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Capacitors on a original Gameboy

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  • 01-07-2017 4:46am
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    smurf492
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    Hi folks. Hoping and knowing someone here will have some knowledge of replacing the capicitors on the Gameboy... Having some sound and pixel loss and really do not feel confident to do it myself as it's my own original 1990 model and i aint going at it as id say most of you can understand... Anyway appreciate any help as always... Thanks


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    o1s1n
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    sugarman wrote: »
    Give it a go yourself, follow youtube tutorials... no better way to learn. Its not as hard as you think.

    Gameboys are as common as muck and dont fetch much money at all, so no real loss if you do any damage.

    But it's his original 90s Gameboy!


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    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,541 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
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    Apologies, meant to elaborate on that but didn't get a chance.

    I've rendered consoles to pieces trying to do mods, replace caps etc - but there's something special about your original console from when you were a kid. It's like operating on your pet. I've always left it to the pros :D


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    smurf492
    Registered Users Posts: 636 ✭✭✭smurf492


    o1s1n wrote:
    But it's his original 90s Gameboy!

    Apologies for my stupid post...


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    eddhorse
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    Heres a guide and cap list.
    https://mortoffgames.com/files/GameBoy_Original_Capacitor_Replacement_Kit.pdf?556775434


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    bennya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭bennya


    I wrote an article recently describing how to recap a Spectrum, you might find some of the tips useful.

    https://spectrumforeveryone.com/technical/recapping-your-spectrum/


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    smurf492
    Registered Users Posts: 636 ✭✭✭smurf492


    Never used a soldering iron or would have the first clue about it


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    deadl0ck
    Registered Users Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    I had the same issue with my Original gameboy. I went on adverts and bought a gameboy for as cheap as possible and then did the cap soldering on that as a dry run

    Was pretty easy and a good way to have a go before you operate on your own original.

    If all goes well, just sell on the guinea pig gameboy and get your money back :)


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