You take into account people here who are watching and have absolutely no idea what they are doing, (me) and I love it! Keep it up!💪💪💪

Thank you for doing this video. I just finished recapping my game gear today. I bought the kit from retrosix. I'm new to this stuff, but having this on whilst I was attempting the fix was great! My game gear is now back and better than ever! I really hope you continue to make more videos as I have learned a lot watching this one and the others you have made. I plan on buying the screen upgrade and give my game gear the complete overhaul. I did my original gameboy using all of the retrosix gear. I love it! I went with the gameboo case. Again, thank you very much for this video.

Great video! I just ordered mine from your shop and this will be my first time replacing a GG caps. This will help out greatly! Thanks for all these very informative videos and great camera shots on this one!

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome. Let me know how your first one goes and if you get red light. I'll show how to get to red light next

I recapped my Game Gear 5 months ago, It is a miracle that it functions today! Good techniques and right tools make ALL the difference!

Great tutorial. I’ve gone through many tutorials but yours was the best to help me soldering well. Thank you very much.

Excellent video. If I ever recap a game gear I'll buy from your shop just because of how helpful you've been.

I'm attempting my own recap here on a VA5 version of the Game Gear. I've been making heavy use of the diagrams on the retrosix site, so I'm hoping things will go just fine. Thanks for showing this process off, it's very helpful for a noob like me.

Fantastic content! Looking forward to more.

Probably the best video on recapping a GG. Great content! Btw when you mentioned the smell i almost got nauseated by the memory of that rotten fish hell lol

You definitely helped me out alot. I am running into issues with 2 of my game gears. I will be ordering parts soon to attempt to bring my consoles back to life. Thanks a bunch.

also one quick tip on placing SMD capacitors (or any SMD with 2 points) is to preload one side of the pad on the board with clean solder and leave the other pad clean. Then solder the new SMD capacitor on the pad with solder nice and flat, and then solder the other empty pad with solder/flux. Saves you extra work and results in nice and flat caps on the board with minimal amounts of heat on the new caps.

@danLyoutube

Жыл бұрын

Been doing this for years now, I never understood why anyone would do it differently. But they do! Great tip.

33:01 the way that snake of solder just wicked itself up into the work. I've never seen that before.

Awesome video best I've seen yet! Thank you very much and keep em coming lol

Thanks for the video. Clear instructions. I recapped two game gears. One only gets the red light and the other one has no music from the speaker after the recap. I'm looking forward to your next repair videos.

Brilliant video thank you. Going to order what I need from your shop now 😌

That is nuts dood!

Great video. I’m very excited about the next videos showing some more basic soldering techniques. I just got into modding GBAs, I need some more info on how to trouble shoot non operating consoles.

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I've done a video series on soldering on my other channel if you want to see right now just search "angelsix soldering"

Hey there! Just wanted to say that this video is very helpful. I only just started soldering about a month back to learn how to put backlit screens into my GBC and GBA. After that I used my iron to repair the ribbon contacts to fix up dead columns on my OG GameBoy. I was happy with what I'd learned but I thought repairing my Game Gear's board with new capacitors would be beyond me for some time - Following this video made it very easy! I now have a Game Gear that plays games and gets nice and loud, a big change from one that put no visible image on the screen and barely made noise at all. Thanks a ton!

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Glad to hear

Damn, you helped me so much! Thank you!

Thanks a lot Luke, very helpful!!

Genuinely good videos.

this is fantastic, ive recently acquired an undead game gear, turns on white screen no sound, i intend to bring it back to life ^_^ subscribed!

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Let us know if you get stuck or join our discord

@samaeldrakul4191

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix thankyou very much indeed 😁✊✊✊

Great vid! Looking forward to the next instalment of this series. I have a few GGs lying around, hoping I could revive them someday. One recently died, strange symptom - lcd flickers and image appears pixelated. Definitely some broken vias somewhere. Initially tried reflowing the VDP chip, but still no cure. This one is VA0 twin asic though.

i have a Game Gear i picked up recently which i will need to recap as well as replace the screen... thanks for the video! it was super helpful... i only have worked on Gameboys up until now...

