Sega Game Gear gets a recap and repair

A few months ago a friend of mine got in touch to say his wife found her childhood gamegear but it didn't work and would I like it.

Hard to turn down an offer like that so let's first see what else came with it then see if we can get it fixed.

Game Gear schematics https://wiki.console5.com/wiki/Game_Gear

Digital Delights eBay store https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/digitaldel...

SMS Power https://www.smspower.org/

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:37 What's in the bag?
01:41 Testing the condition
03:09 Tear down
07:33 Removing old caps from the main PCB
11:51 Power and sound board
13:10 Why bother?
14:08 Power and sound board
18:35 Power board repair
21:41 New caps for the sound board
23:56 Why use electrolytics?
26:45 Fitting the through hole surface
27:38 First test
29:59 Where has the sound gone?
30:34 Testing in another Game Gear
31:39 Could it be the audio amp?
34:55 What else could be faulty?
36:46 One final test
37:29 Conclusion and credits