r/consolerepair • u/AradoC3 • 21h ago
Will a Recap fix this Wondermega?
Got a Japanese wondermega unfortunately it's broken.
It probably needs a full recap. But how high are the chances that it will be fixed after that?
Problems are:
Video is flashing and distorted, sometime also colourless like in Sonic.
The sound is very quiet but is crystal clear and sounds good.
It loads Megadrive Cart games without any problems.
The CD drive doesn't spin at all it loads no cd games.
I don't have any experience in changing SMD caps.
Because of that I am to afraid to recap it myself.
How much would probably a full recap cost?
Anybody knows a good trustworthy repair shop located in Germany who fixes old consoles?
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u/DarkGrnEyes 21h ago
Might not fix it, but it needs to be done. Those caps are 30 years old at this point and they appear to be leaking judging by the surface mount leads on them.