r/consolerepair • u/Altruistic-Flower129 • 22h ago

[Dreamcast] defective modem, is it possible to repair it

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So, my dreamcast modem has died and i don't know where to start repairing it. The dreamcast doesn't even recognize it anymore and i cleaned the g2 bus port and the modem port. I reflowed the pins on both dreamcast motherboard and modem

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u/Deep_Mood_7668 21h ago

Start by checking the caps

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u/Altruistic-Flower129 21h ago

The caps look fine but i will try to replace em'. That should be a good start

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u/Altruistic-Flower129 2h ago

It didn't work, i changed the a106 caps