The TurboGrafx-16 Mini has a FATAL FLAW! Can I fix it? | Clayton Morris Plays 

I just published a video on Helldivers 2. Let me know what you think: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--Bz2sDZtkSo.html

The guy from Redacted is talking about a TurboGrafx... WTF!? xD LOL!!!

Wow... I thought I was experiencing my first AI deep fake and was becoming alarmingly distraught at how real it seemed. Nope, turns out Clayton has a cool second channel I didn't know about :)

Had no idea you were a gamer! Hell ya!

Klaus Schwab sponsored the Turbografx mini so that you own nothing 😂

I thought this was a roll out of the next generation deep fakes that target personal interests but NOPE! Clayton is an old school gamer too! I knew this guy checked out 😂

That's pretty rich of Konami saying that "you used the wrong power adapter" when they were too cheap to even include a cheapo USB power adapter with it. Thank goodness I used some random low power one with it that I just had laying around. I had no idea I'd been flirting with death playing with this thing.

Wait…..is this an alternate reality I’m waking up to???! 🤯

Wow, like everyone else, I am pleasantly surprised! One of my favorite RU-vidrs is not only into retro games, but is also into repairing them!? This is awesome!

Clayton is the man! It’s nice to see someone who can navigate the stormy waters of our world’s corruptions and shedding light on unmistakeable truths…simultaneously being even more relatable as a fellow gamer, collector and do-it-yourselfer. Thanks for all you do Clayton, well done.

Clayton plays Old School games? Man we could have been hanging out years ago!! Hah!

Holy crap, didn’t realize ClayMo was cool this whole time, lol! If he knows what NeoGeo is then mind equals blown. If he sim races with a wheel then his coolness will be complete… Maybe McGregor, Ritter, and the Duran guys are this cool too!

I can't believe this has happened to soo many people!

No mway Clayton since when did you have this channel. Had no idea you were into this sort of stuff.

That's it. Clayton is awesome! 😂😎😁

Mr Morris spits hot fire of truth, but a gamer at heart. 👍👍 I hope you review more games like ys and other games.

We love you Clayton. Thank you for your truth and showing a side a lot of us can relate to!

I had no idea you had this channel , was going to post you had a twin brother

Literally shocked when I saw this title lol 😂

This is happening so often that I don't buy electronics devices which don't come with a power cord anymore. I also use a sharpie marker and a blank sticker to label every power adaptor that I have so future me can figure out what they are.

Clayton's an old school gamer ! Sweeeeeeet !

Be still my heart... Clayton not only provides great alternative views on current events.... He's also a gamer?!

What the hell Clayton! You’re like a one stop shop here on RU-vid! This is pretty cool!

What the heck!? Didn’t know you were a retro gamer as well! I suppose not a surprise. We grew up during the golden age of video games! Is Tucker a retro gamer as well?

How does Mr Morris has time to wake up the people, look after kids, AND play games! Lol😊 *lvl up* for sure!

Holy crap, this appeared in my feed. I heard somewhere that clay was gamer! Now it is confirmed! WOOHOO!

