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5 Ways To Remove Surface-Mount Capacitors | One Is The Best!
Five ways to remove surface-mount electrolytic capacitors from ageing consoles are compared, before they can leak corrosive fluid onto the board.
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recapping
33 videos.
Recapping means replacing the electrolytic capacitors on an old board, usually because they have dried out or leaked. Spilled fluid can eat tracks and pads, so a close look at the board comes before any iron is heated. The surface-mount capacitors on Amiga 600 and 1200 boards are a common case.
For the removal step, the comparison of five ways to take off surface-mount capacitors is sponsored by PCBWay, and its choice of winner is the maker's own judgement. One Amiga 1200 episode pairs a recap with a floppy repair and a ROM swap. A Game Boy that arrived dead is recapped in this DMG video, with reflow and shell work after.
Leaked electrolyte is corrosive. Hot tools at the board can burn you, so ventilate against the fumes and remember that old solder holds lead.
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The world's LOUDEST CRT - Vectrex 3000
The channel puts a Vectrex on the bench, updating its capacitors and chasing down a short, with other repairs along the way.
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Amiga 1200 from where Forrest Gump lives.
Amiga 1200 recap, floppy repair, ROM swap and hard drive build all happen on one untouched machine. The maker also builds a disk image in WinUAE and cleans a floppy drive.
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An Ebay Amiga 600, Single malt Scotch and FOOD!
An Amiga 600 from eBay is repaired and recapped, and a socketed crystal leads to the discovery of a damaged wire.
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A NewJoisey Amiga 1200 and FNIRSI LCR ESD Tweezers
A leaking Amiga 1200 gets new capacitors, and the maker also tries out a pair of FNIRSI LCR meter tweezers for measuring components.
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This Dead Game Boy Was Hiding a Nasty Surprise…
Dead vertical lines on the LCD and corroded battery terminals are among the faults on a Game Boy DMG that arrived dead, before a recap, reflow and shell restoration.
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Restoring a TRASHED Game Boy DMG (Play It Loud) | Complete Restoration & Repair
Restoring a Play It Loud Game Boy DMG takes in repairs to the LCD, headphone jack and power switch, then a retrobrite, an LCD reflow and recaps, from Retro ER.
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Impossible Repair of a Completely Corroded Game Boy (Full LCD & Power Switch Teardown) | Restoration
Heavy rust on a Game Boy DMG leads to repairs on the power switch and link port, a recap of the CPU board, an LCD swap and a test for horizontal lines.
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Restoring a Junk Game Boy with $3 AliExpress Chips. Power, LCD screen and Audio Fix.
Multimeter checks, treatment of battery leakage and a full recap are followed by chip swaps, including the IR3R40 audio amplifier, on a Game Boy DMG that began with no power, sound or picture.
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Scrap Sega Game Gear Recap: Why Is It Still Dead? (Part 1)
Still dead after someone else recapped it, this scrap Game Gear (dual ASIC VA0 board) is stripped, cleaned of leftover electrolyte and recapped again, though part 1 ends unresolved.
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Preventative Maintenance: Recapping My Sega 32X + video noise fix
Sega 32X capacitors are replaced as preventative maintenance and to deal with video noise, with a Console5 capacitor set, solder braid and heat-resistant tape.
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I Tried to Repair this GameCube… Here's What Happened...
GameCube disc read failure leads to a capacitor swap and long troubleshooting on the drive, ending with an optical drive emulator fitted after the repair stalls.
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Broken ZX Spectrum Restored, Repaired, Modded & Upgraded!
Do all the capacitors in a ZX Spectrum need replacing? The maker also asks whether a membrane keyboard can be repaired, why the machine runs hot and how to connect it to a flat-screen TV.
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Scrapyard find: AMD Athlon and a Jetway 771AS motherboard
Bulging capacitors on a Jetway 771AS Slot A motherboard are swapped out, and the Athlon that came fitted to it is tested afterwards.
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Test and try: Macintosh Centris 610 (with a "sassy" recap)
Is a 1993 Macintosh Centris 610 still working? Adrian Black opens the pizza box case, recaps and cleans the board, then gives the machine a test run.
