Re: Replacing Capacitors in Sega (and other) Consoles

Sorry for double posting....

The further I look into this, the more options I have, for Panasonic I have

KS
KA
NHG
FC
M
AM
GA


etc....

I think I will as advised stick with either M or FC.

Re: Replacing Capacitors in Sega (and other) Consoles

Thank you for the information.

I have to redo one of my capacitor lists as I misplaced the original! D'oh!

Hello

I have been on a bit of a re-capp'ing adventure of late.

I have replaced the capacitors in

Sega Mega Drive model 1 VA6
Sega Mega CD model 1 (x2)
Sega 32X (x2)
Sega Genesis 2 VA2.3

I now have the case of the guilts as I have used cheap capacitors (JackCon etc).

While they work fine (the SMD caps in the Sega/Mega CD model 1's had leaked) I would like to re-visit these and replace with decent capacitors, I am thinking Rubycon or Panasonic. Also thinking of getting from Element14 vs eBay as
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Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello My name is Pete and I have been browsing these forums for a while.

For the last few years I have been into retro video game console mods/repairs.

I have done this to keep my skills up as I changed careers from Electrical Fitter to Electrical Drafter in the mining industry.