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Sony PlayStation Faulty Laser Repair (And voltage adjustment)
A PlayStation with a dead laser gets its pickup repaired in a short GadgetUK video that also covers a voltage adjustment.
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GadgetUK - Retro Gaming Repairs & Mods
11 chosen videos. Channel on YouTube
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Commodore Amiga 500+ - Corrosion & More
Corrosion and odd behaviour once it boots are the problems on this Amiga 500+, a donated machine the channel works through after getting it running.
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A1200 Repairs / Upgrade / Timing Fix & More - Part 1
Why does an Amiga 1200 board misbehave on its floppy interface? Part 1 of a series looks at one strange fault, with capacitors, an FPU socket and a timing fix left for the next part.
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Megadrive Controller Blob Chip Fix?!?
A third-party Mega Drive controller worked perfectly for around four years, then went completely dead, and GadgetUK looks into why.
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Commodore Amiga A1200 Controller Port Repair / FDD Service / ExpMem Error
An Amiga 1200 owned by William has one joystick direction not working, so GadgetUK164 repairs the controller port, services the floppy drive and cleans an expansion card.
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SNK Neo Geo - 10 x Neo Geo MVS Board Repairs Part 1 (Z80, Watchdog, SFIX) - MV1A MV1AX Neo-Buf
Ten Neo Geo MVS boards from a friend are being repaired, and the first three come up here with Z80, watchdog and SFIX faults on MV1A boards.
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5 Nintendo Famicom Repairs - Part 1 (SRAM - Black Screen)
Two of five Famicoms under repair come first, one with an SRAM fault and one with a power switch problem, alongside a composite AV mod and controller clean-up.
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Sega Saturn Memory Backup Cart Teardown & Clean
A pair of Sega Saturn memory backup cartridges described as faulty are opened and cleaned, and the maker says both worked afterwards.
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Sega Game Gear Modern LCD Replacement (Not Composite) From McWill
Fitting a 3.5 inch McWill LCD into a Game Gear replaces its original screen. The maker says the mod also offers VGA out, which this video does not show.
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Atari ST VGA (Upscaling) via GBS-8220 (Cheap)
The maker's route to a clean colour VGA picture from an Atari ST uses a GBS-8220 scaler board, with a plastic enclosure for the board linked.
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Sega Dreamcast Teardown + VGA Mod + Battery Replacement + LED Mod + Common Faults
Dreamcast common faults come up as the maker takes one apart and rebuilds it, with a VGA socket, a blue LED, a battery replacement and a fix for it powering off.
