Trying to FIX 2 Faulty SEGA Game Gears - PART 2

Hi, this is PART 2 of a 2 Part video.
This trying to fix' video shows me attempting to fix 2 SEGA Game Gears that I bought from eBay. Both of them were sold as faulty.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things.
I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series.
Many thanks, Vince.

[@JSJneo]

Excellent video as always Vince! Might I suggest you make a "B reel" section or another channel you can upload the same footage without the speed up for those of us that have the extra time to watch it entirely in normal speed. I enjoy learning along with you and hearing your thought process as you go along. Thanks again!

[@762jeremy]

I have one here in the states. It needs the capacitor fix. I'll send it to you free of charge if you want it. Consider it a thank you for the quality content on your channel.

[@GadgetUK164]

Great work! Regards the lid not going on right - see those gold circles on the left side there, that's often where the caps get in the way. If memory serves the plastic posts on the top part of the case sit over them, so they need to be completely unobscured! One looked like it was just overlapping a little.

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you Chris. I did try moving them around a bit but maybe one of them or a leg was still in the way. I didn't have the problem on the other Game Gears so I was wondering if maybe one or two of the caps in this kit on that left hand side was slightly larger than the other kits I bought. I didn't compare them so I am only guessing...they may be exactly the same. As always thanks for your helpful advice, tips and suggestions :-)

[@jayw5619]

Appreciate you putting yourself through it for us, Vince! Your soldering skills have come on so much.

[@retrogamer64007]

Jay W indeed

[@marcianzero_yt]

I really appreciate your patience. Also you seem to be able to keep thing tidy. My workspace always looks like a giant mess after some projects have started, because a lot of them never really come to a good end.

[@GNicola]

I`m happy it works! it makes me smile seen you so full of joy! love your vids.

[@JonPadfield]

Hi Vince. I know this is an old video, but just wanted to thank you for giving me the idea of cleaning my main board with IPA. My game gear wasn’t working, but fired right up after doing this. It’s (at least temporarily) working now. So thanks very much! :)

[@IBrianrish]

Part 2 already Dang !!! Fair Play to ya Mate !!!

[@midotechtips7449]

Nice work you need just more light this will be perfect Thanks🤗

[@heatedgamer2931]

Great vid as awlays, your reactions when you get something right always make me laugh. Is there going to be any more competition fixes? or other non console fixes like a broken tablet/phone or older toys? i hope so lol. either way, keep up the good work mate.

[@broglang9102]

That is awsome man!!! So you got two to work altogether right? I hope you know you are definitely better than average at repairing things. You should start a little side business repair shop, maybe just for local people in your city. That would be awesome. Very enjoyable to watch you work, great job!!

[@aljoin]

Great video Vince. Really enjoy watching these. Thanks

[@etiennevanharen3893]

Yesss, finally conquerred the gamegear. 2 working ones frankensteined out of 3. great videos enjoyed them both.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks, yes, it is nice to have one with a perfect screen without defect :-)

[@gadgetmadlad6691]

Been enjoying these game gear video's, I'm gonna attempt to fix 2 faulty of these myself in 1of my future video's, so thought I watch the pro first lol. Its a beaut of console.

[@kenny9648]

Vince is fantastic! I love your videos. Thx and Greetings from Lux!

[@zeewolf1116]

Cool video Vince... you've not had much luck with these old game gears... nice to see you prevailed though.

[@kdcampo]

great job on the gears. watching these videos makes me want to fix mine. my capacitors leaked something fierce, orange/tan junk out the sides of a couple. also at 21:28 what was that sound when you first tried the game. was i the only one that heard that?

[@pds8475]

At 18:02 yes you are right the electrolyte has leaked if there is a fishy smell when heated. It's possible that only those capacitors were blown but changing the lot doesn't do any harm.

[@an3k]

Awesome you got them working again! One question I have is why you don't buy identical capacitors as the original ones?

[@James28R]

I like the Cthulhu-esque soldering helper!

[@CLC-1000]

Great follow up video Vince.

[@craigbeas6111]

Great!! Wonder if screen scratches can be polished out?

[@gsxracer1977]

i am a huge SEGA collector and i have the MEGADRIVE 1/2 /NOMAD/modded GG/SATURN and DREAMCAST in my collection including a lot of games, which all of them works fine ;) Original NOT rechargeable batteries like DURACELL PRO have standard like 3000 mAH in them, so you see that even 2500 mAH is a bit low in power ;) succes with your channel. Hope you'll do the mod some time!

[@stuartbeer9299]

Great video, you should try a game gear screen mod on one of the faulty ones!

[@wez2844]

Vince what is that octopus thing you use when soldering?

[@Mrflash222006]

You got lucky with a clean and recap, 1 in 4 is about my average, the cap kits are hit and miss - the Panasonic cap kits are a better - re. Cleaning use a fibreglass pen as it gets right in deep and removes the gunk

[@brandonboechler9921]

Nice work I really like your videos thanks

[@JiraiyaPlaysRetroGames]

I got super lucky with a fix today. New Game gear arrived with corrupted screen. Turns out it just needed the cart pins cleaned and bent slightly

[@danmackintosh6325]

Oh Vince, you've really started something now lol just won a second Game Gear on ebay. This one apparently doesn't load any games, and it comes with 9 so they can't all be dead surely? I mainly bought it for the boxed games and the original but tatty box it came in, should be here before the weekend :) I'm not the most popular with the better half now, and it's all your fault lol... Great fun though and totally worth it IMO.

[@roscopeco2000]

Vince could you do some modding videos upgrading screens etc?

[@JiraiyaPlaysRetroGames]

Do you have a spare power board at all? I seem to have fried something on mine even though it was working recently. My spare is currently hooked up to a Pi-Gear mod

[@zdxrkxeno]

Yay! Part 2!

