Its not the caps! I ran into the same problem and the cause is, the Switch itself is smaller, and dont travel all the way from side to side. The full travel is needed to discarge the caps,before its ready to turn on again. I endet up making the gap of the Plastic smaller, so it lines up with the black Part of the new switch. Proof this by flicking the Switch with your tweaser first. Try it!
You know, I had wondered if something like that might have been going on - but I was unsure since the game boy was sold as non working but appeared to work. I did replace the capacitors, and that did seemingly fix the power cycle issue. But I also installed the power on fix. Can't remember if I tested the power cycle between doing the recap and the power on fix but I'll check when I edit the footage. Thanks for the info tho, I might throw one of these switches into a different board and test the power cycle.
How long did you end up waiting after it dried before trying it? I noticed on my GBA it'll run fine for about an hour then stop turning on. My guess is that the solder isn't heating up fully and it's causing it to crack
I had this same power switch and ended up throwing it in the trash. The switch sorta worked but mine kept having issues with sticking when closing on top of that pad 1 on that switch is tied to ground plane due to ground being the least path of resistance it bypasses the 150 ohm resistor on the r13 pad so you lose the quick power on and power off functions. Helder has some okay products but this switch was a total dud in my experience sadly.
Its not the caps! I ran into the same problem and the cause is, the Switch itself is smaller, and dont travel all the way from side to side. The full travel is needed to discarge the caps,before its ready to turn on again. I endet up making the gap of the Plastic smaller, so it lines up with the black Part of the new switch. Proof this by flicking the Switch with your tweaser first. Try it!
You know, I had wondered if something like that might have been going on - but I was unsure since the game boy was sold as non working but appeared to work.
I did replace the capacitors, and that did seemingly fix the power cycle issue. But I also installed the power on fix. Can't remember if I tested the power cycle between doing the recap and the power on fix but I'll check when I edit the footage.
Thanks for the info tho, I might throw one of these switches into a different board and test the power cycle.
Your solder work is amazing, congrats
Great video as always! Keep up the great work!
Is there anything this mad genius cannot accomplish? I think not.
Absolutely love it!
How long did you end up waiting after it dried before trying it?
I noticed on my GBA it'll run fine for about an hour then stop turning on.
My guess is that the solder isn't heating up fully and it's causing it to crack
I had this same power switch and ended up throwing it in the trash. The switch sorta worked but mine kept having issues with sticking when closing on top of that pad 1 on that switch is tied to ground plane due to ground being the least path of resistance it bypasses the 150 ohm resistor on the r13 pad so you lose the quick power on and power off functions.
Helder has some okay products but this switch was a total dud in my experience sadly.