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[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo - repair / advice]

Wow, thanks for the info, this encourages me to get it fixed.  Should I do just the sound caps for now to solve my issue?  Or should I really try to do them all when I have it open?

I have a soldering iron that I'm pretty good with, currently shopping for a desolder/pcb rework station.  It will come in handy for other stuff too.

Lastly, I have inspected the screws and it does not look like the game bit or standard torx, or anything I have seen.  Is there any other variant of screw?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbo Duo - repair / advice]

Hello!

Thanks for the advice.  I got the impression somehow that the Duo-R/RX models were more reliable in some way than the previous.  I think I heard that heat was a contributing factor to Duo failure, but that somehow the R/RX models were not affected.

If doing the caps in my Duo will keep me going for a while, I should be set!

Thanks again!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Turbo Duo - repair / advice]

Hello!  I'm new to the forum here, good to see this system has a lot of interest.

I have a Turbo Duo that I bought around 1997 from TZD, I have maybe 30 games at this point.  I was playing a CD game, and sure enough, I had the "sound issue."  I am attached to the system, but not sure where to go next.  Here are the choices I have come up with:

1.  Buy an RGB modded DUO-R or DUO-RX from ebay (when sellers say "new lens" do they mean the whole laser assembly has been replaced?)
2.  Buy a used DUO-R, and send it to someone for a region mod, and take my chances with the laser etc.
3.  Just fix the capacitor issue, and keep using my chip adapter.  I can probably do this, but would have to buy the game-bit etc.

There are not a lot of hours on my Turbo Duo.  Is it generally true that the DUO-R holds up better for sound issues?  How many "hours of play" is the CD unit good for in the Turbo Duo vs. the DUO-R?

Any information is appreciated.  Thanks!