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i would just keep hard turning it on and off untill it would read and rubbed it hard AF, abusing my gamecube in to working is the only was so as not to spend 150 on a new one
Sometimes the receiver is broken beyond repair due to corrosion, this is common....I've tried to look for replacement components, but the closest I have come to this is just finding the piece itself broken or working....
Hello, what would you recommend for light corrosion where the AV port meets the board? Those 5 silver pins on the top right?? I have heard to use magic eraser but id like feedback
I would resolder them with a bit of flux. The flux itself should get rid of most of the impurities. However, if you dont want to go that route due to the limitation of hardware, you may get away with cleaning it with some 90%+ isopropyl alcohol. In regards to the actual pins themselves, people simply use the end of an eraser to clean them with some 90%+ isopropyl alcohol. An eraser should work as well as a magic eraser, but if you already have the magic eraser on hand, then you can use it. Note: If you use magic eraser, I know it mentions to dampen when using, be sure the components/pins are completely dry....I never advise to put water, use caution and let dry before turning on.
The fuse used was within the same specifications from the repair manual for Game Gears. 1 Amp 250v thermal fuse with a rated temperature of 100 deg Celsius. Pin length of 39.5mm and fuse length of 6mm.
@@totalfix877 just to make sure youre in on the joke. this is suposed to be a fun reference to another electronic repair youtuber who would have soldered a wire between the pads and called it a 'proper calibrated fuse'
Mine was reading 190 ohms and I did a recap using a console 5 and it wouldn't read discs until I got it down to 112 ohms. I triedit again a few days later and it wouldn't read the discs until I cleaned the lens with ipa. I"m not sure if the laser is just super dirty. if it stays consistent I may adjust the resistance up to avoid burning the laser out
I was playing and all of a sudden a loud buzzing sound happened and then the video disappeared (white flash like). Tried buying a new AV cable, didn’t work. Still powers on but I guess before cracking it open and going through all this, is it savable? :/
I would like to see what happens when you simply remove the jumper pack and put it back because that stopped my n64 from working luckily my tv repair guy fixed it twice for us when I was a kid lmfao
Ugh, this is beyond me. I can see now why they want to charge me the big bucks ($800 m. pesos). This would be well spent money for the game gear, but I have only one game; the same one you have. It goes back on the shelf.
Any ideas on why my gba reboots itself after a few minutes playing with it? i just installed a highpeedo V5 ips screen and replaced the power inductor cause the one it had looked really bad, i wonder if that has something to do with the problem.
I am not too familiar with the highpeedo V5 IPS Screen. In regards to the restart, Im curious if the capacitors are holding the proper charge or if theyre just old. This is a common issue I see with older GBA models and I replace them...however, I am not saying this is the case for your system.
Fired up my old gamecube after some years and played wind waker. Game works flawlessly, but i recently just bought a copy of Mario Sunshine and it gave me that error on the first launch of the game. The disc is very clean with verrryy light scratches. After that i cleaned the lens, fired it back up and this time it got to the intro but then black screen. Third time i got passed the beginning of the game, then a few cutscenes later another black screen. Tried wind waker again and it still works.
This video is great. It did help me get my game boy Advance working again! But you'll get a kick out of this.. mine was not terribly corroded, and I was frustrated that it worked fine when I put it in a safe place and it sat for several years (i used to collect gameboys). Well after watching the video I decided to just try the caveman thing and switch the power on and off rapidly back and forth 100 times to see if that loosened something up and sure enough it works fine now and it's getting better every time I turn it on 😂 I can take them apart completely and clean them (this one was cleaned before storage. I clean all my systems with alcohol carefully) but.. I don't have a soldering iron sadly.
Thanks for the video! I have a similar "no AV" issue so hoping its not as involved as this. But I repair a lot of computers so kinda intrigued to try and repair my first console.
0:31 This was very informative and a real solid option compared to adjusting the potentiometer. If I can add anything regarding the instructions, it would be to go into more detail when installing the capacitors in regards to their polarity. Great content regardless. Thanks!
Any idea what could be wrong with mine? Theres no videos display and clean the whole thing like u did in the video. Do u think it might be the av cables
It is very difficult to diagnose it without looking at the system unfortunately. Normally I do visual inspection, look for cold solder joints, swollen/leaking capacitors or corrosion.
Thank you for this it was very in depth! It seems I just have to adjust my GameCube’s potentiometer a little bit. If it goes below 120 ohms I’ll just replace it. Like you said it could damage disks and these days you cannot afford to do that, literally. A new disk drive assembly with the lid flaps is cheaper than a copy of Smash Melee these days.
I have had my wavebirds for decades at this point. They worked but I recently bought 2 more receivers that would fail after a couple of minutes of play and the other would randomly respond. Decades! I did not know this you've just added to my gaming knowledge. For that I am eternally grateful. 🙏🏽
My controller was tossed and as a result the left screw in the handle is broken and the whole left side of the controller isnt working. Any ideas how to fix?
It's really weird that you didn't even desolder the switch to clean it inside. It's far better to open it and clean it inside with IPA instead of this funny sliding switch on and off to clean it.
A I was doing this with the soldering iron but on the last pad you can tell it pulled out but not all the way , will this be a problem once I order a new power switch ?? It’s the last one on the right , I’m just asking before I order a new switch for it not to work
Whew, I think this is something I’ll be doing to fix one of my gameboys. Has a bent pin, and it doesn’t seem a practical place to fix, so I’ll be borrowing a 32-pin connector from another dead GBC and hoping for the best.
I need help, I have same problem no video, I’ve cleaned everything and all the chips are in great condition so don’t need to solder anything yet it’s still no working any ideas what else it could be? I’ve also cleaned and tried more than one game and expansion pack but still nothing
It really depends...it is hard to say without inspecting the board. Generally you may have cold solder joints, but its difficult to say without a microscope. However, the alternate easy way is to do a "nudge" test against the IC joints. Hope this helps!
Seriously thank you so much for the video! Every video I've looked at kept referring to the fuses or the power switch. Thanks to your video I was able to save one of my game boy colors and get it up and working without any other issues.
