Awhile ago I purchased an Odyssey 2 to add to my collection. I knew it didn't work when I tested it ,but it powered up to some lines and jumbled up letters. I immediately thought "Why not?"

Being a "Genius" with other cartridge games i immediately bought it figuring that it needed cleaning. After a thorough cleaning of the carts and games I plugged the system back, shoved in a cartridge, and hit the on button. Waiting for my moment of triumph I was puzzled why my work didn't pay off.

After an hour of going over the system and re-seating any chips, I found the problem. Checking the Capacitors was one of the last things to cross my mind, yet it should have been a priority. 2 of the 4 electrolytic caps were bad.

4 new Caps later another system had been saved from the trash.