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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion => Topic started by: kokuryu on November 29, 2007, 09:05:58 AM

Title: No CD Sound on PCE Duo
Post by: kokuryu on November 29, 2007, 09:05:58 AM

Hi!  I just recently got a PCE Duo for a great price in excellent condition - but the one problem with it is that any of the audio coming from the CD part does not play.  Non-CD based music and sounds come out - its totally fine when I play a Hu-Card based game.  When I play an audio CD, the Left/Right channel info shows up fine so I can see that at least at the low level, the audio IS being read from the CD, and CD based games all work, but with either no or minimal sounds.

I have read something about heat sinks causing some sound problems in the original Duo's - does anyone have any direct references about this or know exactly what should be replaced?

Title: Re: No CD Sound on PCE Duo
Post by: Necromancer on November 29, 2007, 09:22:10 AM

It's a common problem with Duos, caused by a bunch of dried out capacitors.  See this thread for the culprits' locations.

Title: Re: No CD Sound on PCE Duo
Post by: kokuryu on November 29, 2007, 09:41:47 AM

Awesome!  Thanks!  I'll have to do this over the weekend and see if I can get everything working!

Title: Re: No CD Sound on PCE Duo
Post by: Necromancer on November 29, 2007, 09:50:59 AM

Good luck and let us know if the operation is successful, or where to send flowers if it isn't.