I attempted to recap my PC-Engine last week. My mon bought it in 1989 while we were on a trip to Tokyo. This console has been stored in a box for more than 30 years. It's amazing that all the capacitors are still in new condition. I tested them with my bench top LCR, and all of them are showing correct capacitance, ESR and DF. This proved the superior quality of NEC product in 80's. Truly amazing!
I have one from the early 90s when I still lived in Asia. Kept it with me and still played it early 2000s. Then it was stored in a bag / plastic bag over the years untouched. After multiple moves, I am unable to locate the original power adapter and had to get a new one to test it. When I finally tested it just now, a white screen comes up. Not sure what to do now. :( Edit: actually saw someone's suggestion on reddit saying to pull the card out just slightly and power it back on, and it works!!
Brilliant video pal👍 My favorite system, been collecting anything pce since 88! Keep up the great vids, and although I'm biased, anything pce related would be Brill! Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
To avoid causing the same problem with the capacitor legs being spread out from the factory, I only bend ONE leg on my replacement caps (usually the shorter one). After soldering the straight leg on all of them, I straighten the others and solder those. If the capacitor was not all the way in, I reflow while leveling the cap, which is no trouble at all when there is only one leg soldered. This also means that all the clipped legs that I use for jumpers and other stuff are generally longer and straighter than they would be and the caps will be easier to remove if need be in the future.
Damn well made video. Appreciate the info on the cap removal. subbed. And yes the flux is terrible on these boards. ihop bench seats got nothing on these.
@@LameGaming Haha yeah, but my snes and nes had a lot of factory Flux on them too, just not that maple syrup crap nec uses. I though it was dried old cola or something at first.
Just bought one of these. I suppose I should recap it. I’ve never attempted to replace one of those tiny ass caps for the jailbar fix though. I got one in a RGB mod kit for the snes jr, took one look at it and said NAH.
I attempted to recap my PC-Engine last week. My mon bought it in 1989 while we were on a trip to Tokyo. This console has been stored in a box for more than 30 years. It's amazing that all the capacitors are still in new condition. I tested them with my bench top LCR, and all of them are showing correct capacitance, ESR and DF. This proved the superior quality of NEC product in 80's. Truly amazing!
I have one from the early 90s when I still lived in Asia. Kept it with me and still played it early 2000s. Then it was stored in a bag / plastic bag over the years untouched. After multiple moves, I am unable to locate the original power adapter and had to get a new one to test it. When I finally tested it just now, a white screen comes up. Not sure what to do now. :(
Edit: actually saw someone's suggestion on reddit saying to pull the card out just slightly and power it back on, and it works!!
Brilliant video pal👍 My favorite system, been collecting anything pce since 88! Keep up the great vids, and although I'm biased, anything pce related would be Brill! Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
Thanks! It was a magic little system, Ive done recaps on my supergrafx,core grafx, and super cd rom2, I still need to do my turbografx... Maybe soon.
Dude, your videos are quality!
Thanks!
I really appreciate that! Its long edits to remove all my boring chitchat lmao.
Thanks for watching!
To avoid causing the same problem with the capacitor legs being spread out from the factory, I only bend ONE leg on my replacement caps (usually the shorter one). After soldering the straight leg on all of them, I straighten the others and solder those. If the capacitor was not all the way in, I reflow while leveling the cap, which is no trouble at all when there is only one leg soldered. This also means that all the clipped legs that I use for jumpers and other stuff are generally longer and straighter than they would be and the caps will be easier to remove if need be in the future.
solid tip...I will try that!
Damn well made video. Appreciate the info on the cap removal. subbed. And yes the flux is terrible on these boards. ihop bench seats got nothing on these.
Ihop bench seats LMAO! Thanks for subbing!
Good work bro
Which screwdriver bit did you use to open it? Do you have the link? I’d be happy to buy one from an affiliated shop (or link), too. Thanks.
Its just a gamebit set, can get on amazon
That's a lot of mystery gravy on that board
Yeah, old consoles seemed to have been drenched in brown gravy flux, left a mess on my solder mat after cleaning a TG-16 board.
Its almost like nec used to dunk their boards in a vat of flux lol
@@LameGaming Haha yeah, but my snes and nes had a lot of factory Flux on them too, just not that maple syrup crap nec uses. I though it was dried old cola or something at first.
Just bought one of these. I suppose I should recap it. I’ve never attempted to replace one of those tiny ass caps for the jailbar fix though. I got one in a RGB mod kit for the snes jr, took one look at it and said NAH.
Lol, yeah they are pretty small. Have to be careful
21:31 What is the origin of that weird image af naked demon ladies arguing???
Asking for a friend...
lol, no idea