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the world of Game Gears. The smelliest of all retro consoles 😂

Thanx for the amazing video, please create more vids like these, thank you

Great video. Thank you.

Great video !!!! Very helpful !!

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

I began recapping mine today and ive never worked on a game gear. That smell hit me like a ton of bricks, positively ghastly!!

Great video! I have a non working gg on the way and want to repair it. The videos will hopefully get me operational.

A perfect tutorial. Thanks.

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it

i recapped a va1 using this cap kit and the before and after was amazing except that before the backlight worked fine and after it was dead but the screen does work and so does sound

I've been watching repair vids for the past couple years and have started job lots myself. I finally came across your channel recently. I absolutely love how well you explain everything! It really helps in diagnosing issues. I'm finishing up another Game Gear and removing all the capacitors at once and doing things in phases totally made things go faster! No picture, no sound. recapped the main board and audio board and it's working great. Would you also recap the power board even though it's working now? I don't like to be too wasteful and am of the mind "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." But I feel like people buying recapped Game Gears expect all 3 to be done. Thoughts? Also, I really like the PIP setup with the readings and extra cam. Thanks!

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like the vids. Yep normally I would not replace however for GG they are bad formula in the capacitor mix and will fail so defo replace them

what are the voltages of the ceramic capacitors? and the percentage of tolerance?

thanks for your video!!!

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome

Hi I had a recapped GG done the recap years ago and it worked fine but hadn´t turned it on in a while. I decided to play and it wouldnt boot any games. So I opened it up. Saw that some of the joints from the capacitos came loose. I resoldered everything I used flux. Put the thing back to gether and instead of turning on it just shuts off immediatly short circuit somewhere but I put the capacitors back like they were. I don´t get it it does flux create shorts? Then I tried to solder soms capacitors back again but I messed up. The solder is not sticking anymore in one place and I spilled some solder on the round gold pad that I cannot get off because I couldn´t find any whick all stores were sold out.

So much education in just one video.

I did not know that you could put SMD capacitors, do you have a list of the capacitors and voltages that you used? or recommendation of any Aliexpress store? excuse my english, i use the translator

Great Video. I was thinking of buying either a completely refurbished GG or a good one and just replace the Screen/Power and stuff. After this Video i just bought the cheapest GG i could find and cant wait to start working on it. Btw what sort of microscope is that? Its insane!

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

That's good to hear. Any issues getting it running let me know. This one is a Tagarno. Pretty pricey. Amscope is good and cheaper and use them for non video work

Hey, great video. Will you do a video in the future showing an install of your Cleanscreen on a Game Gear (possibly this one when you get it working properly) ?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Defo

Switching from electrolytic to ceramic isn't always a good idea because the characteristics don't always transfer smoothly. How did you determine the safety of these replacements?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

I've designed hardware for many years and so reverse engineering the GG from schematics and making replacement parts was pretty easy. I'll do an article on my wiki explaining the GG designs and why ceramics are fine here but in short all the caps are for smoothing or bulk no feedback loops or requirements for specific ESR

I just replaced the sound board with your retro six board. Super easy install and it's LOUD !!!!! When will y'all have more clean juice GG rechargeable battery kits available?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Few days. Glad you like the amp

Just brought recap kit and new sound board from u ,hoping it will fix the really low sound and can obly see screen if looked at from thr side

Hello, I'm about to order the caps but I have a doubt, are they the same voltage? I'm asking because those I have in my game gear have different voltages and I don't know if it's safe to use the same voltage. If you can please let me know. Thanks

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Yep they are fine. Fully reverse engineered console and specced the components. Also sold over 11,000 kits to date no issues

My game gear that I have had from new has always worked, got it out yesterday and the screen is a bit distorted and there is no sound. Is this the capacitors.

