Well done vince Persistence has paid off so well done you I take my hat off to you as always It was great in 1991 with one of these,I was 13 and loved mine All I have now is a broken one with bits missing 😞
Nice job. Always a pleasure watching. Disassemble the screen to clean it. I do that on water damaged screens from phones to replace the reflective sheets.
You can remove the screen scratches with some rubbing compound and floor polish / polyurethane. Watch some head light restoration videos, or hot wheels / matchbox windshield restoration videos. WD40 also works well as a temporary scratch filler, but will rub off eventually.
Great stuff, got me wanting a Game Gear again lol. First and only experience was a borrowed one around 1993 and it was awesome at the time, still pretty impressive today for that kind of technology to be handheld. I sort of want one of my own now.
Well done, Vince! Might be worth getting an AC adapter in future so you can troubleshoot power issues / fault find without depending on batteries. Love watching your videos...
Yes, or if you already have one for Master System or Mega Drive 1 you can use that for the Game Gear aswell. Mega Drive 2 uses another one, that won't work.
If you think of the issue being similar to the old xclamp scenario with the 360, you'll understand why their are mixed degrees of success. I've personally had success using a hot air soldering station whilst applying pressure at the same time and it's worked fine ever since, that's about 2 years back although it maybe only comes out once every few months. But yeah common sense with the heat etc as obviously you need enough to melt solder but not cook the thing, and it should sort it.
Thinking about it you really have to go "all the way" fixing them IE. future proofing, new screen(best), AV out, new caps, new bezel/plastic polish, new battery pack so people are motivated to buy them even if the price gets more premium. That's a lot of cap leak, maybe it needs a bath in some neutralizing liquid. Regardless you got to get it working first and you did an excellent job of that, got one of the sharper screens there. ;)
If you are going through this much trouble you should put in an LED mod aswell, the backlight is a neon tube, which you can de-solder and replace with an LED on each side. Break the ends off the tube, remove everything inside and put the LEDs into it. Then put everything back together. Increases battery life dramatically.
With the connector there it sounds like the old glue (hotbar) that plagued all sorts of screens back in the day. Either pressure or applying heat can help, but yes your mileage will vary.
I find some peoples background sound ( not music just like air conditioning or stuff in the background very soothing so i usually have my ipad by my ear when i sleep
Hi Vince, The rechargeable batteries only give 7.2v not the 9v you get from non-rechargable. Might be worth noting for future videos as they may not work under voltage.
You can try putting something mildly heavy on just the screen overnight to get the liquid out, it has worked with a phone for me so it might work with this
If I were to take an educated guess. The "heating up the chip" solution would have lasted 10 minutes tops! Heat dissapates very quickly into the air. Good call on the pressurized fix!
in terms of the screen having trapped liquid, that plastic bezel is only glued on, you can slip a knife between it and the screen to get it off and then dry it out, the other way of doing it is displace the liquid with an alcohol bath repeatedly dunking it and massaging it out and then letting it dry out naturally somewhere warm with some silica packets on it.
Done around 20 of these now (and have a pile of parts) powers on then off again check the 5v and 34v on the dc to dc convertor - 9/10 it's the lcd row driver that also feeds the power to the lcd - pull the flat flex off the glass and it will boot - due to age the tft lcd's degrade - NOS screens from China have the same issues even tho there new ( citizen uc320 )
I have a few of these one that I bought years ago off ebay before the whole retro gaming craze an another I picked up few years back from yardsale, they both non working now probably something to do with the caps, I think one still kinda works but have to turn contrast all the way up for anything to come on screen.
Do you think it would be possible to use some springy steel to make a bracket that clamps the chip against the closed case? Oh wait, just watched that part of the video lol :)
Or you could hot-glue a small coin or something like this (for example one of these plastic coins for shopping carts) on there, something that won't give in. But the tape fix might work aswell, maybe for years.
