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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: PCE Duo - Stuck on "Just a Moment", disc won't spin

« Last post by Keith Courage on July 26, 2024, 09:45:57 PM »

The only guy I could recommend retired from doing game repair work 4 years ago. He went by Thesteve here in the forums.

I just spoke with a few other repair guys and they said that it's usually a bad IC or trace in the CD section of the board. That doesn't really pin point things does it. So somewhere around the 3 chips located below the CD drive. I would guess the one cirlced in red as I've changed out that chip a few times to repair the issue you are having. The problem is trying to source one. I would check the via connections for that chip to see if they are all good.


This is probabaly why this isn't something that gets fixed too often. If it's a bad chip, a replacement cannot be found easily as these chips can only be sourced from other DUO systems. So one would have to buy another expensive broken system in order to repair another expensive broken system.

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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: PCE Duo - Stuck on "Just a Moment", disc won't spin

« Last post by nd3738 on July 26, 2024, 09:20:11 PM »

Thanks for the advice. Real shame that it's so hard to diagnose. I've tried checking traces and connections in the areas you specified, but no dice. Any recommendations for repair services I can send it off to that may be more knowledgeable than myself when troubleshooting? Hate to give up on this unit...

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Chit-Chat / Re: Does ASMR work for you?

« Last post by Naniyue on July 26, 2024, 04:38:20 PM »

And I thought this was an innocuous topic.   

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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: turbo duo cd not spinning

« Last post by mouth78 on July 26, 2024, 04:24:39 PM »

Any advice?

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Chit-Chat / Re: Does ASMR work for you?

« Last post by Gentlegamer on July 26, 2024, 02:44:18 PM »

It doesn't do anything for me (for good or ill) but it does make me think of toolbag Aaron.  Fuck him.

lol why

Dr Aaron went from being active in this forum (old forum), to disappearing to youtube/discord to be an ASMR creep. To each their own, but if he had even paid a smidge of attention to the OG forums, we'd still have all the history intact.

Wow!

Ok fuck him

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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: PCE Duo - Stuck on "Just a Moment", disc won't spin

« Last post by Keith Courage on July 26, 2024, 07:03:56 AM »

Bad trace, via connection, or possible faulty chip. Check the traces and vias to the Bios chip. That's what I would check next anyways.



Also, look for any via connection damage near the CD loading light. The two 47UF capacitors there usually leak really bad and can short out connections even after the old fluid has been cleaned.

The symptom you have is one of the hardest issues to solve and I have given up on a few DUOs myself with this issue to use them for parts instead.

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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: PCE Duo - Stuck on "Just a Moment", disc won't spin

« Last post by nd3738 on July 25, 2024, 07:33:58 PM »

Disappointing news... replacing both BA6290A chips with new parts had zero effect - same symptoms of getting stuck at the just a moment screen. Any other thoughts for troubleshooting? Appreciate any advice.

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Chit-Chat / Re: Does ASMR work for you?

« Last post by _joshuaTurbo on July 25, 2024, 02:36:30 PM »

It doesn't do anything for me (for good or ill) but it does make me think of toolbag Aaron.  Fuck him.

lol why

Dr Aaron went from being active in this forum (old forum), to disappearing to youtube/discord to be an ASMR creep. To each their own, but if he had even paid a smidge of attention to the OG forums, we'd still have all the history intact.

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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: turbo duo cd not spinning

« Last post by mouth78 on July 23, 2024, 08:18:42 AM »

It depends of the game, for example if I can load Zaphire I can play ok but if I get to load World Heroes 2, when you select to start a game then the disc stops at a moment to start loading a second later and at this moment the problem returns and the reader stops.
Sometimes it seems to be fixed, but when I turn off the console or the reader stops for a few seconds, the problem returns.
Normaly  I need about 4 or 5 attempts to charge a game

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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: turbo duo cd not spinning

« Last post by Keith Courage on July 23, 2024, 12:07:58 AM »

So it does work sometimes but not others? When it does work, can it work for a long time or does it only work for a little bit before having problems again?