 Get an account | | Accounts are free. Join #retro on irc.fxnet.org, identify with NickServ and type !req. | | [ how ] |
|
| IRC | #retro on irc.fxnet.org
6697 ssl · 6667 plain
modern + vintage clients welcome | | [ vintage how-to ] |
|
| Some stats | | releases | 1,766 | | last 24h | +750 | | online | 404.1 GB | | library | 1.2 TB | | members | 0 | | updated | 2026-10-04 23:30 |
|
|
| |  Sega Genesis II Teardown |
| Device | Sega Genesis II |
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Time | No estimate |
| Steps | 12 |
This guide is by Thor Odinson on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>
This is a Sega Genesis model 2. In this tear down you will be able to see what the inside of the Sega Genesis should look like.
Tools: Essential Electronics Toolkit |
|
| Step 1 | ![[step 1 photo]](42702/step01-1.jpg)
• Flip the system over
|
|
| Step 2 :: Removing the Screws | ![[step 2 photo]](42702/step02-1.jpg)
![[step 2 photo]](42702/step02-2.jpg)
• Remove the four outer screws (you may want a small cup to keep your screws in.)
|
|
| Step 3 | ![[step 3 photo]](42702/step03-1.jpg)
• Take plastic top off.
|
|
| Step 4 :: Removing the Screws | ![[step 4 photo]](42702/step04-1.jpg)
• Remove the nine inner screws.
|
|
| Step 5 | ![[step 5 photo]](42702/step05-1.jpg)
• Remove metal piece.
|
|
| Step 6 | ![[step 6 photo]](42702/step06-1.jpg)
• You now have access to your circuit board. (If you wish to remove the circuit board, continue.)
|
|
| Step 7 | ![[step 7 photo]](42702/step07-1.jpg)
• Remove the two screws highlighted in picture to remove the circuit board.
|
|
| Step 8 | ![[step 8 photo]](42702/step08-1.jpg)
• Lift the black piece of plactic up.
|
|
| Step 9 | ![[step 9 photo]](42702/step09-1.jpg)
• Lift up the metal piece.
|
|
| Step 10 | ![[step 10 photo]](42702/step10-1.jpg)
• You now have access to the inside of the bottom plastic piece.
|
|
| Step 11 :: Circuit Board | ![[step 11 photo]](42702/step11-1.jpg)
![[step 11 photo]](42702/step11-2.jpg)
![[step 11 photo]](42702/step11-3.jpg)
• This is the circuit board.
|
|
| Step 12 :: Reassemble | ![[step 12 photo]](42702/step12-1.jpg)
• Do the steps backwards to reassemble.
|
|
|
![[ByteRot]](../static/btn-byterot.gif){kind=small}
![[FTP]](../static/btn-ftp.gif){kind=small}
![[IRC]](../static/btn-irc.gif){kind=small}
![[Any Browser]](../static/btn-anybrowser.gif){kind=small}
![[HTML 3.2]](../static/btn-html32.gif){kind=small}
