Spent 4 hours trying to fix a Sega Genesis that just needed a new fuse

My old Genesis Model 2 was totally dead, no power light at all. I took the whole thing apart, cleaned the board with isopropyl alcohol, and even reflowed some solder joints on the power input. After all that, I finally checked the tiny fuse near the power jack with my multimeter and it was blown. Replaced it with a new 1.5A fuse from my parts bin and it fired right up. Has anyone else wasted a ton of time on a simple fuse before checking it first?

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the_phoenix14d ago

Honestly, isn't that time spent learning the whole system, though?

ivan8214d ago

Yeah, that's the part I'm really good at... learning how everything works right up until I actually have to use it.