+atari2600land Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Hi all. I'm looking to sell a Game Gear, but it has a weird audio problem. The volume isn't very loud when it's maxed out. Just for a lark, I decided to try a pair of headphones for it. The sound works fine with the headphones. I don't know what could be causing this. I tried the volume on the Game Gear I don't want to get rid of and it's fine. The screen is OK, a bit dim, but who has a perfect Game Gear screen anyway? Any help? (or anyone want to buy a Game Gear with a weird audio output problem?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataritard Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 If you can solder, it is a matter of replacing one capacitor on the sound board. It's a known issue and I did this a year or two ago with success. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA1CAmqWzYA If you would like to fix the screen at the same time all you have to do is replace a hand full of capacitors on the main board, well worth the trouble. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiman99 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I had same problem and I changed just one cap and it works great. Be careful when removing the cap, I accidentally took the pad off, so I had to solder one leg of the cap at different point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akator Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I know you want to sell it... but the.golden.ax here at AtariAge does cap replacements and other mods for a reasonable fee. I've had 2 Game Gears worked on by him and they are awesome... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I wouldn't stop with just the audio cap, I'd do them all. The GG is notorious for having bad caps across the entire system, and can also cause screen issues like the OP has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Actually, I already sold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omp Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 *I know you have sold the console. But visit smspower and they have stickied a topic about replacing the caps in a gg. I have a post there where I replaced one cap and tested, replaced another and tested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I know you want to sell it... but the.golden.ax here at AtariAge does cap replacements and other mods for a reasonable fee. I've had 2 Game Gears worked on by him and they are awesome... Yeah, I'm always available and happy to do the repairs. All caps need to be replaced when they go, not just one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 yes, replacing the caps, fixes almost all problems with the gamegear, screen and audio problems. I've replaced them on model of mine, have to replace them on 2 more, but i first want some good front cases, because on the three 1 have, the plastic around the d-pad is damaged, so that the d-pad kinda sticks behind the broken pieces. Then i gone do a blub replacement with led's to get a better battery live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omp Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Do the NDSi backlight mod, much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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