This channel just made me like you more! Thought I was seeing things 😂

Unfortunately, the TG16-Mini, even if you order that chip that appears cooked, it will not solve the issue you are having. To the right of the fried chip, there are several small resistors soldered onto pads on the board -- the way they are set up, if left as is, they will fry the chip shortly after it's fixed anyway. Oddly, when the board is turned on, there are 2 (maybe only 1 functioning) resistors keeping the USB ports at 4.7-4.8 volts. Once the device is turned off, however, there are there 3 resistors present that bypass the individual USB resistors, yet still manage to maintain voltage (potential current) flow through the USB ports -- these are all allowing a complete bypass of the other two resistors. So, when the console is off & plugged in, 5.1V is maintained over those two ports; when it is turned on, the resistors hold the voltage lower. Considering there are only ever 2-to-3 resisters on the board working at once & with the wrong voltage no less, those things are getting fried pretty darn quick for quite a few different people. & Holy smokes! These things were selling wayyyy above msrp after they launched! If you take a gander at the specs though..., that is a quad-core ARM board from years ago. That's not necessarily a bad thing -- the Nvidia Shield TV & the Switch use the Tegra x1 chip & that's nearing a decade old & that SoC only got better over the years & it's an ARM quad core with Nvidia's GPU tech integrated. ....&, I can't be 100% sure, but I'm 99.99999% sure the titles on the TG16-Mini can be played on at least one of those two systems via emulator. You'd just need to own a license to whichever games' given ROM(S) (you do...) because then, for the Shield TV at least, once you have a copy of the ROM you want & an emulator, you can sideload that with a microSD card & play the game without voltage issues. You just need the ROM for the game...!! Where can one find ROMs at for God's sake...?!! It's fairly simple if you look & may be considered "piracy"....whatever that even means...(?) But ROMs can be found -- it'd be a whole lot easier than soldering on those pads & correcting the flaw -- just keep the TG16 in camera shot at all times to maintain the illusion of the TG16 mini delivering exactly what you want.....(?)

Thank you for making this video! I own a TurboGrafx mini too but I have not opened it as I had already heard about USB power issues! It’s absurd they didn’t include something so critical! I believe the exact same thing happened to my PSX mini as it stopped working for no reason! Same as your system, it powers up but neither USB port works! I’ve not bothered to open it. It really smells like a great class action lawsuit but being those mini systems were so cheap, I’m sure we are out of luck :(

I bought a TurboGrafx-16 new back in the day... over a Genesis. I did like it overall.

WTF i was expecting a Redacted video and saw your face and the title and was then convinced it was some hoax channel! Awesome that you are retro gamer too, youve got a sub off me mate! Good luck with the mini, ive had the pce duo for a few years and not long gotten myself an analogue duo so my mini has had very little use.

I have a Coregrafx version of this and bought the original manufacturers usb adapter with it. The usb adapters for the originals are more than the whole console is worth. I haven't had any problems with mine because i use the original one but i do hope you get it fixed Clayton. It is a very cool machine! I love mine!

I thought this was a joke for minute. Nice to see you're a gamer Clayton! Subscribed.

I'm so used to you talking about politics, and yet here you are making a video related to GAMING. Wow haha, you earned another subscriber Clayton.

I have an Anbernic handheld system that has 77 Turbo Grafx 16 games on it. I love it! I never had a Neo Geo or Turbo when I was younger. Playing Bomberman 93 while I watch this.

Clayton turned metal Jesus

I love it @claytonmorris RPG’s are going to help us in the trials to come, have you ever played Lunar 1&2? How about Earthbound? I just got my hands on an english translation of Mother 3, i think theres information in some of these games, information that may have been passed off as pure fantasy, it may be the clues for the world to come. Very cool to see you considering swapping out a shorted out chip, thats skill if you can do that.

What i do - use the Classic NES Nintendo mini Power plug 🔌 for any/all mini gaming systems as they definitely make their plugs put out the minimal 5V whatever amperage possible so as not to have issues such as this. Also, steer clear of ALL phone *Fast chargers* as those are assassins!

Clayton!!!!! Whoooo! Thanks for the tips! I had you figured for a game guy from stuff in the background. Nothing beats the original.

Being that I could not get the official power adapter is the reason I've never tried to play it yet. Luckily, I read beforehand that it could be fried with the wrong adapter. So, I'm certainly not going to risk it. That should have been included with the system for the amount they charged for it.

That chip is a Moai MA8601 USB controller.

I was the strange kid down the block who had all the systems nobody else had. Tg-16, atari lynx, jaguar, vectrex, colico vision, etc. Turbo grafx 16 is my favorite system of all time. I Would distroy anyone at military madness.

You should do the Faceless soulless corporation tactic and buy all the replacement chips and tell everyone they is in short supply and then make a killing selling them to people that believe they have to stock up like toilet paper. XD

I loved the TurboGrafx-16 when. I was a kid. It was a very underrated system.

I use the adapter I got with the SNES mini's, have not had any issues yet.

