Recap guide
Recap the Satellaview
A Super Famicom family add-on. One refurbishment log recaps a SHVC-029 alongside a Super Famicom, with no values, and that is all we found.
Open the interactive checklist Tick off each capacitor as you replace it. It saves in your browser.
Check first. A recap is not always the answer here, so look at the guides before you order parts.
Which board do I have?
Boards changed during production. These notes come from the linked sources, and many are only partly documented, so check the board in front of you.
- Satellaview base unit SHVC-029 (Low confidence). How to tell: One hitmanmcc log shows a unit labelled SHVC-029 with a green MAIN-BSX main board. Capacitors: The log says the electrolytics were replaced but gives no counts or values. Capacitor list differs from other revisions: not known. Source
Where to start
We did not find a clear list of what fails first on this machine, so we are not guessing. Read the guides below, check the board for leaks, and replace what you can see.
Before you start
- Boards changed during production. Check your board number against the guides before you order parts.
Guides we used
This page and the interactive bench are built from these. They have the photos and the full detail, so please read them and support their authors.
- Satellaview refurbishment (SHVC-029) (Write-up) by hitmanmcc. Recap and retrobright of a SHVC-029 alongside a Super Famicom; no values
The capacitor list
We have not checked a capacitor list for this machine yet, so none is shown. Follow the guide above for your board, then add the capacitors in the interactive checklist and it builds a shopping list for you.
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Steps, tools and safety
The steps, the tools in top, middle and budget picks, and the safety list are the same for every machine, so they live on one page: How to recap, step by step.
Values are shown as published in the guides above, and boards changed during production. Check the board in front of you. A recap involves hot tools and, on some machines, dangerous voltages. You do it at your own risk.