From: weaponx013@yahoo.com   
      
   Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:   
   > In article , Scott H     
   wrote:   
   >> I made a deal to get a copy of Ninja Gaiden II for repairing a friend's   
   >> Nomad yesterday.  It's doing the same thing Gamegears do with the front   
   >> speaker not having enough volume to be able to hear it.  I figured while   
   >> I'm searching Google on the topic I'd start a discussion as well.  Does   
   >> anybody have any good links to repair tutorials?   
   >   
   > No link to anything authoritative, but I can tell you that this is   
   > definnitely a problem with a blown capacitor. TurboExpress, Game Gear,   
   > Atari Lynx and Nomad units all have in common these crappy surface-mount   
   > capacitors that were made from a bad batch of materials. You can find   
   > these components in monitors, stereo equipment, and all sorts of   
   > electronics made between 1986 and 1997. With the Turbo and Game Gear   
   > equipment, a best practice is just to replace every capacitor that's   
   > silver and not plastic-coated like a traditional electrolytic unit. I'll   
   > see if I can dig around and find the exact ID for the caps in the audio   
   > circuit for you.   
   >   
   > -KKC, who enjoyed House of the Dead 4 in the arcade today.   
      
   I replaced the only capacitor that was buy the volume control and   
   speaker that had similar markings to the Game Gear's primary suspect   
   today.  No dice.  Most of the board is made up of the capacitors that   
   you described, I guess I could start working may way from the volume   
   control side to the other side until the problem was fixed.  That is at   
   least following a trouble shooting tree.  I'll keep looking for some   
   kind of diagram as well.  Thanks for the help.   
      
   --   
   Scott   
      
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