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2 hours recapping an N64 then trying to figure out what I screwed up because it stopped working… Reseated caps, checked continuity, decided I have no business doing this and WTF was I even thinking trying to do it… Then I cleaned the jumper pak with ISO… 🤦‍♂️

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It’s a good game for testing since the audio kicks in right away. One time I had a cap a little off center and the audio made it clear where to check.

Did my first recap on my Dreamcast the other week. Not knowing whether you’ve done it right until it’s all back together is a very particular feeling. Troubleshooting is fun tho! Well done with yours 👍👍

When I was recapping an n64 I also thought I had broken it. But I was testing it without anything on the place of the jumper pack🤪

Are these all victims of the great Capacitor Plague years? I had to recap a couple of Bell satellite receivers from that era.

Recapping any system you haven't worked on before that is working before is always scary. I remember the first NES recapped I replaced a few then tested, then a few more, etc until I was done.

Gotta love that. I recapped a tube radio once and it had horrible interference, undoing and redoing me work before trying a different known working radio and that had the same interference. Radio worked fine when I took it to another place 😅