WTB: PC Engine repair / restore services

[derFunkenstein]

Hi there. I'm looking for a good repair person.

 

I have a white PC Engine that is in really great shape cosmetically, but the darn thing doesn't turn on. It used to work great. No idea what happened. The PCB doesn't look bad, though. My hands and up-close vision are not what they used to be, and I don't have the necessary equipment to figure out what's wrong. I would much rather pay someone to fix it than buy tools and learn the necessary skills.

 

Alternatively if someone wants to buy a dead PC Engine (console only - I use the controller with my CoreGrafx II) on the cheap, let me know. 

 

Here are a couple pics I took. If you want to know more about what you're getting into before you get into it, let me know what else to photograph. 

Edited July 6, 2022 by derFunkenstein

[Leonard Smith]

Best bet is to reach out to Mr. Keith Courage (Turbografxfan) on Facebook.

He's an asset to the PCE community and personally sold/serviced my PC Engine CD ROM system back when I still owned one.

[derFunkenstein]

Ah, I see his FB page has an eBay link to a classified ad for services. Sent a message on FB, I'll see how this goes. Thank you very much!

 

[ApolloBoy]

It's possible that the fuse is blown, did you check for continuity on it?

[derFunkenstein]

I'm guessing a multimeter would tell me that but I don't own one or know what the fuse looks like. I'm a software guy.

 

That said, a little googling suggests they're cheap. If it doesn't require soldering I can probably replace it myself.

 

Looks like this is the guy. Looks like it might need soldered? https://console5.com/store/fuse-1a-250v-glass-with-leads-pc-engine-main-fuse.html

 

And that's assuming that it's the problem. Which is why I just want to give it to someone with the experience to solve. 

Edited July 6, 2022 by derFunkenstein

[ApolloBoy]

Yes, that would be the right part though it's soldered in.

[derFunkenstein]

I can pick up or borrow a multimeter and at least check it. Thanks for the tip!

[Osgeld]

if the fuse was bad and its glass you can look at it (maybe with a magnifying glass) and see if the wire inside of it is broken or burnt looking, now just replacing a fuse may or may not solve the issue, something happened to blow it in the first place

 

(side rant) 

Over the years of being in hobby communities of all sorts, I hear people say the fuse is there to protect your gear, reality of it is the fuse is there to protect the thing powering the gear that failed. There are situations where a fuse or similar object can be tripped by an external force (lets say a lightning strike) and it can protect the thing its installed into .... but the main function is to disconnect failed equipment from power so it wont catch fire

 

not to sound scary about it, get the fused replaced, if it pops again something else is wrong 

Edited July 7, 2022 by Osgeld