Legtendga Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Hi, I bought a Lynx II and it is not really working. It's kinda easier to show than describe, so here's some poorly shot videos. These seem to be both video and in game bugs and crashes; I am wondering if there is any fix for this. It seems to be an issuse with the system, but I don't know anything for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Seen something similar with a Game Gear. Replaced the capacitors and it was better. So just a guess but the caps in your Lynx are bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legtendga Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 Huh, bad caps usually have a more complete failure of some aspect, but I'm not a good enough solder-er to replace them either way... Thanks for the response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turret Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Ya it seems like the caps sorry man it plagued theise handhelds alot of them had faulty capsitors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) Caps made around 2000 were especially bad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague But failures are not just to faulty caps but also age. They usually dry out or otherwise wear out. Many of the game consoles that are suffering are often over 25 years old. This would be a decent guide about the caps: http://console5.com/wiki/Identifying_Bad_Capacitors and here's a decent article about aging caps http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/300392-28-capacitor-aging Edited June 10, 2014 by Uzumaki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legtendga Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Alrighty, thank you. Here's some pictures of the inside. None of the (visible) caps seem to have burst/corroded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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