[@NiamorH]

to minimize to risk of shorts you should use heat shrink sleeves to cover the legs of capacitors

[@RetrodudeG]

Nice one! 👍

[@JohnCalvin.]

In the video 10 facts about the Nintendo switch what adapter did you use to use the wii mote

[@kieronalder5264]

Do you sell the consoles you successfully fix?

[@gladiorosso9816]

hello i have 2 vertical black lines (bands) on center and right screen so my screen is visible only for 1/3 on left...how can i fix? thank you.

[@gsxracer1977]

GG's capacitors are at least 25 years old, ALWAYS do the capacitor MOD to prevent problems. After that done you can do different other mods to it. ;)

[@WannaBeCanadians]

good job!

[@goclunker]

I trimmed the legs on my caps more, they fit much better with shorter legs.

[@g1transformersreviews817]

I have an old faulty game boy and I'd like to fix it but I don't know how if you have any suggestions on how I can try to get it working again please let me know

[@Ma7hiu5]

depends on the issues, but a good start to have is a soldering iron kit, and a multi bit screwdriver set, along with ifixit guides,

[@g1transformersreviews817]

@@Ma7hiu5 thank you for your help

[@RN25899]

I'd suggest practicing on some other things with your soldering before you screw up a gameboy...they don't exactly make them anymore. Watch plenty of KZbin videos on soldering correctly before you attempt anything. Voultar and GameTechUS show some quality soldering work.

[@g1transformersreviews817]

@@RN25899 ok and yeah that would suck of it screwed up my game boy because it's in very good shape other than the fact that it doesn't run properly -thank you for your informative reply

[@AlvinMarin.]

Well done

[@TheTTVert]

Don't they sell an SMD kit for your devices? I know you now have a hot air rework station. It'd make for a cleaner refurb and also hone your skills w/ the hot air station.

[@Mrflash222006]

Dave B I wouldn't know if it would have any look term effects as the characteristics are vastly different between a ceramic and a electrolytic cap - no need for hot air as its only 2 pads, tweezers and a iron are good down to 0603

[@XtremeKremaTor]

Invest in a cheap bench power supply? Instead of fiddling with batteries

[@raamfanraamfan846]

Awesome again,thanks

[@jayash6108]

Hi from Hemel Hempstead

[@johneygd]

Well done.

[@chongtak]

I saw a video on GadgetUK154 channel where he changed the screen with another one, the ressult was night and day, you should consider it.

[@ChrisMX9]

It's 1am and I was supposed to sleep ... Oh well

[@retrogamer64007]

PixCub 2am for me

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

I’ve been meaning to pick up a Game Gear. I have 7 Game Gears games that I can’t play until I have one.

[@loganjorgensen]

That's funny cap fluid smells like fish, couldn't find an organic connection so it must just be similar like how artificial flavors work or how poisons or septic wounds can smell of almonds. I really should try out those cap kits, needs doing anyway and I'm not really getting the true GG experience people got when it was new.

[@TheMarinemonkey]

The game gear is centre negative the master system and mega drive 1 power packs are compatible the mega drive 2 was centre positive but was also a smaller size. here is a link to the service manual if you want to confirm. www.smspower.org/uploads/Development/GameGearMaintenanceManualEuropeVA0.pdf you will see that the pin connects to the battery negative via a blocking diode and the positive of the battery passes through a switch in the socket that cuts the positive connection when a psu is connected.

[@ayoub3342]

Brilliant

[@josephnealeUKscratchcards]

awesome

[@MacksmusPrime]

wish you sold the things you fixed for $$ on your site..- would buy switch and gamegear +other things XD

[@iulianispas8634]

Please that spare power bord can fix my dead game gear (spare parts for those are difficult to find here in Romania ) I own over 100 game gear games but not console to play, it is for sure the power bord, as die by conecting a wrong adapter may be the power regulator is very small and my soldering skills are not very good . If you wish I can offer a exchange project item for the Game Gear power bord

[@billy-waynejeffcoat4828]

You know I'm not saying don't fix more game gears cause I have one myself and love it but however many you buy you should pick up that many capacitor kits.imo no matter what's wrong with them new capacitors are mandatory since they seem to be the one who got the worst of the worst of all Sega products

[@ChristopherBushman]

Agreed. I have fixed a number of game gears for my family and friends (and myself of course ☺️). While I've done a LCD screen mod and led back light mod on a couple of them, caps were ALWAYS an issue. The original caps are indeed very cheap and leak more often then not. It does help to eliminate the headache and change the caps to help with further troubleshooting

[@masterviper420]

when are you going to upgrade the screen to lcd ?

[@chuck2501]

can't you get a pretty neat panel upgrade kit for these? EDIT: you can it's called the McWill's Kit you have to email him?!

[@JCV11B]

change out back bulb to a led and game gear will last longer then a gameboy

[@TheErnestopmorales]

If you change one capacitor just do yourself a favor for long term and change them all.

[@topouzidd]

Wow the viewing angle is so narrow, just like a Samsung QLED tv!

[@reaperandrew2488]

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[@reaperandrew2488]

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[@jesuscristo6854]

Would you sell one of those for a fella overseas?? Hahahaha!

[@pford6537]

Hey Vince

[@Mymatevince]

Hi :-)

[@raccoonlegendnotafurry]

at 14:20 who lost power and it's not 6 am

[@rob902110]

fully charge batteries only last 15mins!

[@Starcat128]

The flashing red light means you’re batteries are going dead

[@Starcat128]

😎😎By the way all the game gears Or failing because of the crappy capacitors they put in it when thay made them

[@JZM006]

27th

[@clydedanger5932]

just cut the capacitors^^