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1 Disc drive won't turn on after optical drive recapping
Hello! I just recapped the optical drive on my Nintendo GameCube, but now the disc drive won't power up. The rest of the console works perfectly. I think I damaged a pad on the board when I took one of the old capacitors off, but I think I soldered the new one on in a way that would still allow a current to pass through. I also tinkered with the cover sensor switch, which I had previously broken during a different repair after which I rigged it to work with only half of the switch by sticking a little bit of wire onto the contacts, so I'm hoping that that's the problem and not my... soldering skills. I took the remaining brass contact out after it lost its springy-ness and bent it back, so it's possible that I bent one of the prongs too far in one direction. I know that I put all of the new caps on in the right polarity, so I doubt it's that. It's not too much of a rush to fix it because I have a Wii that's capable of playing GameCube games, but I'd still like to fix it. Any ideas, ideally ones that don't involve purchasing a 30-40$ optical drive?
crwdns2934109:0crwdne2934109:0
Hi!
At this moment it's really difficult to say if it's the solder work, or sensor.
Can you share some pictures with us regarding your solder work and sensor? And show us the drive it's PCB?
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Thank you!
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 koppie007 crwdne2934271:0
Unfortunately, I can't take any pictures at the moment. And no, I don't mean I don't want to. I mean I physically can't take pictures with this device right now. It's a long story, and not one that I really want to tell at the moment. That's for another question on this forum! I can still take screenshots, though. If it helps, I can find a stock photo of the sensor in question and add it here. I could also find a stock photo of the PCB and edit it to show what I replaced on it.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Fixer of Stuff crwdne2934271:0
Oh, and I might add that, in my defense, it's not entirely my fault that not all of my soldering jobs go perfectly. I'm still stuck with a RadioShack dual temp soldering iron from, I don't know, probably the '80s! If anyone knows any tricks on how to make those things work better, I'd really appreciate it!
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Fixer of Stuff crwdne2934271:0
@fixerofstuff My dad has that same soldering iron!
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Lucas crwdne2934271:0
Really? I found mine lying under some other things a few years ago. I didn't really test it until maybe a year ago, probably less than that, even! I half expected it to explode or something, given that it hadn't been used for probably 20 years or something, but it still worked! ...I mean, as well as you can expect a decades-old soldering iron from RadioShack to work, anyway.
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