Last Shot at Redemption... Will We Succeed? Sega Game Gear Repair-a-thon, Round 3.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.พ. 2022
- In the final episode of the Game Gear Repair-a-thon, I attempt to repair the third unit in a batch of three faulty Sega Game Gears that were donated to the channel.
If you missed Episode 1 or 2, links below:
🎮 Episode 1: • Sega Game Gear Repair-...
🎮 Episode 2: • Can a Faulty Sega Game...
This unit happened to be in near-mint cosmetic condition, which as I've come to learn with Game Gears, doesn't necessarily mean much. Like the previous two units this one powers up, but there is no sound from the speaker. It appears to have issues with the screen in the form of horizontal lines and vertical artifacts.
Like the previous two episodes, we have to recap this unit. There is no point diagnosing a faulty Game Gear without recapping it first. Its capacitors are known to leak, the boards almost always have corrosion from capacitor juices, and a thorough cleaning and recap usually resolves most issues that these units tend to have.
As promised, I plan to give away one of these Game Gears when I manage to repair one, so stay tuned for an upcoming video announced on how you can enter the Game Gear giveaway ;)
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Oh man, such a relief. Here I was thinking I set you up for failure. So glad this one worked out. Looking forward to a screen mod to one of the other two in the future.
Once again, thanks for donating the Game Gears! Was a fun series and enjoyed getting to know the internals of the system. Kind of relieved this one is working so I can do the giveaway as promised. In future I'd love to repair both a stock unit for myself and own a modded one too. Anyway plan to tackle a few other systems in the backlog that I'm pretty excited to start working on, but hopefully you'll see the Episode 1 Game Gear live on as an LCD modded unit in the not-too-distant future. Cheers.
EDIT: The Game Gear giveaway is now CLOSED and the winner has been drawn and contacted. Announcement to appear shortly.
You’ve made it to the right place. The Game Gear giveaway is LIVE and will end on March 22 at 12:00 PM PST. If you know what to do, add a comment on this video to enter. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you might want to watch my latest video. This pinned comment will be updated when the giveaway is over. GOOD LUCK!
Congrats to Chris Henthorn for winning this giveaway. Announcement post on Community Page here: th-cam.com/users/postUgkxcqOHgloL-m5BfQHIhKgTKsKTfX2MVF4J
A Gamegear repair was my first console refurbishment project and I learned a lot doing it. Thanks for these videos! #gamegear
I also had one of these and the backlight went out after a few years. Just died like that and went all dark. Those high voltage tubes were not really reliable but was the best low cost solution back then.
The UK has a "wadding" kind of Brasso that works wonders buffing out minor light scratching on plastics. It would help making the screen protector on this unit pop.
Great job! I find repair videos and soldering quite therapeutic.
Glad you enjoy it. I find it quite enjoyable as well :P
@@BorderlineOCD I do it myself as well as watching vids. Maybe less often nowadays. But it is always a calming moment, having to work with your hands and focusing on very fine details.
Your videos are very informative and I enjoy them greatly. You instill confidence in your viewers where otherwise we might just give up on some of these relics. I look forward to much more content from you. Thank you! #gamegear
Superbly done, sometimes I get a little stressed watching some other retro repair channels because they don't do what you do, and that's do it right. I Love your work. #gamegear
It's a labor of love my man. I really do enjoy these projects, so I'm glad it comes across that way.
I'm glad the last one worked out, it was a bummer the first two had screen problems. Can't wait to see the TurboGrafx.
Glad to hear it, I'm really pumped to work on it and see what it looks like up close on the inside.
Dude I feel your pain. My hands cramped from replacing so many capacitors. I fixed maybe around 20 systems and still have another 9 to go and 7 battery packs to fix. I put it all away for the moment to take a break. I'll sell them all to ya.
I realize I watched this a bit late, but I still enjoyed it. I don't do as much repair as I once did and still enjoy watching others do it.
Loved to watch you replace those capacitors, very tidious and difficult if you ask me. A positive end result always makes me smile ! #gamegear
I've stumbled upon this channel a few days ago, and after watching a single video, i've instantly subscribed. Really great content, which is rare to find these days! Keep up the good work! #gamegear
I love these videos. I've been binging them like crazy. Keep up the great work
Outstanding content, as ever. And I cannot WAIT for the TG-16 series; one of my personal favorite consoles, and one that gets played to this day. STILL haven't beaten Neutopia. Sunday is usually a pretty good day, but any day you upload is instantly elevated to just that much better. Now I'm gonna go look at all my dead consoles and pretend that I'm actually gonna try to fix 'em. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, as well- and have a great upcoming week.
