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Harlequin wrote:call me crazy but did you try turning it on with it opened up? just to see where the smoke is coming from?

You crazy, silly man.

You should re-read the OP. I showed you where the smoking was coming from. It was the transistors I took pictures of.

Kumimono wrote:You sure the power supply was correctly inserted? (Anode/catode, or +/-)

Can't really tell you... I was the first to open it, and it was smoking whether the adapter was connected or the 6 AA batteries were put in.

So one day a friend of mine gives me her game gear to repair. She only tells me the screen doesn't come on, so I take it home and plug it in. As soon as I flip the power, the screen flickers on for a brief instant, then smoke starts jetting out of the damn thing, stinking up my room! Apparently she ...