Trace / wire repair

Repairing broken PCB traces and vias with jumper wires.

4 repair logs

Game Gear teardown after the IPS install and before the later accident: the new IPS panel fitted to the mainboard, with the original screen and the parts it replaced set aside, and a Columns cartridge resting beside the console.

+17 photosSuccessful repair

Sega — Game Gear

Sega Game Gear Japanese: IPS LCD, FM, Flex Cable Fix

This Japanese Sega Game Gear went through a lot: a full IPS LCD mod with speaker upgrade, FM sound module and glass lens, then a trip to the floor courtesy of a curious one-year-old that tore the flex cables. A clock-line bodge wire and a barely-surviving TP10 pad later, everything was restored.

No video output No audio Broken trace

Dec 23, 20234 threads

A Game Gear board during cleanup with the capacitors C3 and C1 just removed, their pads heavily contaminated, and the surrounding SMD parts and electrolytic capacitors all showing corroded, contaminated solder joints.

+15 photosPartial fix

Sega — Game Gear

Sega Game Gear Heavy Electrolyte Recovery (2 Units)

Two heavily contaminated Sega Game Gears, so badly that components were falling off the boards from the electrolyte. Many hours in, one has a partially defective screen and the other boots and plays audio with no picture. A partial result after a massive effort.

No video output Corrupted graphics No audio+3

Dec 7, 20222 threads

+16 photosSuccessful repair

Sega — Mega-CD 2

Sega Mega-CD 2: Fuse Fix, Region-Free BIOS & Recap

Dead Sega Mega-CD 2 that turned out to have a single blown fuse. Fuse replaced, region-free BIOS installed, then fully recapped in a follow-up session. Also tidied up some interesting factory bodge cap placements along the way.

Broken/worn drive belt No power Blown fuse

Oct 5, 20223 threads