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Panasonic FS-A1F MSX2 Home Computer Game Console Repair
A dead Panasonic FS-A1F MSX2 comes back to life as the maker checks V9938 outputs, clock signals and RGB and sync, then replaces the main board capacitors and the hybrid audio and video chip.
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Restoring and Upgrading a Gigabyte GA-586ATV Socket 7 Motherboard!
Failing capacitors get replaced on a Gigabyte GA-586ATV Socket 7 motherboard, and a replacement RTC module is sorted out, after a planned upgrade grows into a bigger job.
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Reforming capacitors the easiest way, tutorial
The maker says reforming low-voltage, high-capacitance capacitors needs only a bench power supply, and the video opens with some theory on how reforming works.
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Atari Lynx II Recap & BennVenn Install
The Atari Lynx II gets new capacitors and a BennVenn LCD in place of its original screen, with a hot air station and microscope among the tools listed.
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Fixing Someone Else's Gameboy Color Repair Attempt - Polarizing Filter, Capacitor and Trace Repair
A Game Boy Color that someone else failed to repair is redone, with corrosion cleared, a capacitor and battery terminal replaced, a broken trace mended and the polarising filter swapped.
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Recapping a Faulty Sega Game Gear
Sega Game Gear with no screen and no sound is recapped in a livestream, where an ESR meter tests the original capacitors before the whole set is replaced for a customer.
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Gameboy Capacitor Replace Quick Guide
Game Boy capacitor replacement is walked through with several ways to take the old parts off and two ways to fit new ones, plus advice to practise on scrapped boards first.
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Electrohome G07 Monitor Chassis Cleanup and Recapping 10-17-20
An Electrohome G07 arcade monitor chassis gets a clean-up and a recap from Classic Arcade Repairs, who link the oscilloscope and desoldering tool they use.
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Refurbishing a Nintendo Entertainment System - Part 1
A NES with a blinking red light and a grey or white screen gets a cart slot replacement and fresh electrolytic capacitors, once the RF and power housing is freed from the board.
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Fixing & Servicing a BBC Micro Power Supply after the caps explode!
Blue smoke from failed Rifa X2 suppression capacitors is the starting point for servicing a BBC Micro power supply, with the smoothing capacitors replaced using a Retro Clinic kit.
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TRS-80 Coco 1 Repair and Mod - #SepTandy 2020
Never-opened since new, a TRS-80 Color Computer gets a keyboard repair, a composite video output mod, a motherboard recap and a clean, with chapters for each job.
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Atari Lynx No Power Repair - Power Components & Capacitor Replacement Guide
Atari Lynx Model 2 consoles often fail to turn on, and here the power stage is rebuilt with a Digital Delights kit, replacing a MOSFET, diode, two transistors and a resistor.
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Xbox Common Repairs, Capacitor Removal, Belts, & Controller Cable
Three original Xbox consoles get repairs, from capacitor removal and new belts to a mended controller cable, with a warning against prising the case open with a screwdriver.
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Sega CD Refurbish - Sega CD Won't Turn On - Fixing eBay Junk
Why will a Sega CD not turn on? The maker refurbishes one with a new power fuse, save battery, capacitors and drive belt, and repairs a few other faults too.
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Recapping Tutorial - how to replace old, leaky surface mount electrolytic capacitors
Surface-mount electrolytic capacitors that have leaked are replaced on a Macintosh Classic II motherboard, with guides to recapping other Macs linked.
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0x001B.2 - Solid Polymer ReCap of Mac Classic II
The Macintosh Classic II board gets solid polymer capacitors in a follow-up to the earlier repair, and the maker regrets assuming tantalum parts for the 47uF positions could not be found.
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0x001B.1 - Macintosh Classic II Repair
After a Macintosh Classic II turned unreliable, Tech Tangents opens the case and cleans leaked electrolytic fluid off the board, calling it a stopgap until the capacitors are replaced.
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Dirty and Dead PC Engine Duo! Soldering Repair with Restoration!
Voultar strips down a Japanese PC Engine Duo that has never been serviced, and spends most of the time on cleaning leaked electrolytic fluid off the board.
