/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3305643
Yeah, a dim screen is the most common problem caused by rotten capacitors. Weak / dirty audio is also common, and sometimes the system won't turn on at all. The best option is to either replace all the capacitors or buy the Majesco model (the black one with a two-tone black and white screen lens), which has better caps and probably won't need repairs.

One thing to be careful of when buying broken Game Gears: some of the consoles succumb to "screen rot." This will appear as patches of pixels all over the screen that either appear dead or too bright. This is not a problem with most systems, but my childhood GG has screen rot and I'm going to replace it with a McWill screen. I've already replaced the caps on it, and the professional services say that this particular problem is with the screen itself going rotten and can only be fixed by getting a new screen. I think there might be something wrong with one of the caps I added too, because today the screen stopped working at all and I see big white bars on the screen.

I also have a blue GG that has a dim screen that can only be seen at an angle due to bad caps (which I'm going to replace), but otherwise the screen looks fine. Until I get my McWill screen mod, my Majesco GG is my primary unit because aside from some scuffs and a creaky D-pad it works fine. I might try putting some graphite powder on the D-pad at some point to see if I can make it work a little smoother.