Ghudda

Greetings, Atari Age! First and foremost, I apologize if this belongs in the Wanted section of BST, but I thought I'd give Hardware a shot. long story short, I have an X'eye I originally purchased off eBay (advertised as not working). Being naive, and thinking it would be a simple repair, such as a capacitor replacement, etc. I purchased the X'eye and it's become much more trouble than I originally thought. Detailed descriptions/photos of the issue/PCB from other forums: Assembler: http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/jvc-xeye-power-but-no-bios-pictures.60015/ Racketboy: http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=49796 Symptoms: Console "powers on", but only get a black screen, no BIOS splash screen, etc. Red power LED lights up on the CD board, but everything is pretty unresponsive. There is corrosion underneath one of the RAM chips, and there was not continuity to some of the legs of the chip. I believe this board experienced either water damage or was kept in a humid garage closet or in a home with a heavy smoker. What I've done: Full cap replacement, double checked that caps were placed properly, and went back over all caps with soldering iron to check for cold soldering joints, etc. Checked voltage regulator, and it seems to read 5v, which seems normal. Physically bridged the points on the chip that were not making connection What I need: Although I'm handy with a soldering iron, I know little to nothing about diagnosing PCBs/electrical components. I really need a pair of experienced eyes to take a look at this, and someone who is comfortable with potential IC chip removal/replacement. I'm willing to pay for the diagnostics alone, obviously, as well as any repairs that can be made (if any) to the board itself. Sorry if I'm missing some details, or am being to vague. Also sorry for redirecting to threads on other forums, I'm just pretty fatigued from describing the issue in detail too many times. Thanks for y'alls help! If someone feels comfortable taking a look at this for me, or knows of someone who could, let me know!

Hey thanks a lot for the response! Yeah, I've tucked the console away but the last thing I want to do is forget about it. I'm comfortable with soldering so I'll probably go ahead and place a parts order and do the things you said. It wouldn't hurt. I know these things are susseptable to permanent board damage, but what's the chance of this thing being 100% unrepairable (in terms of just not worth the time)? I'll keep an eye on this thread, if anyone has any further suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it. -G

Greetings! So I picked up a Lynx II that was listed as broken and I thought i'd try messing around with it. Initial problem was that it simply didn't power on with either batteries or the official power adapter. So I opened it up, tried to the wiring fix (headphone ground to negative battery terminal), and I now get power with batteries, but not so much luck with the power adapter. With the power adapter, the back light will come on and immediately turn off. It also flashes for a brief second when I unplug the adapter. EDIT: I can get the backlight to stay on with the PSU if I only insert it about halfway in. Now, it powers up meaning the backlight comes on and stays on, but I get no sound and no picture, just a blank screen. I've tried multiple cartridges as well. Since the power button seems to have been unresponsive, I take it that i'll need to replace the MOSFET perhaps? But it seems like a bad sign that i'm not getting audio or video when it's powered on. Capacitors look fine and I don't see any blown fuses or components. Any ideas? Thanks for the help!