Capacitor on Genesis version of Super Street Fighter II

[bdlou]

If you're nifty enough with a soldering iron, then yeah, put it back on. I just assume leave it off, as not every one is capable of soldering to the legs of surface mounted ICs.

I'm not sure that I am. We'll see.

[Ziggy]

Well here's my tips for a newb, if you need them...

I think the easiest way to go about doing it is to just tin the legs of the cap. The two pins of the IC that you have to solder to look like they have enough solder on them already. So tin the legs of the cap, then clean all the solder off your iron tip. Hold one leg to one of the IC pins (there's no polarity in those caps, so it doesn't matter which way you put it on) and then touch it with the iron tip for a few short seconds. The leg of the cap should attach nicely this way. Then repeat for the second leg.

I say to it this way to avoid using too much solder and accidentally creating a bridge between legs on the IC, which is very easy to do.

[SpoonyBard]

If you don't have an iron already, the Weller SP32L comes with a pencil tip and is fairly cheap (Mine was around $15 with two extra tips). Works really well for this kind of work.

Make sure to hold the cap in place for a second or two after you remove heat.

[bdlou]

Thanks for all the tips guys. I'll probably give this a go this weekend. As a fun side factoid, I repaired a "dead" Genesis I received over the weekend. The unit wouldn't turn on. I opened it up, flipped the power switch and it turned on just fine. I realized the power switch holder had become brittle where the plate holds the switch in place. A couple globs of hot glue, and this "dead" Genesis lives!

[Ziggy]

Another common and easy Genesis fix is having to play with the power plug in the back for the console to stay on. Some times it can be a bad wire on the power supply, but I've seen a few times now bad solder joints on the power input on the PCB. So easy to fix, just apply a little flux and touch the iron to it for a few seconds. This also seems to be fairly common with PS2 slims.

[bdlou]

Another common and easy Genesis fix is having to play with the power plug in the back for the console to stay on. Some times it can be a bad wire on the power supply, but I've seen a few times now bad solder joints on the power input on the PCB. So easy to fix, just apply a little flux and touch the iron to it for a few seconds. This also seems to be fairly common with PS2 slims.

I actually think my Genesis does that. I figured that was the fix. I need to test that and do it if that's all there is to it.

[Ziggy]

Yeah, just open your Genesis and look at the solder pads for the power connector. If any of the solder joints are cracked or whatever, a simple resolder will fix it. If the solder joints are OK, then the wire for the power supply might be bad or have a bad spot. That's an easy fix, too. It's also super common.

[darkcat]

looks like a small inrush cap, Its not 100% needed all it does it take the spike current at start up and will hold it then discharge based on the resistance affecting the time constant. I wouldn't be to worried about it.