Kaneko Air Buster Audio Repair

[NFG]

Like many or all of these Kaneko boards out there, the audio on mine gave up and made almost no sound.  The problem, as is usually the case, was on that little PX4460 sub board.  The two capacitors had expired and needed replacing.

They are, FYI, 47uf 6.3V.

Of course I could have ordered one of @caius great replacements, but when I compared that $55 price tag vs the buck fiddy two capacitors cost...  Well, I am nothing if not cheap.



I scraped off all the black stuff with a tiny screwdriver.  It took about 20 minutes in total, and when the bottoms of the caps were revealed they fell off of their own accord, as a result of all the physical trauma with the scraping and the scratching.



I ordered two new SMD parts, but after they arrived I immediately lost them.  While searching I found a couple of NOS Rubycon caps and figured they'd do.

And they did!  The board audio is 100% again, and I forgot how great this game is to play.  Come for the secret X68000, stay for the cheerful graphics.