Diagnosing PC Engine Duo RX With Zero Knowledge! (Fix Black Screen No Video / Power)

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[blitzerblazinoah]

I love the Duo RX! Really looking forward to my white Analogue Duo.

[tbddevelops]

Great video, really informative and insightful. Thanks.

[kiserac]

Great content as always, thank you Luke.

[shadowpt]

Hey mate, please create a Patreon. Your videos and resources are so valuable and interesting that I even feel bad for being unable to give anything in return. Awesome work!

[juanjoserivasgarcia]

Dude, PLEASE, could you help me? I have 2 of these, one of them workd, nut after aroudmd 20 minutes, the cd laser seems to stop working, The other one just is not reading the CDs at all. ANy ideas about could be wrong at each case? A friend of mine is working with them trying to fix the 2, but Ihe is stucked cause he don't know what could be happening, so I want to help giving him some good ioptions or deas about, what could be wrong

[ricardoferreira]

Can this troubleshooting be done using an old análogue 10mhz oscilloscope? Thx

[MrSerpico]

Do you happen to know the screw size for the casing?

[GreenHillsZone]

Hello! Unrelated with the issue on that RX, but mine apparently has a faulty cd lid sensor. If I try to run any CD game, the console prompts me to close the CD lid, although it is already closed. I'm considering buying a replacement part but i'd like to be sure I'm buying the right one. But I don't see that switch on the board of your video! Could you please perhaps point it out next time you have any Duo RX for service? Cheers!

[ElevenGamer]

Does anyone know if it's safe to use a UK Playstation 2 Slim External Power Brick with this Console? I've been lead to believe it is and is actually a far safer method than using 3rd party PSU's, it's marked as 8.5V and goes above 1 Amp.
I know nothing about Power Supply's so if anyone knows for a fact it's safe to use please let me know, thanks for any information.

[flibblesan]

When the customer gets this back, they really should replace the Japanese power supply and step-down convertor with a UK power supply.