Game Gear black screen with white lines

aoiddr · Feb 19, 2016

Haven't tried to play my Game Gear in forever, but put batteries in it tonight and discovered the screen is black with 1 or 2 white horizontal lines at the top. Just want to confirm that this needs a cap kit before I order/do one? Or is it some other problem? Thanks.

cdamm · Feb 19, 2016

more than likely caps. but you never know. open it up and check- thats my advice.

kaicer · Feb 20, 2016

That's no caps problem, if I remember well there are some solder point to the side of the screen that heating the solder get rid of the lines. Just like the gameboy lines problems. But in the GG is not in the ribbon.

aoiddr · Mar 9, 2016

Update:
I can confirm that my problem was bad capacitors. I got in a cap kit today and replaced all 19 caps and that totally solved my system's issue. It's back in working order! ^_^

mainman · Mar 10, 2016

aoiddr said:
Update:
I can confirm that my problem was bad capacitors. I got in a cap kit today and replaced all 19 caps and that totally solved my system's issue. It's back in working order! ^_^

Good to hear, another OG handheld saved.

famicommander · Mar 10, 2016

It's almost always the capacitors with the Game Gear, Lynx, and TurboExpress. I've read that Nintendo bought up all the high quality caps at the time for the original Game Boy, leaving cheap crappy scraps for the other handheld manufacturers to fight over.

I just had someone replace all the caps on my TurboExpress. It works perfectly now.

mikejmoffitt · Mar 10, 2016

That doesn't really sound like a correct reason... I think they just saved a buck during a time when surface-mount electrolytics were pretty volatile.

Redguard · Mar 11, 2016

aoiddr said:
Update:
I can confirm that my problem was bad capacitors. I got in a cap kit today and replaced all 19 caps and that totally solved my system's issue. It's back in working order! ^_^

Congrats on getting that Game Gear up and running properly.

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