Hello!
I am not in the electronics repair trade, but have found myself with some e lectronics that need repair. I had decided to task myself with learning wha t I need to know, but have reached a bit of an impasse and was wondering if I could get some help.
It sounds silly, but I have a virtual pet from 1997 that turns on and funct ions fine, but I can't get two of the three buttons to work. I've disassemb led and cleaned the contacts with alcohol and a q-tip, and coated the membr anes with CaiKote 44. The only result is that the one button that never gav e me issue now works like an absolute champ.
I looked up possible causes, and came back with MAYBE capacitor issues. I h ave both a cylinder and a ceramic capacitor, but neither look to be damaged or leaking. Traces all look fine to me.
I'll include pictures, hopefully someone with a more discerning eye can ide ntify what I need to fix?
It's literally just two buttons that are causing me issue, I'd love to know why.
Thanks, Bailey