Do you think it would be easy to mod those so that they don't require double a batteries, I mean you can just buy lithium ion batteries in the same form factor, the only trade-off is for the electronics to charge themit takes up space that would normally be used for extra capacity. I wonder how easy it would be to mod them so that you could charge it with a cable.
+My MATE Vince A working game gear, How long is it going to work for, I don't know, I better finish the video quickly before it breaks😂😂😂. Much agreed the games in the 90's were great ahh great times👍👍
I bought one to fix as dead cleaned battery contacts it now powers witha fflickering white screen so a cap kit is next .Mcwill screen replacement would give it a great screen but they are very expensive.
Wife walks in sees our mate Vince in a corner talking to himself while only his face is lit from the game gear. "Im sorry vince ill come another time, you know, you can always talk to me." A man cant play some nice old wonderboy on a perfectly working, presumed dead game gear without getting judged these days.
Honestly I wouldn't even bother trying to fix screen issues on one of these, just get rid of the bulb and replace it with a more modern backlit unit. Will give both a better picture and massively increase the battery life.
A great fix again vince this looks like the issue we have on samsung lcd tvs, here is a link show the lines www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25371&highlight=samsung+tab+bond+fix i know these are vertical but in post 7 there is a link to the material we use too fix this issue and this fix usually lasts a couple of years, a games console is different due too flexing etc it may not last as long , you maybe able to use fix/material on this sega lcd surround.
All Those people who heated up their chips most likely using a hair dryer which BTW would take a lot longer than a heat station were very lucky they didn't destroy their units. So if you don't have a heat station DONT HEAT THE CHIP!... HEAT destroys electronic components, unless the components are designed to be installed via a heat station, components such as surface mounted resistors, capacitors, transistors, and IC's.. You should only ever use a heat station when removing components should a board have ANY surface mounting apparent "Use a soldering irons as a last resort". Whoever advised to heat a chip, should have clarified why and further more the target as to what needs to be heated, which in most cases is the solder making the connection/s for the chip in question. The "Heat stations" heat is much hotter and more concentrated, thus heat can be concentrated on the chips SOLDER connections that have been dried out, essentially called "dry joints" which BTW is the correct terminology, dry joints are obvious as they are dull, so this is what needs resoldering. ONLY dry joints are the target when one needs to apply heat, but apply heat so that the air flow is directed at the solder joints NOT THE CHIP!!! also try and do one side at a time when targeting dry joints.. Dry joints BTW are caused by shock or stress, flux traces left on board whilst still in production "that's why it's imperative flux is completely removed once all rework is completed", Water or water vapour damage via "corrosive water" or in the above case via Electrolytic fluid leaking out of capacitors, ELECTROLYTIC Capacitors usually older than 5 years are most suspect but not always the rule I have had to remove a capacitor from a cheap charger only three months old yeah just after warrantee ran out :D Any serviceman that ignores and or leaves aged electrolytic capacitors that are over 5 years old, Have not been educated properly, well its that or they haven't been paying attention in class..
@@tech-5231 yeah, ive got ras-pi's, old atom netbooks with Batocera Linux. i reckon its just a nostalgia thing. i would mod that thing with a lipo though. and for the record... a softmodded PSP-1000 is the ultimate handheld retro system. imo.
Hello vince i thave 10 ps3 and 12 xbox 360 to sell all as bulk.just consoles .about 12 work good but is mising. Some plastic parts .from all you can make nice ones.
Dude.. Love your vids, love watching you fix ececteonics but you gota skip that music. No more classical!! Either just zip through it with silence. Or pick some other music man. Other then that, your vids are awesome.
I like your videos, i do learned things from them here and there... However there is one thing about you that drives me absolutely nuts. I never see you use any sort of volt/ohm or multimeter and it drives me up the wall how many tasks you could either make immensely easier, or skip altogether by simply using one. Do you not know how to use one? Is €50 for a decent one too cost prohibitive? But in my opinion if you can't use, or refuse to use a basic multimeter then you have no business diagnosing or repairing any electronics. I'm no expert on small electronics... my background is auto repair and I'm pretty sure your electrical knowledge and abilities are greater than mine yet you don't use that entry level tool.