Haha thanks for the continued supported bud. Glad to add a little something to your day.
@@BorderlineOCD Anytime- and thanks for the reply. Have a good one.
so happy to see your reaction to it working
It is great that you have videos that show both victories and failures in regard to repairs. It's reality. Hope to see more #gamegear repairs in the future. Keep the videos coming.
There are some really great IPS displays for these, they transform the thing completely.
They're not as great as they should be though. Every current IPS screen for the GG is a non-integer resolution so no matter what the image is really ugly.
Glad you got one working! Really love watching your work!
Thanks very much, appreciate you stopping by.
Calm and collected, check.
Clear, honest repair process, check.
OCD af, check.
F1 fan, check.
Subscribed, check.
Thanks for the sub! Cheers.
such quality job! We can't find this level of work even paying lots of money...
It's a labor of love my man, so I want to do the best job I am capable of. Glad that comes across in the video because I really do enjoy it.
Excellent work, great sense of closure after the struggles of the first two. Keep at it man. With the production quality of your videos, this channel has very good odds of cracking the 1M sub mark. I've been hooked since the Neo Geo trace repair series.
Thanks for sticking around, glad you're enjoying the content. I really do enjoy these projects, so as long as I'm having fun I plan to keep at it.
I remember as a kid wanted a Game gear so bad, but my parents couldn't afford even a Sega haha and when I finally manage to get one year later, the screen didn't last long, unfortunately I sold it to a friend as I didn't know I could change the capacitors, I stump up with your videos remembering that haha, and now you are doing a full series on it, glad you manage to fix it, and thanks for the memories :D
Wow, I've never seen professional soldering before.
I'm very impressed with all your soldering equipment 😍
Some of the toys are new additions to my toolkit, but I've been slowly expanding my gear over the years. It's still all mostly amateur gear though.
Really been enjoying your videos and seeing the process you go trough from buying, to repairing/refurbishing, problems or faults along to way to learn from and seeing some nice cleaned up working items in the end. #gamegear
Your videos have been a massive boon to those of us who are in the console restoration hobby. Here's to a lot more in the future; keep it up! #gamegear
Can really tell you are excited when it works. Great job man
After the letdown of the first two units I wasn't overly optimistic, so I was indeed thrilled that one was finally working!
Great video, it feels good to see you finally got it after all the hard work. Thanks for your videos and for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for coming along for the journey bud. Yes I'm glad I at least got one system working out of the bunch...
It’s crazy that all of these gamegears usually just need a simple recap and they’re good to go for another 20 years. Can’t wait to see more videos of these repairs, they encouraged me to revisit my old consoles to bring them back to life. #gamegear
Third time's the charm! I was beginning to lose hope and thought you got 3 duds.
12:56 That right there is the greatest feeling in the world when I finally manage to fix something.
It was indeed and I'm glad and relieved :P
Really love watching your work. Another great video. Brilliant to see the GG brought back to life! #gamegear
I hope more people will find this channel. this is amazing! and so entertaining to watch! #gamegear
This is awesome! #gamegear was my life as a kid. Love the repair man!
Very cool to see one of the Game Gears get fixed to working condition!
Great vid, as always
Thanks man, glad to end the series on a high note!
This series of videos was a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions. Keep up the great work. #gamegear
Third times a charm, as they say! I’m glad this was fixed and didn’t have screen issues
Tedious but very rewarding work. Thank you for sharing with us.
Congrats man, so glad u finally found one with good screen. And its working👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much, glad to end this series on a high note.
Level 100 soldersmithing! You also have the steadiest hands I've ever seen. Bravo, my dude!
when it comes to these old surface mounted caps, I usually snip them off just at the bottom and then remove the black plastic peace, then desolder the legs from the bord its a lot easier and i haven't lost any pads since I started doing it this way.
Glad to see that you were able to fix the gamegear, great job. Always awaiting for your video's to be posted. Keep up the great work and repairing these consoles and giving them a new life
Thanks for stopping by my man. Cheers.
