Osgeld Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 take your time and be careful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Got the caps and looking at the board, specifically the 50v ones. they are really close together and close to one that the console 5 graphic says don't touch. Tips on how to not mess it up? take your time is good advice if you have a needle nose pliers squeeze old caps try to crush them gentle wiggle goal to remove cap from legs but leave legs dont want to pull pads or traces off the board then with cap out of the way clean fluid crust with qtip and alcohol add flux or new solder if needed then remove old legs best to clean old solder off desolder wick device or tool then clean pads again b4 new caps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 take your time is good advice if you have a needle nose pliers squeeze old caps try to crush them gentle wiggle goal to remove cap from legs but leave legs dont want to pull pads or traces off the board then with cap out of the way clean fluid crust with qtip and alcohol add flux or new solder if needed then remove old legs best to clean old solder off desolder wick device or tool then clean pads again b4 new caps Game Gear repair advice in the form of shoegaze lyrics? Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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