Is my Retro Duo dead?

[Prog]

I tried to do the sound mod, but failed. AFAIK, there's no actual solder on the board, just flux. I reassembled everything, and I don't see any bridged connections. So, I went to plug it in, and turn it on. The LED didn't come on. A second later, there was a crack, and what sounded kind of like a spring snapping or electronics exploding. It then smelled bad, like a mix of sweet, electronics, and fire. and I think I even saw smoke. I open it up, and there's various white powdery stuff on the board. In the top left, there's a fairly large electrolytic capacitor with a popped out bottom that seems to be the source of the smell. It appears to be connected to the power input.

Is it salvageable? There appears to be a bunch of that white junk next to a chip labeled SEC KOREA 524Y KM681000BLG. Should this be a concern? Do you think either the NES or the SNES portion will still work?

 

[Prog]

Well, I am just *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing stupid.

I plugged it into the Genesis adapter!

Morals the story:
1. Always label your power adapters.
2. 9V will fry your Retro Duo.

 

[superben51]

Quick play the song of time!

 

[Prog]

Unfortunately, I never got far enough in OOT to learn it.
Now that I mention it, I never got past Kakakiro Village...
Hopefully I'll get OOT for my birthday, along with an NES and SNES to replace the RD.

 

[ttsgeb]

Be a big boy. Clean the board replace the cap, try again.

 

[Prog]

Well, the SNES side powers up, but doesn't play games, leading me to believe that it's fried.
The NES side doesn't power up at all, but still sends a pop on the audio line when you turn it on.

 

[Prog]

Well, I went to swap out the cap, and learned I'm terrible at soldering.

I also learned that the reason my RD blew out was because the tip of the SEGA adapter is negative, whereas the RD adapter has a positive tip.

 

[atarifanboy1980]

Maybe you can find someone to solder for you ? Also this the retro duo is kind of junk I can say .