Nice one!
I'm happy that you've finally found one that has a working screen. The recap was top-notch, couldn't do it better.
Can't wait to see those turbografx 16's :)
Thanks very much brother. And you and me both - I'm pretty pumped to get up close with a TG-16. Never seen one in person before.
Been watching you for a long time, love the content! The #gamegear was a system that I always wanted as a kid but never had the chance to own. I remember always playing the display models at Montgomery Wards and Circuit City.
Hey, I came across your videos whilst watching, my mate vince videos and searched for fit it videos. A very different perspective on the way you fix things compared to other you tubers which i like. I am starting to try small retro consoles myself amd watching videos like this helps. Keep up the videos I have enjoyed them #gamegear
Awesome repair! So glad this one had a working display!
Thank you man, I'm pumped at the outcome as well.
That was cool. Every time I see microchips like that they remind me of a small city.
#gamegear Awesome channel. Still really like watching you take gear that others think is junk only to restore it. Your calm demeanor makes watching your repair videos a pleasure to watch. Looking forward to your next ones.
Man, your victory pose reminded myself when doing complex repair jobs on my collection. Last time I cheered like you was on the Xstation install that I did! Great video as always! Keep up the good work!
I admit I was very relieved, I had to leave that in there for those of you that have been commiserating with me during this series. Xstation is a tricky install I look forward to trying it at some point.
Hell yea man! Your work is awesome and gets progressively better. Thanks for the inspiration. #gamegear
I appreciate that, cheers.
Glad you finally scored a W on at least one of these, hope you can get a screen for that other one so you can get 2 out of 3. Also looking forward to the Turbo16 repairs, I used to have a SuperGrafx back in the day, still kicking myself for getting rid of it.
I'm practicing to become as good as you are. Im still trying to fix a trace on a original xbox with a broken trace from the clock capacitor leakage.
I never knew that was possible until i saw your channel.
Thank you for the inspiration.
Glad to hear it bud. I'm sure you'll get it working. I love working on the OG Xbox. Great system to practice trace repair (the faulty ones almost always have a broken trace or two).
Great job. "Don't have a cow man!" 😄
One of my fav youtuber keep up the good work
Thanks buddy, much appreciated.
i am also repairing game gears for some years now. dont know how many went through my hands, around 40 pieces i guess.
what i can say is, only half were fixable with my skills.
game gears which shut off after 1 sec for example are 99% not fixable for me.
funny thing is, i never had an broken power board, but replaced the caps anyway on them : )
Always amazed when new life is given to something like this. Great work! #gamegear
Childhood memories with this one! i love watching your videos they are theraputic like a good unboxing video but you learn something! #gamegear
Always enjoy your videos. Congrats on the TurboGrafx :) #gamegear
Great video! Glad you get at least one working out three ones. That was definitely a gamble, well done mate! #gamegear
I'm glad as well. Happy to finish the chapter on a high note.
This series taught me about power supplies and the negative and that just because the fitting is the same doesn't mean it will power something! I can not state how much that info has stuck with me 😅 #gamegear
Hey man! Your channel is such a treasure! So glad i find it. Spent a better half of the day watching all your videos
Keep up the great work. Wish you a lot of interesting projects in the future. and more views and subs ;)
Cheers from Ukraine
Wow very cool. Great video.
Awesome video, i watched all 3 so happy you finally fixed one! :D #gamegear
Finally, a working Game Gear with a good display screen! Great job fixing it.
Also, nice F1 shirt (very striking colours tho)
Haha thanks. It felt like the right shirt to wear with the pre-season testing kickoff.
A friend had a game gear growing up and it was one of the coolest consoles to me, the idea of playing a console Sonic game in your hands was so exciting. #gamegear
Oh wow what a soldering job!!!
I like your approach on repairs, it's really helpful for someone who is beginner in repairing and really fun! #gamegear
You have me inspired to learn how to repair electronics more specific consoles, thanks for sharing your knowledge #gamegear
You're the only one so far to use real capacitors and not the ceramics. Keeping it OG inside and out. Well Done!
Glad at least one of them worked with the recap.
Looking forward to the TG 16 videos.
#gamegear
Thanks bud.
I have to give a like for your patience trying to fix them again and again!!
