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Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Recapping Service ALL VERSIONS
£44.99 Incl. VAT£37.49 Excl. VAT
Sega Mega Drive & Genesis recapping service inc Sega Genesis inc all board revisions including Mega Drive, Mega Drive 2. This service is a maintenance service and not a repair service however recapping can bring back to life your Sega console if it shows the following symptoms:
- No image
- Intermittent picture
The service includes:
- Testing of Sega Megadrive/Genesis
- Removal of through hole capacitors.
- Any leakage cleaned up and prepped.
- Replacement Electrolytic capacitors soldered in place
- Final testing and video taken of unit working.
Recapping can recover common issues however if it does not, the recapping service is still chargeable but will be reduced.
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Overseas orders are very welcome and we are able to provide you return shipping costs at the checkout. To do this add any of our recapping services to your shopping basket and then at the checkout simply fill in the billing and shipping form including your telephone and email address (important) and click the 'Request a quote' link. You will receive an email within 24hrs with the shipping cost and you can then proceed with the order by clicking on the 'Complete your order' within the email. There is no need to leave the checkout page open your web browser.
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- Removal of existing capacitors.
- Clean-up and preparation of area.
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- Removal of existing electrolytic capacitors both SMD and through hole.
- Cleanup and preparation of areas.
- Replace using quality electrolytic capacitors.
- Retest (Video via RGB and Composite, Audio, Floppy Boot, CF Card boot).
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- Guru errors or random crashing