I MESSED THIS UP - Recapping a Game Gear - The ULTIMATE Guide
101Hey hey my little pukka radishes! Hope you're good! In tonight's video I'm trying to fix a Game Gear I got faulty from eBay with a weird fault... apparently it has a screen like a 'not tuned in TV'. Never heard of something like this before, so I was intrigued - I also took the opportunity to do a cap kit, but this time with hot air... It went.. well, as well as you'd expect from me!
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00:00 Disclaimer and Titles
00:29 Introduction
02:28 Powering on to find our fault..
03:00 Does it need a cap kit?
05:14 How to disassemble a Game Gear
06:32 That's why there's no sound...
07:14 The board isn't looking great either..
09:19 Removing the Main Board with Screen
10:25 Getting the Main Board under the Microscope
11:38 How to remove the main board caps with hot air (badly)
13:57 This won't end well..
14:55 Assessing the Main Board Damage
16:17 Getting the board ready for new caps
17:23 What new capacitors do you need for the Game Gear?
19:33 Replacing the main board capacitors.
23:59 Main Board is DONE! I hope!
24:57 Testing my work!
26:46 Let's recap the Power Board!
27:49 Don't use surface mount caps here - let's do some electrolytic ones!
29:25 These words will haunt me.. forever..
31:21 Finishing up the Power Board
31:48 Testing my working.... this didn't end well!
32:46 Fixing my mistakes.
34:22 Recapping the Sound Board now.. this looks gross
34:38 This is the worst I've ever seen..
35:39 Fresh Solder is needed
36:33 What Caps do you need for the Game Gear Sound Board?
37:44 How to replace the capacitors on a Game Gear Sound Board
39:15 And that's the sound board DONE! Maybe?
39:49 Bench test...
40:20 Getting it back together..
41:22 But does it work?
43:23 Game Over