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Sega — Game Gear

Sega Game Gear Full Recap & Reflow Salvage Build

November 13, 20221 thread~1 min readSuccessful repair
Leaking capacitors
RecapReflow / joint rework

Should have been binned, but wasn't. This Sega Game Gear required replacing every capacitor and reflowing every solder joint before it became reliable, but it got there. Gift for a friend.

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November 13, 2022· Thread 1· 2 tweets

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Turns out that this steaming pile of garbage could actually be saved! It only took replacing all capacitors and reflowing EVERY single solder joint on every component, for it to power on and work reliably. #Sega #GameGear #RETROGAMING

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A picture of the inside of the completed work, next to the corpses of all the capacitors that fell during the battle for restoration. This is now a happy Sega Game Gear.

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