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[Buy/Sell/Trade / WTB: TG16 power supplies, TE Battery Cover and Games]

I have two consoles, both without original power supplies. I'm paranoid I'm going to burn them up running them on master system power supplies, so if anyone has any spares they're willing to get rid of, it's greatly appreciated! Same for the TurboExpress battery cover. I just acquired one a unit without one  I know it's probably a long shot, but it never hurts to ask!

As far as games go, I have a very tiny newbie collection of only 13 games so far, so I'm interested in just about anything! Complete with manual and case is preferred, and with the original box is even better! But I won't turn down loose cards on the cheap!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TE Screen Issues (A.K.A I think it might be toast)]

I kind of figured that was the case, but it seemed odd that there were no warning signs(but then I'm not too familiar with the TE). I was starting to wonder if maybe I had done something by accident that screwed it up. LOL

I might have one of you do that! I've not messed with that sort of thing too much. I have a new set of caps for a game gear that I've been meaning to try and replace, but I have three game gears, so I'm not too worried if I end up doing more damage to it because I don't know what I'm doing, LOL. I only have one TE and I'm more hesitant to jump in and start messing about.

Who all repairs these bad boys?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / TE Screen Issues (A.K.A I think it might be toast)]

Last week I purchased a lot of TG games with a TG16 console and a Turbo Express off of a guy on craigslist. When I called him up and inquired about it, he told me me the TE worked fine, both video and sound. Long story short, the sound had "quit working" as he was playing it in his truck while waiting for me to meet up with him, and there was no battery cover, but at the price I was getting the lot for, I decided to risk it in hopes that I would be able to have it repaired(seeing as how Game Gears have similar issues and I knew those were relatively easy to fix). I did test it out there before I bought the stuff and the screen was working great then and for the little while I was playing around with it after I got back home. Then I started having issues.

 I was playing Alien Crush, switched it off, plugged in Splatterhouse and the screen seemed like the brightness was turned all the way down. Initially I thought I had managed to turn it down by mistake, but I adjusted the wheel on the side and there was very little change between all the way up and all the way down. Then I noticed a tiny bit of what looked like an image burned into the screen but quickly realized it was moving. Slowly, over the course of about a minute maybe, the picture started to brighten up until it looked normal. I played it for a few minutes with no issues. Turned it off, popped in a new game, same thing only now it doesn't ever brighten back up to "normal". This is how it's been functioning ever since. I can tilt it at different angles and the picture becomes a little more visible, but it doesn't ever clear back up like it the first time. I tried putting in a fresh set of batteries and it had no effect.

So what I'm wondering if it's the capacitors or the screen itself? I did a search on here and didn't find anything that seemed to match up to the issue I'm having(though admittedly, I may not be searching for the right thing). It just seemed strange to me that it was working perfectly fine with one game and then in less than 10 seconds, go completely screwy on me with the next. Do these things usually go out like that?

[NEC Console Resource / Re: New member Introduction Thread]

Greetings all! Name's Austin and I found this place while googling for a video fix for the Turbo Express  

I'm no stranger to retro gaming but I am a bit of a newbie to the TurboGrafx 16 and related consoles. I've heard about it for years but it was never high on my priority list(always been an NES kid) until recently. I finally managed to track one down for the right price about four months ago and I have completely fallen in love with this system! So much so that I've already acquired a second one and a Turbo Express, LOL. It's safe to say that this machine has jumped up in rank quite a few spots on my list of favorite consoles, and I'm sure it will only continue to climb higher as I acquire a CD ad on and/or a Turbo duo!

My collection is pretty small right now, consisting of only a handful of games, but I hope to build it up over the next few months with the help of this place! Games are pretty tough to find around these parts so I feel very fortunate to have what I have. Looking forward to jumping into some discussions, learning more about this fantastic line of systems and making new friends!