panasonic 3do fz-1 power but no video output :( FIXED!! :D

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panasonic 3do fz-1 power but no video output :( FIXED!! :D

Post by retrotech » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:13 am

Hi everyone
ive been given a fz-1 which powers up and ejects cd tray etc but i can't get any video output.
i've tried multiple cables on all sockets (s-video,rca and rf) with no avail :(
the board is very very clean so but im thinking a cap or two have failed (although they all look in very good condition)ive got the 6800 uf one and will replace it today.
i've only found two references to it through google, one of which is a post on this forum...
http://www.3do.cdinteractive.co.uk/view ... f=2&t=3032 which ive replied to and am no further on so i thought id start a new thread.
Has anyone had this problem? any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
ill edit later on when i've replaced the 6800 uf and the bios battery (not sure if a 3do will boot without the 3v battery).
thanks in advance
mike

UPDATE
after replacing the 6800uf cap i got video (the 3do logo) for about 10 seconds... yay! then it went again
on closer inspection it seems the 10uf 16v @ c36 seems like it might of leaked so gonna replace that now :) will update again asap

UPDATE 2
FIXED!! :)
rca is working ive got fz-1's spinning at me in space :) wohoooo
now im gonna have to test cd drive and get myself a controller :) lol
hope this helps someone!

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Re: panasonic 3do fz-1 power but no video output :( FIXED!!

Post by T2KFreeker » Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:05 pm

Hmm, this is great information to have. The Caps are finally starting to go bad in the 3DO units. I wonder how many 3DO systems are out there with bad/leaky caps these days that people just threw out. Very sad when you think about it. Glad you got it fixed and hopefully it works for another 20 years!
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Re: panasonic 3do fz-1 power but no video output :( FIXED!!

Post by a31chris » Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:39 am

retrotech wrote:Hi everyone
ive been given a fz-1 which powers up and ejects cd tray etc but i can't get any video output.
i've tried multiple cables on all sockets (s-video,rca and rf) with no avail :(
the board is very very clean so but im thinking a cap or two have failed (although they all look in very good condition)ive got the 6800 uf one and will replace it today.
i've only found two references to it through google, one of which is a post on this forum...
http://www.3do.cdinteractive.co.uk/view ... f=2&t=3032 which ive replied to and am no further on so i thought id start a new thread.
Has anyone had this problem? any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
ill edit later on when i've replaced the 6800 uf and the bios battery (not sure if a 3do will boot without the 3v battery).
thanks in advance
mike

UPDATE
after replacing the 6800uf cap i got video (the 3do logo) for about 10 seconds... yay! then it went again
on closer inspection it seems the 10uf 16v @ c36 seems like it might of leaked so gonna replace that now :) will update again asap

UPDATE 2
FIXED!! :)
rca is working ive got fz-1's spinning at me in space :) wohoooo
now im gonna have to test cd drive and get myself a controller :) lol
hope this helps someone!
Can you post pics of what you fixed and where?
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Re: panasonic 3do fz-1 power but no video output :( FIXED!!

Post by retrotech » Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:53 am

just glad i saved this one :)
and yeah ill get a few pics tonight and upload them :)

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Post by retrotech » Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:38 am

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Re: panasonic 3do fz-1 power but no video output :( FIXED!!

Post by Martin III » Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:10 pm

Nice work. [wishes we had a thumbs up smilie]

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Re: panasonic 3do fz-1 power but no video output :( FIXED!!

Post by valthonis » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:35 pm

Thanks for posting this. I picked up a FZ-1 off of Ebay for $20, marked as "broken/dead".
Swapped out all three caps (unsure if I needed to do all three) but it's alive and working great now!

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Re: panasonic 3do fz-1 power but no video output :( FIXED!!

Post by Trev » Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:40 pm

Good news all around. :)
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Re: panasonic 3do fz-1 power but no video output :( FIXED!!

Post by retrotech » Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:07 pm

Good to hear :D

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