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#31
Hello everyone.

Hope someone can help..

I got this DUO some months ago no working, I replaced all the caps, cleaned the laser and then worked like new.. I could play anything I threw at it original and backups, I used it for around a couple of months working great, but then I just leave it for a month or so, and yesterday that I wanted to play a little more it just dont wanted to read anything!!.

I just got the mesage "PLEASE SET DISC!" with every disk I tried, orginals, backups, music CD etc..

It start to spin at normal speed, nothing seems wrong at all, no weird noises, but then after a few seconds trying to read it just stop and appears "PLEASE SET DISC!"

The HUCARD part works great! but the CD part dont..


I open the thing and tried all this:

-Clean the lens.

-Reseat the laser and the harnes cables.

-Try another harnes from other unit.

-Change the laser with a brand new one.

-Check continuity on the recently changed caps and reflow the solder.

-Messed with the pots but nothing helped.

-Checked VCO with a multimeter and gaves me 4.33 Mhz when starts to spin, but still stops and "PLEASE SET DISC!"

So I really dont know what else to do, Im lost here, the system didnt fell off or got wet , I put it in a well ventilated area..

The only thing I can think of is that the board is a little messy with the solder flux i used, maybe a via got cloged?

I dont know, please could someone can give me some advise?

Thanks


#32
Sadly I don't :( I'd like to know where to buy them if that's even an option.
#33
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Motoroader multiplayer
Last post by JoeQuaker - 09/25/2024, 11:30 PM
Playing this game with more than 1 person is like playing a totally different game! A buddy of mine came over today and we played the PC Engine version a bit then the TG-16 version. After planning on what we were buying we easily beat the game lol. I could never seem to get far playing by myself. 

I only recently got a Japanese tap and a 2nd black/orange PC Engine controller for my American TurboDuo and I already want to buy more controllers lol.
#34
Does anyone have a spare disk magnet hub thing they can sell? I broke a tab on mine the last time I put it back it back in the lid.. and now I can't make adjustments "live" anymore and wanted to do so recently with probes hooked up to my scope when it acted up again.
#35
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG-16 Manual Scans
Last post by NightWolve - 09/25/2024, 10:17 PM
Quote from: farankoshan on 09/24/2024, 04:28 AMDid you guys ever notice that New Adventure Island's manual has some strange typo and grammar issues?

Check out page 8-9, the heading reads "Be Sure You Know How These Items"

That's it. Hahaha! Was there a slip in quality control? This late into the conversion efforts, did TTi staff start getting sloppy? Hahaha! That heading ends so abruptly.
NewAdventureIsland-8-9.webp
Huh, you're right, never knew about it! The correction would be something like, "Be Sure You Know About These Items" or maybe with more words, "Be Sure You Know How To Use These Items" ?

Quote from: farankoshanAnd then at the back cover, the word "Adventure" is spelled "Adventyure".
:higgs:  :higgs:

NewAdventureIsland-typo.webp

Hm, another one...
#36
Quote from: farankoshan on 09/25/2024, 12:17 AM12 years later, and we still haven't the slightest idea who composed this stellar track or where this track may have come from.

Beautiful track nonetheless.

Still happy I was able to rip it when I did, as the app is delisted and gone.
I see, thanks for revisiting this memory, it makes all the trouble rebuilding this site/forum worth it!

I remember this thread and tune! Esteban still cares about his legacy tg-16.com site so all his links work and I coded a decent audio/video embed module so mp3 files can be played instantly in-thread (as you can see/test).

Trying to make classic threads here more viewable/accessible on mobile phones has been part of the point. Might as well be the best PCEFX archive even if we can't revive much membership activity!

Quote from: esteban on 03/19/2012, 11:37 PMCan you identify the chiptune? It's a damn catchy tune that sounds like it is ripped from an existing PCE/TG-16 game...but I (and many fellow pcefxers) can't figure out what title (if any) the song originates from. What are the chances that Hudson commissioned (created) a new chiptune for the GameBox emulator?I have a hard time believing that Hudson would have taken the time to create a brand-new tune. Call me cynical.

Special Thanks! to @farankoshan for providing the .mp3!
Ah, so esteban credits you for providing the mp3. It's protected/mirrored by Wayback here as well, don't worry about it ever being lost even if he closes his site. Maybe I'll also mirror it on my /audio best of PCE collection folder:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/audio/

Anyway, take care.
#37
12 years later, and we still haven't the slightest idea who composed this stellar track or where this track may have come from.

Beautiful track nonetheless.

Still happy I was able to rip it when I did, as the app is delisted and gone.
#38
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG-16 Manual Scans
Last post by farankoshan - 09/24/2024, 04:28 AM
Did you guys ever notice that New Adventure Island's manual has some strange typo and grammar issues?

Check out page 8-9, the heading reads "Be Sure You Know How These Items"

That's it. Hahaha! Was there a slip in quality control? This late into the conversion efforts, did TTi staff start getting sloppy? Hahaha! That heading ends so abruptly.

And then at the back cover, the word "Adventure" is spelled "Adventyure".
 :higgs:  :higgs:

#39
Off-Topic / Re: What are YOU watching on Y...
Last post by raini - 08/28/2024, 08:23 AM
listeting to music Clean Bandit - Rockabye
#40
Quote from: segasonicfan on 08/12/2024, 05:11 AMYeah board scans were RetroSix: https://www.retrosix.wiki/board-scans-pc-engine-gt

To get good board "scans" I imagine they just used a camera light box.  Something like this:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1656195528/

Yep, I made a camera light box too but bigger to be able to photo other motherboards too, but it's not as good  :|

And regarding the GT and so, the PC just bending while using a hot air gun... either the temperature it's too high, or the board isn't that good as you said... I'd worry too