Dude, you have many talents. Cheer

I had no idea you liked games my dude. That's fantastic. I got the PC engine mini ordered from Japan on ebay and it didn't come with a power brick. It didn't ship with a power brick in the first place. The company omitted it in spite of it being sensitive to power too (so I'm told). I run it from the USB on my TV just to be safe.

They made an official power adaptor for it by Hori, but that is very hard to find now.

I see from some of the other comments I'm not the only one to be a bit surprised that the dude from Redacted is a gamer. Pretty cool though that you are a gamer. Your video about Elon talking about video games is how I found this channel (that video is worth a watch) Funny though , I used to have a TG-16 back in the day and Ys 1 was one of my favourite games. Anyways , if you still are looking to play Ys 1 and 2 ... I'm pretty sure it's on steam nowadays :)

Wait what? Claytons Gaming channel and hes talking Turbo Grafiix?!!?!?!?!

16bit RPG’s to teach us how to defeat tyranny. I feel the same love but for SNES, never played Y’s.

Dam that just sad.Abit strange that they don't put the Usb adapter in the box with the machine.

My favorite game ever is on turbo Grafx 16. Final Lap Twin!

I thought this was redacted 😅. Man i love bonks and splatterhouse. Still have an original Turbografx 16. Im subscribing to this channel too.

Wasn’t expecting this. Big Mike probably sabotaged the turbo gfx 16 mini

Loved that console growing up. Very underrated. It's too bad that mini has these issues. Hopefully you can get that fixed. Would suck to lose all that save data.

I appreciate you posting this video, my Turbo mini was my daily driver until I got an Analogue Duo, I'll be lacing my mini on a shelf for the foreseeable future O_O

That sucks. Maybe send it to Louis Rossmann for repair, they do this type of work

Is anyone having the same issue with the PC Engine Mini? I saw the Hori logo on the board. I'm quite surprised that they would allow this type of issue to happen. Typically, the Japanese are very thorough with testing and QC.

The chip in question is the MA8601. It’s a usb controller chip. This gentleman had the same issue and fixed it on his unit! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YBS7e3dCMkc.htmlsi=89NX1mv_9CoV_AmS

My friend lent me his TG16 one summer and man what a great system. Loved the aesthetic and those cards ❤

I wish they would do a reproduction of the mini. It came out during covid when finances were tight for a lot of people (including myself). It didn't stick around long because of supply chain issues.

I thought about getting one of those, but now they're way beyond retail price

I knew it! There are so many of us! Good auld gaming - retro style

I thought i was gonna get some News from redacted and was really surprised, have fun Clayton! Parabéns 👏

Awesome Clayton. I've been following some of your RU-vid channels for many years and had no idea you were into retro games or fixing electronics. I had an original TG-16 back in the 90's and loved it. I was excited to buy the mini a couple years ago but when they finally released I was too busy renovating houses to pay attention and missed the original sales. Resale ones were marked up way too high so I've kind of lost the desire for one. Looking forward to see if you're successful on the repair. I'm about 1 for 5 on my usb flash drive board repair success so good luck.

I put A LOT of time on my TG16 mini, and beat most of the games on it. Never knew about this...thankfully. The one I got off amazon that seemed to work for all those hours which I bought in 2020 was: Armor3 "ReadyVolt" USB AC Adapter for Turbografx-16 Mini and PC Engine Mini - Not Machine Specific. But don't blame if it fries it...actually I was going to boot it up soon to play through Neutopia II which is probably the last game I want or need to beat still.

Good luck trying to beat Ys 1, 30 years ago as a kid I couldn't beat it. Then retried last year and had to finally look up online how to finish the last boss. I wanted to try and beat it without help.

Pro tip!!! I know this will sound a little pricey but it's worth it. Buy a turbo graphx 16 and get an Everdrive 3.0!!!! If you know you know :)

Luckily, I read about this issue before purchasing a PC Engine mini (which has mostly the same games as TG-16 mini, minus Salamander, and the system cost less at the time.. now, it's quadrupled in price) from Amazon Japan. Amazon US website had a 3rd party wall charger ("Armor3 "ReadyVolt" USB AC Adapter for Turbografx-16 Mini and PC Engine Mini") made specifically for TG-16/PC Engine minis, so that's the solution I went for. Unfortunately, it's no longer available on Amazon. I bought one of those electronic mini toolkits for other reasons though - opening up & upgrading laptop RAM memory - so it's useful to have one around if you do any sort of consumer electronics, laptop/PC repairs or upgrades.