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Jump on our discord and send photos

Nice

My first step is ipa and a soft toothbrush literally cleans it like new

Your hair straighteners would have removed those caps in half the time fella :D. Cracking video, i'm just about to re-cap mine and order your clean screen mod.

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Nice you will love the CleanScreen. Let me know any feedback

In the video you said that the gamegear will work wothout capacitors, but somewhere online i read that that's not very recommended, are you sure it's ok to do it? Because i wanted to try on a gamegear i'm working on

@RetroSix

9 ай бұрын

It will work totally fine. It's for testing before wasting time. Your LCD won't work but audio and game load will. Once confirmed you can then add caps

@mrascensoreakakrisgames4149

9 ай бұрын

@@RetroSix i assume the only caps that do major roles are the power board electrolytic? Anyway, i'll try it out, I have already bought the ceramic kit anyway though, could still be handy if i cone across more, but I hope this one all it needs is caps

Is this only if the system has problems booting? If it boots fine but just has screen or sound problems, that's a different set of capacitors to replace, right?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

All game gears must be recapped to start with. They all fail over time. All other issues are covered on RetroSix.wiki website

Hi I have a twin asic va1 but the C4 Ceramic Capacitor is missing. How can I get the capacitor value?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

10uF

Hi I’ve 2 gamegear and I’ve replaced all capacitors but I’ve vertical Lines on first and blank screen on second

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Join discord.gg/RetroSix for more help

Great video! Is there a reason why the kit include capacitors with higher capacitance than the original caps?

@RetroSix

18 күн бұрын

Better performance

Iv been using hot air to put the caps In place, allot faster and easier to line them up straight.

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I can show hot air soldering in future. Great skill to have

I prefer not to cut or move up and down capacitors when you remove them. That's because plates could be pulled away and you're forced to recreate the trace.

Great video. What video equipment/software are you using to switch between views?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly BlackMagic kits and using OBS for recording

@DaveDoesUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix Do you edit in DaVinci too?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Sure do

@DaveDoesUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix Do you find it better than the Adobe suite? Was thinking of switching over

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I've used everything and ended up back at Resolve

Hey Luke, great vid but may be better to show cracking the caps with needle nose pliers and then rocking the caps with your finger to break them off their legs. Much easier to then desoldering the legs tbh…

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you could do that too but rocking can damage the pads if they are already lifted and rip traces more. Albeit very rare that happens but it's a way people could still use for sure

@stuartevans4613

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix That’s a good shout always risky when taking those caps off when they’ve leaked!

ok, I finally got the board completely re-capped... it now powers on and I can play games BUT, no audio and the picture is really washed out. Any ideas? I'd love to replace the screen but I'm concerned dealing with those ribbons is going to be more than I can handle.

@RetroSix

5 ай бұрын

Jump on discord.gg/RetroSix for more help there's loads of people on there including me

@97JoMiller

5 ай бұрын

@@RetroSix I’m already a member. I guess I was just too dumb to realize that I have to change out the caps on the audio board as well. I do still need to figure out how to make my screen better as well as I’m not sure if I missed it or not but your cap kit, I didn’t see a positive or negative side. Is there? If so I might be redoing my entire board :-(

@RetroSix

5 ай бұрын

@@97JoMiller the caps from our kit will give your screen its fully brightness if its working. I'd say send photos or vid on discord to assess if the dullness is the normal level of brightnes expected, and also turn the contrast wheel during the video to show the range. You can also check the contast circuit pins (mainly the end LCD pins for -+20V www.retrosix.wiki/lcd-circuit-game-gear

That's some great equipment you've got for recording this repair, very jealous. Never heard the story of SEGA botching the capacitors design, quite interesting. I just assumed that sega got them from Del Boy. Must say tho, it's very cruel of you to leave the... aroma of the GG capacitors for the new modders to discover!

