r/TurboGrafx • u/Hellblaz3r • 3d ago
Weird snell
Hey y'all! Just got a core grafx in the mail and everything is amazing with it.... Except it has that old electronics PCB smell. And it's very strong. I checked the board and washed it with alcohol. No caps are leaking or bad. It has no jailbars. Besides the smell it's perfect. Is there a way to get rid of the smell or is it doomed? Some of my childhood consoles I pulled out of storage have the same smell... A kinda sour smell with a little bite. It's not pee or anything it's the board itself I think. Any advice or knowledge on this would be greatly appreciated.
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u/Gambit-47 3d ago
Leave it open for a while let it air out also baking soda like for the fridge help
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u/Hellblaz3r 3d ago
Do you know what the smell is by chance? It's kinda rare that I receive something that smells like this but has happened with like large lots of NES systems and stuff. Is it the internals breaking down?
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u/Severe-Fudge-1775 3d ago
A couple of things come to mind- possibly depending on where they were stored an animal could have done something. Do you know if anyone smoked near the consoles or your home? Have a friend who lived in a home owned by a smoker before him, stunk a lot of his belongings.
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u/Pure-Ad-6447 3d ago
Glad I’m not the only one! I bought a CoreGrafx a few months ago, and when I switch it on it stinks of fish! I will take it apart and give it a good clean at some point.
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u/duplicitea 2d ago
Fish smell = leaking capacitors
The unit needs to be recapped. If left unaddressed, the electrolytic could damaged the PCB. And if the caps are leaking, eventually they will fail.
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u/Titanmode1407 3d ago
I would replace the caps anyways. NEC boards are usually coated in lots of flux. It might be this? Or maybe the 7805 needs to be swapped out?