Ive always wondered do anyone know what those two things with the two red markers are?
Its from a GBA SP
>>336390107
The thing on the right is definitely a capacitor.
>>336390107
the one one the right is a capacitor, no idea what the one on the left is, a battery of some sort?
Is it true that capacitors can break and the machine dosent work anymore?
>>336390632
Probably if they're shit. Something like that happened to the GameGear.
>>336390632
Yeah, although it depends on the manufacturing process.
>>336390781
The Xbox clock capacitors are ticking time bombs just waiting to melt your board, luckily you can remove them with no issue aside from being unable to keep the time set.
>>336390632
>Is it true that capacitors can break and the machine dosent work anymore?
...are you implying you think capacitors are optional in circuitry?
>>336390781
Yeah, every single GameGear ever manufactured was made with faulty caps.
I must have replaced the entire set on nearly 50 in total.
Thing on the left looks like some kind of fancy buzzer
>>336390107
Right is a capacitor
Left is a battery
You can tell because they're labelled. C77 is an aluminum electrolytic capacitor and is likely 100uF.
>>336390632
Depends on what the capacitor was used for but yes.
Most electronics just spontaneously failing are usually the fault of an electrolytic cap.
Left looks like a SMD inductor to me.
>>336390107
The left looks like an inductor, but I can't tell for sure because it has 8 pins.
>>336390107
Right is capacitor, left looks like an inductor
Pic related, it's inductors
>>336392065
>I must have replaced the entire set on nearly 50 in total.
That's cool. at least those aren't ending up in a landfill.
>>336394308
>>336394103
>>336393314
It's a battery
(BT)
>>336392065
How hard is it to replace them?
I was thinking of doing it or sending it in somewhere because my screen is incredibly dim.
>>336394873
>How hard is it to replace them?
It's not. There's a lot of tutorials out for soldering and desoldering.
You do need the equipment to do it though, but if you're not going to do it often you can probably get by with something cheap.
>>336394406
Why would there be a battery on the GBA itself? There's no settings or clock or anything to save.
>>336396012
I don't know how the SP worked I just know BT means battery. I tried a quick google but all I get are things relating to the internal batteries of the gen 3 pokemon games.
>>336390107
Left one looks like stabilizer or transformer. T1 on scheme.