Well done vince
Persistence has paid off so well done you
I take my hat off to you as always
It was great in 1991 with one of these,I was 13 and loved mine
All I have now is a broken one with bits missing 😞
Nice job. Always a pleasure watching. Disassemble the screen to clean it. I do that on water damaged screens from phones to replace the reflective sheets.
Vince fixing things is so ASMR
Yes more My Mate Vince I love this guy he is GREAT :)
You can remove the screen scratches with some rubbing compound and floor polish / polyurethane. Watch some head light restoration videos, or hot wheels / matchbox windshield restoration videos. WD40 also works well as a temporary scratch filler, but will rub off eventually.
Great stuff, got me wanting a Game Gear again lol. First and only experience was a borrowed one around 1993 and it was awesome at the time, still pretty impressive today for that kind of technology to be handheld. I sort of want one of my own now.
MyMateVice, your Videos are awesome! Very detailed description on how you fix the faults (mostly very Creative;)) - love it!
Well done, Vince! Might be worth getting an AC adapter in future so you can troubleshoot power issues / fault find without depending on batteries. Love watching your videos...
Yes, or if you already have one for Master System or Mega Drive 1 you can use that for the Game Gear aswell. Mega Drive 2 uses another one, that won't work.
very interesting video vince......really enjoyable .....well done ..and thanks for sharing
If you think of the issue being similar to the old xclamp scenario with the 360, you'll understand why their are mixed degrees of success. I've personally had success using a hot air soldering station whilst applying pressure at the same time and it's worked fine ever since, that's about 2 years back although it maybe only comes out once every few months. But yeah common sense with the heat etc as obviously you need enough to melt solder but not cook the thing, and it should sort it.
Noooooo.... but at least the bodge up worked... keep up the fantastic videos Vince.
Flashing red light is low battery ... try it on a mains adaptor
You could use a felt pad that you use for table legs instead of the tape.
Man I like really your videos I saw the most of them keep doing this really enjoying watch it
Thank you :-)
Thinking about it you really have to go "all the way" fixing them IE. future proofing, new screen(best), AV out, new caps, new bezel/plastic polish, new battery pack so people are motivated to buy them even if the price gets more premium. That's a lot of cap leak, maybe it needs a bath in some neutralizing liquid. Regardless you got to get it working first and you did an excellent job of that, got one of the sharper screens there. ;)
Thank you, yes I was lucky with the screen on this one :-)
If you are going through this much trouble you should put in an LED mod aswell, the backlight is a neon tube, which you can de-solder and replace with an LED on each side. Break the ends off the tube, remove everything inside and put the LEDs into it. Then put everything back together. Increases battery life dramatically.
With the connector there it sounds like the old glue (hotbar) that plagued all sorts of screens back in the day. Either pressure or applying heat can help, but yes your mileage will vary.
Have you ever realised that your videos make great ASMR vids!?
Pretty much what I use them for sometimes haha
yeah realized that too. bigclivedotcom is an other channel which is very relaxing.
I find some peoples background sound ( not music just like air conditioning or stuff in the background very soothing so i usually have my ipad by my ear when i sleep
Hi Vince, The rechargeable batteries only give 7.2v not the 9v you get from non-rechargable. Might be worth noting for future videos as they may not work under voltage.
Or as others have already suggested in the comments, try it with a mains adaptor to eliminate any battery and contact issues.
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You can try putting something mildly heavy on just the screen overnight to get the liquid out, it has worked with a phone for me so it might work with this
Makes me wanna pull my game gear out the junk box and see if I can fix it
did you ever do it
@@GlycerinZ I seen it yesterday when I was digging in the box but I didn't pull it out it
Amazing fix vince love all your videos mate
If I were to take an educated guess. The "heating up the chip" solution would have lasted 10 minutes tops!
