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[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: REPAIR GUIDE - TurboExpress: Total capacitor replacement chart]

I just pulled all the caps off of my express and that one was a 100uf 6v.

i meant the bottom center one... its a 10uf 16v not a 100uf 6v

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: REPAIR GUIDE - TurboExpress: Total capacitor replacement chart]

Here's a chart of the caps on the Turbo Express I made. I'm not sure but I'm assuming that the JPN version is the same.

Hopefully this will make Express repair work for people a bit easier.

Please feel free to use it, but don't claim that this is yours or try to make money off it. That's not why this is here...

Special thanks go to Nat for adding some missing information


Don't use, errors corrected!

The bottom center cap under the metal shield is a 10uf 16v not a 100uf 6v.... cc704

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: REPAIR GUIDE - Turbo Express: Battery Tray/Connectors]

RISE FROM THE GRAVE LITTLE EXPRESS! hehe sorry couldnt help it 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Ebay seller super fail]

damn i wish i had seen that lol

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: best lube to use for TG-CD repair]

I would go with this:



Im sorry, i had to.  The title and word use just made me do it.


anyways...

Never a better way to say its F**ked than with KY... lmao

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Express repair]

finally got my bonks adventure i won off of ebay in the mail today for it and definately love playing it as much as i did in 1992..
i got bonks for 10 bucks... has anyone noticed that there are people on ebay asking 200 bucks for just bonk? thats crazy! i know its one of the best games but seriously thats just insane

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Turbo Express up for grabs soon!]

Have an express coming from ebay here in the next day or two.. stated that it had a problem with the video so im going to go through entire unit and replace all the caps and will have it good as new.. noticed that people on ebay have been selling working expresses for $200+ ( and not stating that the caps have been replaced so they are a gamble as to how long they will work ok for)  and was going to see if anyone here would be interested in it before i throw it up on ebay when im done.. would be glad to show pics of the work when im completed and end results but im not new to doing this kind of work so i would expect all will be well ( looks over to my prize mint express i finished and plays good as new and sound is loud enough to annoy people in a not so quiet area).. i would be willing to trade for a nice duo as well as i see them on ebay for around the same price... anyways... lemme know if anyone is interested. i never knew how much i enjoyed my old express i used to have in 1992 and regretfully sold till i owned one again..

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Are broken TG-CD units going to become the new Turbo Booster Plus accessory???]

The sony cd jukebox units look like this
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rowe-NSM-Rockola-Lot-of-CDM-12-Parts_W0QQitemZ280347091076QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4145fd2084&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Specifically, the cdm-12 players used a Phillips transport mechanism, Sony servo

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Are broken TG-CD units going to become the new Turbo Booster Plus accessory???]

was the original unit a sony unit? i know a LOT of Jukebox cd units that were manufactured by sony and phillips around 1989-1993 that the optics always went bad on them, but in almost every case the gear parts were always still good..  we used to throw them away when they went bad.. but i know where some are still laying around if anyone wants me to get a few of them and see if the gears match up. if they do match up, im sure these units with bad optics could be picked up pretty cheap, as most of the time Operators just replace the whole cd unit when one stops working. .

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Region mods - Who's doing 'em?]

I believe the 128 meg Flash Hu-card at ic2005.com is able to run both region games if im reading it correctly... i might just go this route if thats the case..
http://www.ic2005.com/shop/product.php?productid=62&cat=0&page=1

[Console Repair/Mod Center / TG-16 repair]

Now that i have my Express working again i decided next chance i get im going to my brothers house to retrieve my old TG-16 that has been laying around on a shelf for years. it isnt the whole unit, just the pcb itself with reader. if my memory serves me correctly, it would only work when the video was used through the expansion port add on that we used to have, the originaly video out on the pcb itself had stopped working for some reason.. Has anyone seen this before? and is it worth fixing or should i just donate it to one of you for further playing? lol 

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Turbo Express repair]

I purchased a Turbo Express off of ebay last week for $50 bucks and figured i could fix it after seeing the information on this site... it was listed as (worked a month ago, but now graphics are jumpy so being sold AS-IS)

recieved it in the mail yesterday and when i pulled it out of the box it looked brand new, no scratches whatsoever and even came with original $299.99 Electronics boutique box.
I originally had one of these when they first came out and wished i had never sold mine, so i was happy as my 6 year old son was when i unpacked it for the first time.
upon turning it on with included Keith Courage HuCard ( gotta get bonk again soon!) i noticed that it started out playing fine then within a few second seemed like the clock speed had been divided in half (extremely slow) and graphics started jumping up and down..  so i went ahead and pulled my capacitor box out ( i have done many cap kits before for arcade monitors and systems since i used to work for an amusement company) and began to change them all out except for the 4 that controlled the audio section ( figured i would deal with later since the sound was still EXTREMELY LOUD!)
after finishing and closing it back up i put batteries back in and STILL had the same problems with the speed issue and the graphics issue... i was getting frustrated at this point.. so i opened it back up and started messing with the 2 pots that are on the pcb ( which now i have determined only move the screen up and down, and left/right, and if you move them too much in either direction the brightness will also go up and down and brightness control on side of express will no longer do anything until you get them back exactly how they should be)... so i closed it back up and gave up for the moment..


Pulled it back out today and opened it back up determined to find the culprit..  evidently this thing hadn;t had much use as most of the caps i removed didnt seem to show any signs of leakage... although upon shining my flashlight closely i did finally notice something.. the top left larger chip (with pins on 4 sides) that had been under the shield had the top left most 3 pins appearing to have some sort of corrosion on them. ( possibly cap above it at some point when guy from ebay put batteries in last month could have spewed onto this chip?)   when i touched the pins with my finger, i could see wetness on my finger from where i had touched the pins... and thought AH!!!!!   i quickly cleaned the spot up, and carefully scraped the corrosion off of the legs of the chip and polished them clean again before closing the express back up and batteries back in and  with the flip of the switch everything finally worked like it should! i was definately happy that i had finally figured out what the deal was with it.. anyway this is my first post, just thought i would share...