Lolz from Aliens, Ukraine to the PC Engine. It is a natural progression when you think about it.

I knew it! I saw the NT analogue in one of the Redacted shows, heh

Holy cow I saw the thumbnail for this video and was like “ that guy looks like Clayton talking about video games” he does politics and I know because I’m subscribed to his Chanel. But I click on here and it’s definitely you ! I had no idea you had a gaming channel and were a gaming nerd as well . I love this ! I’m subscribed here to now too lol.

I remember when i saw the trend start around the launch of the mini being pretty worried and buying the official USB brick/cable: glad I did. Still, I wrote a summary article warning about what was going on a year or two after the system came out, and lately the article has been blowing up like mad, so unfortunately I guess a lot of people are having this issue. I saw one YTer successfully fix theirs but it seemed very tricky and frustrating to do, so I hope at some point a definitive, easier way to fix these minis can be found in the future, and said system can be stopped from frying itself in the future alongside that fix. (Maybe when a hack is finally released for it?)

There’s got to be a way to put in a voltage regulator somewhere in series with that chip to prevent it from frying!

A Variable 5volt power adapter should work

If the instruction told you to use a specific Power Supply Adapter, then its not the UNIT that has a fatal flaw, its the end user not following directions.

I haven’t heard of that since San Jose in like 97 😂

Umm howd i not even know this channel exists? I been watching redacted for almost a year now lol

Didn't know this was an issue. I haven't used my TG16 mini in a couple years.

Oh no... You let the smoke out it.

This kind of games reminds me of some kind of controller that i had, i would connect it with tv and play games, old mortal combat, super mario, formula racing, some football game

Unexpected content!

Hilarious seeing the Comments on here because that was me Last year. Had to do a double take as well and do a wait.. what?

OMG Clayton exactly like me!

Seems the algorithm gods have decided in bringing lots of people here today. Interesting.

I’m playing turbo grafx games for the first time on the Analogue Pocket. The Pocket is the best thing I’ve ever bought it’s so awesome.

This is my favorite mini system. Neutopia is my favorite.

Damn... Now that is a fried chip...Bruh... I suck at soldering stuff. Every time I try to solder, the solder just evaporates when I try to place it on the wires. lol

Probably open it up when you first get it put a heat sink in it or a small fan keep it from over heating

After watching many of his videos on Ukraine and the deepstate, I've never expected Redacted to talk about the Turbografx 16 mini! 😂 Mine still works, fortunately. I've since upgraded to the Analogue Duo, but I've been wanting to pull out the mini to play Ys Book 1 and 2.

I'm attempting to complete these games in 2024. Watch this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bX6MuDnQ2vI.html

Yo my guy plays Ys!!!!!!!!

It's ic 8 find a schematic probably a power controller chip ???

SAFE AND EFFECTIVE

Nice video. I just noticed your gamer channel.. I was like where else do i know this guy? Oh yeah hes in that redacted video that's open on my other tab..

I'm blown away!

Just woke up and see my feed and only after 2 minutes I realised this wasn't Redacted channel! I was wondering how many console were sold to be a worldwide threat :D About the chip I can't help much because I am a Mega Drive player, but if you check social medias you should be able to find Turbo Grafx fan groups and ask there. I am sure you will find a fella that is happy to open the console and take a photo of the chip name.

I was watching your other channel and peeped what looked like games on your shelf but couldn’t really tell due to the blur effect. I was like, is my man a gamer too. lol Now this confirmed my suspicion. Any way, That chip is the USB controller chip and when replaced it should work fine again. I just use a USB power bank with mine since I still don’t have the correct wall wart for it. I bought my mini broken and fixed it by replacing that same chip.

Is that that Guy from Rdactd?!?! Lol awesome 😊