Heat dissapates very quickly into the air. Good call on the pressurized fix!
Vince
Amazing video...
Please fix some faulty Nintendo switch....
If you ask the seller if the screen works you can protect yourself good luck Vince
in terms of the screen having trapped liquid, that plastic bezel is only glued on, you can slip a knife between it and the screen to get it off and then dry it out, the other way of doing it is displace the liquid with an alcohol bath repeatedly dunking it and massaging it out and then letting it dry out naturally somewhere warm with some silica packets on it.
I love these kinda videos
@@3hreeoshortsvideos8 Why would you ask someone how old they are?
@@3hreeoshortsvideos8 not trying to be mean in any way here but it is kind of creepy if you're saying "I love kids", but I'm not a kid anyway
@@michaelw4861 this is beginning to get unsettling
Please do videos on fixing o3ds or Ps Vita!!
I love these kind of videos!
Great video Vince.
Done around 20 of these now (and have a pile of parts) powers on then off again check the 5v and 34v on the dc to dc convertor - 9/10 it's the lcd row driver that also feeds the power to the lcd - pull the flat flex off the glass and it will boot - due to age the tft lcd's degrade - NOS screens from China have the same issues even tho there new ( citizen uc320 )
Ps. Watch out for them 2 pads one either side of the screen there around 3-400v when the tube strikes
Thanks for the info. On my last video I did manage to get a shock from the light tube contacts. Couldn't believe how strong it was!!!!!
I have a few of these one that I bought years ago off ebay before the whole retro gaming craze an another I picked up few years back from yardsale, they both non working now probably something to do with the caps, I think one still kinda works but have to turn contrast all the way up for anything to come on screen.
Do you think it would be possible to use some springy steel to make a bracket that clamps the chip against the closed case? Oh wait, just watched that part of the video lol :)
Or you could hot-glue a small coin or something like this (for example one of these plastic coins for shopping carts) on there, something that won't give in. But the tape fix might work aswell, maybe for years.
every few weeks we should check it and see how long this fix lasts
Love to watch your fix video as background noise for my study...Because im weird like that. #subscribed
Do you think it would be easy to mod those so that they don't require double a batteries, I mean you can just buy lithium ion batteries in the same form factor, the only trade-off is for the electronics to charge themit takes up space that would normally be used for extra capacity.
I wonder how easy it would be to mod them so that you could charge it with a cable.
The cables on the screen to the motherboard is not soldered. Its taped on and can be removed by peeling from one side carefully.
bro can u fix a broken game reader on a 3ds
Love your content. 😎
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+My MATE Vince A working game gear, How long is it going to work for, I don't know, I better finish the video quickly before it breaks😂😂😂. Much agreed the games in the 90's were great ahh great times👍👍
I bought one to fix as dead cleaned battery contacts it now powers witha fflickering white screen so a cap kit is next .Mcwill screen replacement would give it a great screen but they are very expensive.
Hi can you do some fixing vids on ps4 controllers please
Good music choice for this video!!
More Switch Fix Videos Please
¨Right, OK..¨ xD
Wife walks in sees our mate Vince in a corner talking to himself while only his face is lit from the game gear.
"Im sorry vince ill come another time, you know, you can always talk to me."
A man cant play some nice old wonderboy on a perfectly working, presumed dead game gear without getting judged these days.
Great job
The lines problem is also happening to my laptop's monitor.
Honestly I wouldn't even bother trying to fix screen issues on one of these, just get rid of the bulb and replace it with a more modern backlit unit. Will give both a better picture and massively increase the battery life.
you do realize the bulb (backlight) is an entirely different part than the lcd?
What kind of advice is that lol
That tape was a nice fix lol
I just have to say, I know this was a while ago and you were less experienced, but you clearly put the liquid in the backlight lol.
