It lives!!!! Thank you Keith Courage

[tbone3969]

Just got a Turbo Express for $60.  Very happy  

Thank you Keith Courage.  You do great work.



It is in good cosmetic condition however it had a dead cockroach in the cartridge slot.  I was able to clean it out mostly.  I got a game to play on the screen with no sound through speakers but it has sound through the headphone jack.  Now the video cut out but I am still getting sound through the headphones. 

Anyway, I'm sure it needs a total cap replacement.  Can anyone here recommend someone to do this work?  Also might get the LCD screen mod.  What about a battery upgrade?  Are those worth it?  I hear using Sony camcorder batteries are good.  Thoughts?

[Killjoyy027]

I would recommend Keith Courage here on the forums he did some of my caps and did a spectacular screen upgrade for me. As for the batteries I just went with good recharge able AAs and I get great battery life with the screen upgrade. Good luck with it.


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[NightWolve]

A t-to-the-bone deal/steal right there!

I would recommend thesteve if he's available if you want the best of the best, followed by turbokon, and if not, Keith.

I dunno what their prices are, but if any other potential problems develop, Steve will be able to handle almost anything as a fully professionally-trained electrical engineer.

[tbone3969]

A t-to-the-bone deal/steal right there!

I would recommend thesteve if he's available if you want the best of the best, followed by turbokon, and if not, Keith.

I dunno what their prices are, but if any other potential problems develop, Steve will be able to handle almost anything as a fully professionally-trained electrical engineer.

Thanks Wolve.  This system will be brought back to life.  Mark my words.  I can't wait to bust this out on the NYC Subway.  I recently got an everdrive too.  Gonna be a sick travel system.

[Zero_Gamer]

Just got a Turbo Express for $60.  Very happy  

It is in good cosmetic condition however it had a dead cockroach in the cartridge slot.  I was able to clean it out mostly.

I just puked a little in my mouth...

[synbiosfan]

Dead cockroach, my buddy owned a used video game store and I've seen him more than once open a console with some inside. Pretty nasty.

[neopolss]

I work in a game store too.  Better open that system and clean it out.  Theres probably more inside.

[Warbucks]

Heck of a deal.

I had Keith Courage recap mine, and it is perfect, highly recommend him.

Congrats on the find!

[ginoscope]

Really great find but I would get it cleaned out asap lol.  I love my TE it's a great system to compliment the home console.

[ifkz]

Also, I echo the great find and 2nd the opinion to open it up and look for more roaches.  Nasty critters!  The TE was my first Turbo console, so I have a huge attachment to it.  Recently I took it to work to play over my lunch break and someone commented that it looked like a UPS package scanner that's used for signature confirmation.  Raiden is excellent on the go if you can find it.

[tbone3969]

I will open it up before I ship it our for repair. 

Update:  So I come home and my wife said she saw a roach on my desk.  I had the TurboExpress there before I moved it to my underwear drawer to keep it safe from my cats.  I immediately go to open up the TurboExpress and I was surprised how clean it was on the inside.  However after snapping a few pics I did see a little baby roach appear.  Guess this is what I should expect for $60.  Anyway now what do I do?  I am not gonna ship it out to someone with bugs in it.  I put it in a Ziploc bag for now.  So help me out.  what should I do?

A.) Trash it
B.) Keep it in the zip lock bag and try to starve the buggers
c.) Something else... (any ideas are welcomed)

Update 7/21/16:  I was thinking of sending it eStarland for repair.  Anyone ever use them?

https://www.estarland.com/TurboGrafx.product.35162.html

[mickcris]

Don't think estarland would do a full cap replacement.  That link you posted is probably just for the video caps.

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Autocorrect

[Necromancer]

I wouldn't send anything to a commercial company, not when there's so many talented peeps here that have more experience and will likely do a better job, especially if it ends up needing more than just caps.

[tbone3969]

I wouldn't send anything to a commercial company, not when there's so many talented peeps here that have more experience and will likely do a better job, especially if it ends up needing more than just caps.

I hear what you are saying but at the same time I feel bad about sending a system that has roaches in it to a member here.  If anyone wants to take a chance with this system I can pay via PayPal right away.  As you can see in the pics it is very clean inside.  The roach was tiny but it was there.  I figure a week in a sealed Ziploc bag should starve any of them.  To be continued.....

[tbone3969]

Don't think estarland would do a full caption replacement.  That link you posted is probably just for the video caps.

Yeah screw that place.  They want $45 for video repair and $45 for sound repair for a total of $90.