shabazz18 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 There's a guy on ebay that does recap and led mod for 75 bucks. I'm just looking for other options/suggestions. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 The Game Gear is an 8-bit handheld console with a color screen released by Sega in 1990 (JP) and 1991 (US). It was to rival the popular game boy but was outsold due to crap games, crap battery life, and crap blur on the screen. Discontinued in 1997, the handheld's games live on through Nintendo's Virtual Console offerings. There's your recap. I'll take $70.00 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thegoldenax still did last time I asked him over a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I do them on occasion for a small cost, usually enough to cover costs and postage and a little time, last one I did was a trade for some xbox games heh I also have a custom LED mod that I have been him hawing about getting some PCB's made up (instead of making them by hand) that uses 12 small surface mount LED's down the middle of the reflector to cancel out the typical "cones of light" looks perfect on my older game gear http://cheesefactory.us/filecenter/led%20mod.JPG but on another member's rev 5 game gear you could see little spots of light where the led's were, guess newer gears have thinner plastic on the back of the screen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I've done a couple. The cap kit I get are from Console5 they about $7 a kit plus shipping. It does take a while, desolder and pop out the old caps, trim excess lead on new caps, position them and solder it in, check under magnifying glass to be sure it is correctly soldered in, then test the system after it's all done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) protip, almost all the caps on the mainboard can be replaced by 1206 or 805 surface mount ceramics (depending on the revision of the game gear) Edited June 20, 2014 by Osgeld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoreBITS Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Try uniserver, http://www.maccaps.com/MacCaps/Repair_Service.html I have personally met him and used his service and would hesitate to recommend him. I don't know if he does game gear specifically, but he does just about everything related to caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
channelmaniac Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Why would you hesitate to recommend him? Edited June 22, 2014 by channelmaniac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Uniserver (Charles) has recapped my old Macintosh Powerbook and a few other things, he's very good. I'm about to send him my buddy's Game Gear. He charges $60 for a GG recap plus return shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 geez, its litterly 6$ worth of parts and 2 hours in the evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 (edited) He says it's a "pain in the ass" tho recap Game Gears. I look at it like this... - Disassemble the unit - Remove old caps - Clean off any electrolyte crap (if applicable) - Check for any other issues - Install caps, video and audio - Clean up inside of unit - Reassemble and test It's a little pricy considering he charged me less than half that to recap my PowerBook display... but it is what it is. Another plus is he's reliable... and doesn't go MIA or decide to just quit doing it like some people who offer or used to offer services. Edited July 13, 2014 by 7800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoreBITS Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Should read WOULD NOT hesitate As demand has gone up he has definitely raised his prices. Try uniserver, http://www.maccaps.com/MacCaps/Repair_Service.html I have personally met him and used his service and would hesitate to recommend him. I don't know if he does game gear specifically, but he does just about everything related to caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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