You need to stay away from gamegears, seems like your not having any luck with them.
Edit: should have finished watching before commenting!
I have two consoles with the damage
Awesome
A great fix again vince this looks like the issue we have on samsung lcd tvs, here is a link show the lines www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=25371&highlight=samsung+tab+bond+fix i know these are vertical but in post 7 there is a link to the material we use too fix this issue and this fix usually lasts a couple of years, a games console is different due too flexing etc it may not last as long , you maybe able to use fix/material on this sega lcd surround.
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DAMN IT SEGA!!!!
All Those people who heated up their chips most likely using a hair dryer which BTW would take a lot longer than a heat station were very lucky they didn't destroy their units.
So if you don't have a heat station DONT HEAT THE CHIP!... HEAT destroys electronic components, unless the components are designed to be installed via a heat station, components such as surface mounted resistors, capacitors, transistors, and IC's..
You should only ever use a heat station when removing components should a board have ANY surface mounting apparent "Use a soldering irons as a last resort".
Whoever advised to heat a chip, should have clarified why and further more the target as to what needs to be heated, which in most cases is the solder making the connection/s for the chip in question.
The "Heat stations" heat is much hotter and more concentrated, thus heat can be concentrated on the chips SOLDER connections that have been dried out, essentially called "dry joints" which BTW is the correct terminology, dry joints are obvious as they are dull, so this is what needs resoldering.
ONLY dry joints are the target when one needs to apply heat, but apply heat so that the air flow is directed at the solder joints NOT THE CHIP!!! also try and do one side at a time when targeting dry joints..
Dry joints BTW are caused by shock or stress, flux traces left on board whilst still in production "that's why it's imperative flux is completely removed once all rework is completed", Water or water vapour damage via "corrosive water" or in the above case via Electrolytic fluid leaking out of capacitors, ELECTROLYTIC Capacitors usually older than 5 years are most suspect but not always the rule I have had to remove a capacitor from a cheap charger only three months old yeah just after warrantee ran out :D
Any serviceman that ignores and or leaves aged electrolytic capacitors that are over 5 years old, Have not been educated properly, well its that or they haven't been paying attention in class..
you could've at least used duck tape to stick with the rule "duck tape and wd40 will fix anything" lol
those caps do not have liquid in them, their tatalem caps
i need a game gear.
it has a absolutly bad screen. it eats batteries. it is complete useless. install a emulator on your smartphone and buy a little controller.
@@tech-5231 yeah, ive got ras-pi's, old atom netbooks with Batocera Linux. i reckon its just a nostalgia thing. i would mod that thing with a lipo though. and for the record... a softmodded PSP-1000 is the ultimate handheld retro system. imo.
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SavageWolfYT 1 there’s been more of a face reveal in his Nintendo switch accessories video while he’s putting a screen protector on the screen.
Try fix a faulty PlayStation 3
Hello vince i thave 10 ps3 and 12 xbox 360 to sell all as bulk.just consoles .about 12 work good but is mising. Some plastic parts .from all you can make nice ones.
Just a suggestion work on your typing Mate hixer275 Asilas
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Dude.. Love your vids, love watching you fix ececteonics but you gota skip that music. No more classical!! Either just zip through it with silence. Or pick some other music man. Other then that, your vids are awesome.
I like your videos, i do learned things from them here and there...
However there is one thing about you that drives me absolutely nuts.
I never see you use any sort of volt/ohm or multimeter and it drives me up the wall how many tasks you could either make immensely easier, or skip altogether by simply using one.
Do you not know how to use one? Is €50 for a decent one too cost prohibitive?
But in my opinion if you can't use, or refuse to use a basic multimeter then you have no business diagnosing or repairing any electronics. I'm no expert on small electronics... my background is auto repair and I'm pretty sure your electrical knowledge and abilities are greater than mine yet you don't use that entry level tool.
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