Thank you my man, cheers.
I’ve never had a game gear, but it would be a great new system to collect for! I always enjoy your videos and they inspire me to take on repair projects on my consoles, as well as repairs for my friends! #gamegear
Never seen that technique used to clean the buttons. That looks like it works well.
It does indeed, just go easy on removing any buildup so as not to remove more carbon than is needed to get a smooth fresh layer.
Had one of these a few years ago, but it got broken. Very cool to see this video. #gamegear
Have some fond memories of the #gamegear but also had a couple that died mysteriously. Probably screen problems as well. Keep up the good work!
Capacitors
Always great to to see old tech repaired.
#gamegear
Awesome videos man. Keep up the great work! #gamegear
As a 90’s kid who had a Game Gear, it was great to see you get at least one of them working with the original screen! Hope you’re able to revisit one of the others with a BennVenn or Retrosix LCD upgrade! #gamegear
Another fantastic video. Keep up the great work! #gamegear
Super cool as always, keep up the good work! #gamegear
One thing to note: after you snip the legs of the through hole components, always re-solder the joint. The act of snipping the legs can create micro-fractures in the solder which may lead to failure down the line. Note sure if you did this, but it wasn't shown in the video.
This inspired me to pull my Game Gear apart just to check for any corrosion . Seems all good but might order some replacement caps anyway! Keep up the great work!
Sweet, now you've given me one more thing to be even more OCD about.
The bulky wonder. I remember loosing my mind when my friend showed me a #gamegear for the first time. I had just gotten a Genesis and I could not believe you could play it on the go. I'm slowly getting into sodering and this channel es perfect to learn more than kyou vero much for all your work.
A job well done. IT was both great to watch and learn from this video! #gamegear
Glad you enjoyed it!
FYI, there's a community project to build a game gear from "all new" parts. it's a new main board (with zero electrolytic caps), compatible with modern IPS upgrade screens and the enhanced sound / Li-On battery board.
Basically, you're just moving the original ASIC and cartridge slot and stuff over from the corroded dead board, to the good new one.
As far as cleaning rubber membranes go, you can boil them for a short amount of time to restore the feel to them. There are tutorials online with temps and times.
Also, IMO that screen was pretty scratched up. I personally would consider polishing the acrylic if you're not going to replace the bezel.
Great job men at the end you obtain a success
Indeed. Thanks for coming along for the ride.
I love how you work in such a clean and orderly fashion. Borderline OCD for the win! #gamegear
Great video, always looking forward to your new ones! #gamegear
So glad you got it to work :-D Great job on the soldering, GG’s are so cramped to work on! I bet the sound board smelled fishy when working on it!
Yep, definitely smelled fishy, lots of flux fumes on this project as well.
Really enjoy the videos man..keep up the good work.
#gamegear
Congratulations on the videos! It's nice to see consoles coming back to life, even better if they're from Sega :) #gamegear
Cracking up the fume extractor, bet that smelled like fish 😂
Grats on getting one with the original screen working perfectly, you should definitely install a replacement screen on the other ones.
Thanks 👍 Yes its definitely a stinky system to work on, and lots of flux fumes. Also be warned, the fishy smell lingers for at least a day in the room afterwards...
I had one of these way back in the day and I think my mom sold it at a garage sale. Blurry sonic nostalgia lol. Keep up the good work. #gamegear
Amazing video as always. Can't wait till the next one #gamegear
So satisfying to watch the cleanup and recapping. #gamegear
You make great videos. They are always entertaining and informative. #gamegear
Congratulations! Can't wait to see the fourth part, by installing an IPS screen!
Haha you will, maybe after a few months. So many systems on my backlog shelf it's pretty tempting deciding which projects get prioritized.
@@BorderlineOCD better late than never friend, looking forward for the TurboGrafx mods!
Hey!! Thank you for the give away and the awesome content! Fingers crossed as I don't have a #gamegear and would be a great addition to the family. Cheers!
Just now getting into retro repairs and I am enjoying your videos.#gamegear
Thank you for all your amazing work on retro consoles #gamegear
Great video. My friend had a Gamegear when I was younger, always hankered after one but couldn't afford them when new. #gamegear
I love your work and though it was pretty funny how disappointed you were when the TurboGrafx systems were working as intended instead of broken. #gamegear