Visited a retro console repair shop in Austin and saw something wild

The guy had an oscilloscope hooked up to a Game Boy Color and was adjusting capacitors live while the screen flickered, has anyone ever tried tuning audio lines that way instead of just swapping parts?

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wells.olivia19d ago

Did you pop a capacitor trying to tune audio too, or was that just me?

nancycooper19d ago

Isn't that basically what happens when I try to "fix" my Wi-Fi by unplugging and replugging?

milesbailey18d ago

Hear me out though @nancycooper, unplugging and replugging your Wi-Fi router is actually a legitimate troubleshooting step. It forces the device to clear its memory and renegotiate the connection with your Internet provider. That's way different from just poking at audio equipment where you could fry a capacitor by accident. Honestly, half the time my router just needs a hard reset to fix weird latency issues, so it's not a fake fix. Tbh, if unplugging it didn't work for you, maybe your router is just dying and needs a replacement.