacitor going to look like or be labeled as on one of those schematics.
Two lines parallel to each -||- other and a curved line for polarity? + -|(- - ?

 

Those cer caps are non-polar, so it will look like -II- .
I'm in the middle of a project but If you give me about a week or two I may be able to dig my VA2 and help you out.

Anybody else, please feel free to jump in

 

Yeah, i'm in no rush, it has been sitting on the shelf for a while and I had some spare time to look at it.

The majority of the non polarized I see on those schematics are 33pf or 100pf and the max voltage in a Genesis is going to be is 5V ?

so if I got a ceramic capacitor rated for 10V or more and 100pf I should be ok?

What happens if I put a 100pf to replace a 33pf , it would just draw a little more on power up to charge the capacitor ?

 

I went to Dave Jones EEVBLOG forum to try and figure out the capicatance. It can be measured with a multimeter on the FCx setting unfortunately my Autoranging multimeter doesn't have that setting. So i'll have to put it on hold until I can pick up a meter capable of that.