Super Famicom RGB Scart Caps Leaked?

Hi,
So I bought this official sfc rgb scart off ebay. Opened it up and there was brown liquid on the board on the opposite side of the caps and the board seems corroded. I got some contact cleaner on it and the caps appear to be ok. Do you think I can save this? If so how? Ps the fluff is off a qtip.
Thanks

 

It's a prime example of leaked caps.
You will need to replace all 3 caps and repair the pcb damage with some wires.

 

Thanks, im not the greatest at soldering. I could do the caps or reflow but rewiring the board is something ive never done. Boards scrap right?

 

The pcb looks horrible but could still work. You need a multi meter to test it (check for continuity across the traces).
In any case, this pcb is really simple. Patching any broken traces shouldn't be a problem, as long as you can solder *something*

 

Haha basically i can rewire a scart, a bit of through hole soldering and recently completed the c sync mod for my rgb n64 but thats about as far as it goes
Would i just wire from each solder point that is on the same pad in series?

 

thats repairable, not really that bad. get some caps solder bridge the board, and your good to go. and don't be surprised, sometimes its just from them being stored poorly and the caps arent even dead. got famicom disks systems with all kinds of wierd liquid in them i still don't know WTF it was...... does it even work?

 

It doesnt work with either my sfc or usa snes on my samsung tv. Dont know if my tv accepts jp21. Bought it as was going to wire it for my rgb n64 as gamecube scarts are £40 at the moment!
So solderbridging would be to cover all the pads and traces that link up with fresh solder thereby reconstructing the circuit?

 

yes, and DONT PLUG A JP21 INTO A SCART PORT it can totally fuck shit up in a bad way. vise versa for scart into jp21. re-wire first, then test it.

 

Cool thanks skyway. Luckily nothing went bang, only had it on for a couple of seconds with each console. I will update if i get it rewired and working

 

Luckily not a PAL console. Those carry 12v on one pin. That would be bad

 

Thats one thing i do know about pal and ntsc snes luckily but I thought I would take a stupid risk as the worst thing that would have happened would be 5v to a pin I believe