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Family Computer => Technical & Repair Assistance => Topic started by: Phosphora on May 29, 2012, 12:55:28 am

Title: Fried an old GB-like handheld using an unnoficial AC adaptor
Post by: Phosphora on May 29, 2012, 12:55:28 am
Is there any way to revive it? It ran poorly at spec volts(6v on AC), so upped it a few volts and it died. It worked perfectly with batteries.
Did I fry a simple capacitor or worse? (This was done many years ago so please don't flame, just hoping for a chance of revival)

Say if an old yellow-screened GB received too much voltage from an incorrect AC Adaptor, is there a fix?
Title: Re: Fried an old GB-like handheld using an unnoficial AC adaptor
Post by: jpx72 on May 29, 2012, 01:48:02 am
There is probably a voltage regulator inside that burned, or maybe a fuse of some kind. How about opening it and showing some photos?
Title: Re: Fried an old GB-like handheld using an unnoficial AC adaptor
Post by: Phosphora on May 29, 2012, 02:04:48 am
Thanks for the quick reply, I'll have to dig the console out of storage. I've been getting back into collecting oddball stuff, so thought that I would ask this question. :)
It was such a bummer knowing that I broke it by upping the voltage.
Title: Re: Fried an old GB-like handheld using an unnoficial AC adaptor
Post by: fredJ on May 30, 2012, 12:38:34 pm
what GB-like handheld was it? A GB doesn't cost many dollars.
Title: Re: Fried an old GB-like handheld using an unnoficial AC adaptor
Post by: Phosphora on May 31, 2012, 11:45:54 am
Quote from: fredJ on May 30, 2012, 12:38:34 pm
what GB-like handheld was it? A GB doesn't cost many dollars.

It's a Gamate console from Bit Corp. It's essentially a reverse engineered GB, but quite costly to replace.
Title: Re: Fried an old GB-like handheld using an unnoficial AC adaptor
Post by: fredJ on June 01, 2012, 01:34:36 am
QuoteIt ran poorly at spec volts(6v on AC), so upped it a few volts and it died.

Good quality stuff.  ;D