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Topic: Sega Game Gear problem

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Tendo64

Hi everyone,

Dug up my old Sega Game Gear the other night - but it doesn't boot up the games.

Any idea what the problem might be and if it's an easy fix?

Any help appreciated.

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KingMike

If cleaning the cartridge/console contacts doesn't help it, it might be something in the system.
It sounds like components go bad pretty regularly, though it's often a technical fix.

SMS Power has a lot of people that probably know a lot about repairing consoles, but again, it often turns into a problem requiring technical electronics knowledge.

KingMike

Tendo64

KingMike wrote:

If cleaning the cartridge/console contacts doesn't help it, it might be something in the system.
It sounds like components go bad pretty regularly, though it's often a technical fix.

SMS Power has a lot of people that probably know a lot about repairing consoles, but again, it often turns into a problem requiring technical electronics knowledge.

Ended up being the capacitors! Pretty common problem for the console, I've read.
I got lucky and found a retro game store close-ish by, not long opened, who'd recently hired someone to do repairs. So I got it fixed and away I went - it's as glorious as I remember!

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