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[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: My GT died but why ?]

When I closed the GT, I first forgot to plug the speaker on the PCB. But I didn't tear the ribbon cables, not even plug them in the wrong way (checked on my other GT).

When I turn on the GT, nothing happens, not even the very little sound I can hear on the other. Nothing happens.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: My GT died but why ?]

It's a "bridge" done with a piece of tin sticked with scotch tape. It goes from the uppest line to the downest line.

Effects on the two games I tried :

Final Match Tennis :
- choosing Exhibition lauched Tournament
- choosing Tournament lauched Training
- choosing Training lauched Exhibition
- in 1 player mode, 1 vs 1, I controlled both of the players

Image Fight :
- Run didn't work, I couldn't play the game

But the GT turned on very well, except those weird things with controller.

When I opened again the GT to remove this "fix", and then closed it, the GT didn't turn on. I tried to put the good PCB of the other, but it didn't turn on again.

So, I don't know if removing this fix and then turning the GT on broke something, if I broke something when opening and closing the GT, or if something broke because it was time to break.

I read on a topic that the fuse might be dead, but I couldn't find where it was (and I'm really not good in electronic )

[Console Repair/Mod Center / My GT died but why ?]

Hi,

I have two GTs :
- one has the screen cap problem, a lot of scratches on the body, but runs perfectly with good sound.
- one is in mint condition, no screen or sound problem, but did weird things when playing.

I openend the second to see where these malfunctions (on Final Match Tennis, choosing Tournament was running Training, I controlled both of the players, etc) come from, and I saw something strange on the left of the controller PCB :


The first thing I did was to invert the PCBs and then my "mint condition" worked perfectly. I put the strange PCB in the other one and closed it. Some days ago, I opened it again to see if I could take off this strange repair. I did it (no welding, very easy), and when I closed the GT, it didn't start. Nothing, not a noise, no screen, nothing. I openend it, checked but nothing seemed to be broken. I tried to invert again PCBs, but nothing.

So it died but I don't know why. I tried AC Adapter and new batteries, but nothing

Do you have any idea ?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Breaking News! TURBOEXPRESS / PC ENGINE GT VIDEO FIX!]

Hi Red Ghost,

Thank you for your advice. I think I'll train on an old VCR I have before fixing my GT !

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Breaking News! TURBOEXPRESS / PC ENGINE GT VIDEO FIX!]

Hello

Because it's my first message, I'll introduce myself a little. I'm 33 and just came in the "Nec World" I didn't know. I bought two months ago a Duo-RX and some weeks ago a GT.

This GT needed one or two minutes of "warm up" before the screen displayed the game clearly. I read this topic, and thought about replacing the cap at the top of the mobo. But because I never did this kind of stuff, I didn't.

But sadly, yesterday evening, after I played a game, I turned it off and on with another game, but the screen never turned on. I only had the backlight.

So, I have two questions, before I try to repair it :
- I suppose that changing the cap could fix it, am I right ? Or is the screen dead ?
- Is it difficult to do for someone who never did it ?

Thanx for your answer