Author Topic: RIP my beloved Supergrafx  (Read 1763 times)

schweaty

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #30 on: December 05, 2015, 12:47:51 PM »
Mad props.  That is great work

roflmao

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #31 on: December 05, 2015, 12:59:46 PM »
The technical ability around these parts never ceases to amaze me.  Congrats on getting it up and running again!

seieienbu

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #32 on: December 05, 2015, 01:00:54 PM »
So glad this story has a happy ending.  Congrats on the excellent workmanship.
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deubeul

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #33 on: December 06, 2015, 08:14:25 AM »
Thanks guys !  :oops: O:)

Nice!  So what can be done to prevent this? It sounds like SFX is assembled a little tight or too loose and is prone to cracking if dropped.

Maybe play with the SGX above pillows?

The fact is while repairing it, I noticed 2 subtle marks of former fixing, so maybe the  crack was already there but the traces weren't totally cut?

BlueBMW

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #34 on: December 06, 2015, 09:08:09 AM »
Maybe cut out the mount posts near the middle of the board and not use those screws.
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deubeul

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #35 on: December 06, 2015, 09:38:36 AM »
Hey, good idea! I didn't put back those screws, but I didn't think to cut the mount posts.

thesteve

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #36 on: December 06, 2015, 09:38:56 AM »
the offending post has no screw, and i cut it on mine

csgx1

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #37 on: December 06, 2015, 11:55:58 AM »
Great job getting it working again!

I think I'll open up mine and cut the post too.  Is it only a single mounting post in the middle that seems to be causing trouble?

thesteve

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #38 on: December 06, 2015, 03:24:21 PM »
yes

deubeul

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #39 on: January 19, 2016, 11:00:30 PM »
Just a little bump to say that this morning, as I wanted to test the jaibar fix on my SgX, the problem was back  :x

But once opened and PCB naked, the console worked again. So I cut all the pots inside the console, put it back together and shaked it a little to verify by hear that everything was holding tight inside, now everything works fine!! Those pots really are evil.

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #40 on: January 19, 2016, 11:02:53 PM »
I'm glad you were able to fix your system... Happy ending... Game on

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Re: RIP my beloved Supergrafx
« Reply #41 on: January 21, 2016, 05:22:27 AM »


Yeah, nice touch with the band-aids. Congrats on saving it yourself! :)