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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: (TRADE) Wanted: Gate of Thunder, Splash Lake, TG16 Contollers, OBEY Chip, Duo?]

  thats a lot of cats.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: blown chip on Duo? (eBay listing)]

i have another email where he says that he tried to have it fixed and it can't be done.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Planning to install a region mod? CLICK HERE!]

i picked up an obey chip I'm waiting for.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: [HELP] Another PCEngine DUO without CD sound]

any trace damage?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: [HELP] Another PCEngine DUO without CD sound]

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=960.0

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: blown chip on Duo? (eBay listing)]

I bought a cheap duo from him and I was lucky to have the Steve help me out big time. The cxa1082 chip was bad.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: [HELP] Another PCEngine DUO without CD sound]

I have read that this is a heat relates issue. I could be wrong tho

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: blown chip on Duo? (eBay listing)]

The cost of shipping makes it not worth it.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: blown chip on Duo? (eBay listing)]

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: blown chip on Duo? (eBay listing)]

I know that seller and I passed on that console. You need to see under the board as well. I have a closer phote in my email and it looks like it burnt pretty deep.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

i tried it on a sony trinitron tube tv(my retro setup), an LG lcd, and an insignia lcd.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

the 4.3v was with no card, just checking with a multimeter. the 2.083v was with no card as well, but after i lifted the pad and ran a jumper. i tried 3 tv's and all the same thing.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

so before i had 4.3v, now i messed up the leg and in getting the right voltage? lol ill try this again. the tv i first used is the one i have numerous retro console on, plus the pc engine duo you helped me fix.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

while checking the soldering for pin 40, i lifted the leg and the pad. i ran a jumper wire from the leg to the via and I'm getting 2.083v now. i know i probably killed this. i couldn't be more upset at myself.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

i tried another tv, one that will not allow you to change input unless it detects a source. it allowed me to change and then displayed no signal.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

It reads 4.3v

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

its a pretty rough setup, but i have a wire to ground on the ext port and a wire to pin 40 on the c6270 hooked up to a rca jack. most of the time i can get a flicker, but sometime i still get a solid black screen.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

Not even a flicker when I hit the power.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

Do you know where I can find a replacement huc6260?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

I check and cleaned every pin and I used 2 working hucards that work on my duo.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

no, solid black all the time. can it be the video chip?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

so i checked all the caps and they seem fine, i check the 7805 and thats working, the fuse is fine, i cleaned and reflowed chips. no matter what i just get a black screen. with or without a hucard. i cleaned the pins too. i looked for bad traces and the board seems to be in good shape.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

Thanks for the reply, but no sound either.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

do you mean the 1 amp fuse by the 7805? i get continuity off of it.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine white, No Video.]

i can't even get composite video. i get a blank screen.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Pc engine white, No Video.]

hello, i just picked up a white pc engine rf with no video. the unit gets power and the fuse checks out fine. when hooked up with rf, i just get a flicker on the static screen. i ran a fast video and ground from the composite out on the back, the unit gets a black screen and if you mess with the jack the screen will flicker. any ideas? thanks

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: CD-ROM ticking issue after Laser Swap]

From what I understand, if the disc spins, the laser detected the disc. Its sounds like the gear may still have a problem.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Anyone in Montreal to fix my turboduo?]

All you do is touch each pin for the port with a soldering iron. You can add a small amount of new solder.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Anyone in Montreal to fix my turboduo?]

Its not to hard to reflow the solder joints yourself.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Anyone in Montreal to fix my turboduo?]

I picked up a master system that needed the solder joints for the controller port to be reflowed. Some buttons wouldn't work until I did that. It sounds like you need to change the av jack too.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins <SOLVED>]

Seems to be working great now. I'm playing a full audio CD with no skipping.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins <SOLVED>]

Thank you everyone for your help... With the help of thesteve, I ended up changing the CXA1082BQ chip, which solved the spindle problem. With a few pot adjustments i can now play an audio cd, but it skips and goes nuts at times lol. so i will have to play with the pots a bit more. This site is just amazing! this was my first time changing an IC and i can't believe i actually pulled it off lmao!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TG16 CD ROM gear repaired with Sculpting putty (green stuff) Pic]

wow 

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

The problem seems to be coming from the controller port. With a hucard I moved the port and the game turned off and would not turn back on. I had a black screen and the spindle would do little spins and the laser would move at the same pulse speed. I turned it off and put in a disc and started it up. Same thing as before. No response. I moved the port and pressed run. The access light came on and it told me to close the lid. After closing the lid it told me to set disc. The spindle is still spinning all the time. But I can short the console just by moving the port around.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

Seems that way lol

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

I unplugged the 2 plugs to the laser and left the black plug only. It still spins.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

disregard that last post... I'm getting 5v from the caps

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

if I'm doing this correctly, it shows i have 5v.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

Thanks for the reply... Can you please be a little more descriptive? I'm still learning with this. I see the area with the caps...

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

I'm looking and checking for continuity, but i just can't seem to find anything. any reason why you used a thick wire?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

thats a wire running from top to bottom?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

keith, would you happen to know the spot? I tinned a few spots on the bottom and ran one jumper and I'm still in the same boat.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

i didn't find anything on the top of the board, but on the bottom in the same area I have a few bad traces.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

I can't wait to get home and take a look.... 2 hours for a wheel alignment lol. Thanks so much.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins]

 Thanks for the fast reply! I'll look around. Is this a common place that causes this?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Pc engine duo - drive spindle always spins <SOLVED>]

This is my first post and I was hoping to get a little bit of help. I have search all over and can't seem to find any information on this. I just bought a pc engine duo and the hucard side works great, but the cd side is always spinning. even if you play a hucard, the spindle will just spin. I did a complete cap kit on it and everything went well, The sound works great now, but the spindle is the same. Thanks you so much.