Hi everyone! I've got a megadrive/genesis 2 (amongst other consoles) that works fine but the led light won't come on.
What do I need to do to fix this?
Thanks
Hi everyone! I've got a megadrive/genesis 2 (amongst other consoles) that works fine but the led light won't come on.
What do I need to do to fix this?
Thanks
Whaddya mean invalid parameters?!
9,000 gigs of ram and it still can't answer a simple question!
Its a UK Megadrive 2 (PAL region).
I need a bit of help in how to take it apart and get to the led light.
If it's anything like the US Model 2 Genesis then it's only Philips head screws holding it together. Once you pop the top off you'll see the circuit board, might have to remove a metal shielding plate first though. After that you'll be able to see the LED and all you have to do is remove the circuit board and de-solder the old LED and replace it with the new one.
could be a dead led .
I've taken it apart and can see whats wrong now - led light is buggered. Looks like I'll be doing some soldering and desoldering soon.
But I'm wondering where I can find a good replacement led? I've looked at ebay and no joy.
Last edited by Danny8879; 03-12-2011 at 04:00 PM.
Just tried soldering it in - complete failure
Solder wouldn't go through so light kept falling back out and the soldering iron accidentally touched the motherboard and melted part of it so it is effectively ruined...