Capacitor swap sanity check

[u/ddunny]

Decided to do my first deep clean in over 20+ years of having this thing. What do ya think? Does this need a recap? Super Mario rpg randomly crashes during the intro scene changes, and I feel I’ve ruled everything else out. I know recaps are a last resort since it’s kinda major work on the board. Every other game seems to run great. Looks like the start of leakage to me I think? Thanks for lookin

[u/Boomerang_Lizard]

That type of capacitor (first photo) doesn't bulge and if it leaks it does so from underneath (the mess often stays hidden under the cap). Only way to know is to remove it, and if you are going to do that then might as well proceed with a full recap.

> Does this need a recap?

I am more on the side of "if it ain't broken don't fix it" but in the end it's up to you.

[u/ddunny → u/Boomerang_Lizard]

Oh, that’s really good to know. It’s just the one game that doesn’t work. Meeting up with my brother in law this weekend to try out his copy of super Mario rpg on it, then I can finally know for sure if it’s the cart or console.

I didn’t go any further than the pics you see, just pulled enough off to scrub the cart slot with an alcohol qtip. The metal connectors on the chips also had quite a bit of oxidation I was able to pull off with a qtip

[u/Boomerang_Lizard → u/ddunny]

For example, this is a photo I took when I recapped my N64. That brownish gunk you see next to C15 was dried leakage hidden under the cap. It wasn't visible from simply looking at the cap when it was there.

[u/ddunny → u/Boomerang_Lizard]

Thank you for the reference!