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Haha oh you can never do a sneaky game gear repair at a weekend without everyone knowing what your up to 😂

What is your microscope setup? I love how high it sits up to stay out of the way.

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Tagarno. They are £4.5k

@bnr32jason

Жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix that's awesome, more than I want to spend though. Thanks for the reply.

@RetroSix I ordered the TFT screen and purple board from Handheld legend and the ribbon cable is too short to attach properly. Also the board pictured on their site is not the board I was sent. Can you respond with troubleshooting information?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

I think the issue is their 3D brackets are slightly different than ours they print their own. Seen it an odd time. Get them to check fit a 3D bracket and resend you the brackets

@claytoncoleman7201

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix I ordered a new screen and was able to connect it now. However, all I get is static on the screen even though the sound states that the game is booted and running. Any troubleshooting tips you could give?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Check you have pin 9 and 20 on the correct pins

Considering how dirty a Game Gear can be after all these years, am I right in assuming you guys at Retro Six clean up the boards when you refurbish them? Preferably with ultra sonic cleaners? Because that makes the most sense to me.

@RetroSix

8 ай бұрын

If they need it. Usually instead they get IPA scrub and diamond files on contact points. Ultrasonic cleaner is pretty useless it just cleans flux off which you can do with hot air and IPA

@johnshack3403

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for explaining. Wasn't clear of what would be best.@@RetroSix

Really wish you would have named them all as you go. Most of the video was you cleaning the board, even though you said it wasn't going to be that, and not going through and replacing each one.

Aren't you concerned with the voltage rating of the capacitors? You only seem to be mentioning the capacitance?

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Yes. We spec them appropriately

I get red light but it turns off after 1 second

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Shorting out. Jump on discord for more assistance discord.gg/RetroSix

14:41 magic.

Can I know which microscope you are using?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Tagarno Trend

so less caps - so don't exact match original values? This isn't an issue? Thank you!

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

No. I reverse engineered and tested the whole game gear design before this and the values are ok to use. We have also sold over 5000 kits not a single issue and use them every day

@OuterHeavenBoss

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix good stuff! Looking forward to installing them

@vgrepairs

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix hi I bought a few kits and my board is slightly different, are the 47 6.3v, the 33 6.3v, and the 22 6.3v, replaceable with the 10uf, 100uf, or the 1uf caps from the kit?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

If they are above 10uF originally they have 100uF. If they are above 1uF up to 10uF they have 10uF

First comment! Clear instructions, thanks 😁

your kit looks awesome and much easier to make working than bending capacitors... only part that stinks is that shipping costs more than the parts.

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

We could up the price of the product? 😂 The cheapest international post we have is £6 I'm afraid

@97JoMiller

Жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix lol you missed my point. I'm just shocked at what it costs to ship things although I frankly shouldn't be shocked at costs for anything at this point.

@97JoMiller

Жыл бұрын

@@RetroSix I got the package that I ordered today... Super fast shipping! 2 things, I was also shipped a red Gameboy case that I did not order, is that typical? Also which side of the little capacitor is the negative and the positive?

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

The capacitors don't have polarity they can go either way. Shells are normally used for shipping CleanJuice inside. Sometimes we also just give away freebies

what is the microscope you're using...?

@RetroSix

2 жыл бұрын

Tagarno. Very expensive. I also use Amscope ones much cheaper

the things you call “snips” - what are they actually called?

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

Side cutters. We sell some here retrosix.co.uk/Precision-Side-Cutters-p237455991

where can I buy this recap kit?

@RetroSix

Жыл бұрын

retrosix.co.uk/Game-Gear-Capacitor-Kit-p141462762

@thebigs14

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

What does IPA mean?

@v.r.t0846

8 ай бұрын

Isopropyl Alcohol

@zadock6370

8 ай бұрын

@@v.r.t0846 ok, that explains a lot. thank you.

you didn't even fix the other two boards.

Yes the smell of old electrolyte is very bad smell I know what you mean about the smell ugh 🤢