3DO FZ1 Motherboard Problems
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:24 am
So, I should have posted on here WAY before doing anything. 20/20 hindsight now...
My beloved FZ1 developed a problems where it would boot up and emit a harsh wining sound. Terrible thing to hear. Anyways, that was all it would do. Sometimes the 3DO logo would come up, other times nothing. After reading on the web, the capacitors seemed to be the most likely problem. Immediately I set to work and bought replacement caps from RadioShack. After trying to place a couple in, I realized it was a much larger job and needed an expert. We took it to a repair shop with instructions on how to replace everything.
Unfortunately, the repairs did not work. Now there is no noise on the boot but no logo either. Not sure what to do. Any ideas??? I was thinking of putting the motherboard in the dishwasher in case the board was a victim of leaky caps. (I did this with a Macintosh Classic and it worked!). Anyone on here specialize with fixing these? Maybe somebody has a spare 3DO with a bad CD drive??? Mine still worked around the time of the failure.
My beloved FZ1 developed a problems where it would boot up and emit a harsh wining sound. Terrible thing to hear. Anyways, that was all it would do. Sometimes the 3DO logo would come up, other times nothing. After reading on the web, the capacitors seemed to be the most likely problem. Immediately I set to work and bought replacement caps from RadioShack. After trying to place a couple in, I realized it was a much larger job and needed an expert. We took it to a repair shop with instructions on how to replace everything.
Unfortunately, the repairs did not work. Now there is no noise on the boot but no logo either. Not sure what to do. Any ideas??? I was thinking of putting the motherboard in the dishwasher in case the board was a victim of leaky caps. (I did this with a Macintosh Classic and it worked!). Anyone on here specialize with fixing these? Maybe somebody has a spare 3DO with a bad CD drive??? Mine still worked around the time of the failure.