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Topvint

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Restoring, fixing and otherwise tinkering with game consoles and electronics. #retrogaming I now have an online shop! I sell pre-modded consoles, small mods and send-in services. Find out more at topvint.co.uk

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 4d

Good stuff 👍

Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

All these services you can order in my website if you are interested. Take a look!
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Game Gear - Topvint

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

And this is the result. Awesome screen on the go charged by USB C and for hours of fun 😁

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

Next up, customer wanted a new USB battery mod. The power board itself just fits in place of the old one, but to fit the batteries, you need to remove the battery metal springs as well as make some small modifications to the inside of the battery holder.

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

The customer also asked to replace the glass lens, which to be fair is very cheap and gives great results

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

Before placing back the motherboard into the shell, a couple of modifications are required i.e. remove a plastic post and some metal fingers from the shield

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

Next install the new ribbon. Shoutout to ZedLabz for stocking BennVenn IPS screens in the UK

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

But the customer wanted their youth console in as good condition as possible. So they asked for an IPS screen install. For that first I had to remove the old screen (and backlight). I have done this a few times, and I find that around 320°C the ribbon just tears off by itself with no pad damage.

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

Still no sound, so next I recapped the sound board and power board. That fixed the sound. This is as far as you can go by keeping all the stock parts...

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

I did. Pretty poor picture though, although it is also typical from Game Gears of this age

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

Console came didn't display any picture or had any sound, but it did turn on. Typical symptom from bad capacitors. Console displayed signs of corrosion but wasn't too bad. I first recapped the main board an checked if the video was back... did it work?

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 11d

Order #4774

I recapped, installed an IPS screen and a USB battery mod into this #Sega Game Gear that came with no video or audio.

This console doesn't say it but I know you can hear it nevertheless... Segaaaaaaa 😁

Check what I did below 👇

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 27d

Original Xboxes are by far the most popular of my services, with more than twice the sales of the next categories, Mega Drive and PS2.

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 27d

PrometheOS let's us enable RTC use and adjust the time and date. The project page says that it should last 6-10 years 😎 Customer didn't want a new HDD so I installed UIX-Lite in his existent partitioned HDD. Maybe it can hold 2 or 3 games? 🤔😂

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 27d

Now about that battery. It is a Real Time Clock, in the form of an X-RTC mod from Team Resurgent. It also doubles down as a LPC port rebuild. It doesn't come with a way of holding a battery, so I just used a normal battery holder and routed it to the top for easy access

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 27d

Had to deal with the home of some guests that had vacated long time ago (or they are hiding very well!) 🕷️

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 27d

That's right, leaky capacitors. In this case it was causing no power. Sometimes they still work, other times it can create video artifacts or other effects. I see more and more of these now. It is no longer just the clock capacitor folks...

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 27d

But first, can you spot what (other) problem this console has?

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 27d

Order #4677

What? A battery with an modchipped #OGxbox?

Check below 👇 to find out what this is about 😁

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 29d

I heard the Sega CD model 1 is more messy and difficult to service. Hopefully I get to work on one sometime soon! In the meantime, check out my other Sega CD 2 services
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Mega-CD 2 - Topvint

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 29d

Memory is now formatted and ready to go. Sonic CD is one of the games with a memory management menu

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Topvint @topvint.co.uk · 29d

The new memory needs to be formatted. Interestingly to access this menu you need to start the console without a CD, wait for the CD player menu, and then insert a CD so that the options button appears 🤷

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