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I Tested 7 Unknown Commodore 64s. How Many Still Work?
Seven Commodore 64s of unknown condition are put to the test, after the maker builds and calibrates an OpenC64Saver to guard them against a failed 5V supply.
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Mark Fixes Stuff
11 chosen videos. Channel on YouTube
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Scrap Sega Game Gear Recap: Why Is It Still Dead? (Part 1)
Still dead after someone else recapped it, this scrap Game Gear (dual ASIC VA0 board) is stripped, cleaned of leftover electrolyte and recapped again, though part 1 ends unresolved.
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Can We Rescue a Fire Damaged Game Cartridge from 1982? I don't know... #retrogaming #nostalgia #80s
Soot and heat have fused a ColecoVision Carnival cartridge after a house fire. The shell is opened, the board freed and the pitted contacts cleaned using isopropyl, and a printed replacement shell is planned.
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Fixing & Servicing a BBC Micro Power Supply after the caps explode!
Blue smoke from failed Rifa X2 suppression capacitors is the starting point for servicing a BBC Micro power supply, with the smoothing capacitors replaced using a Retro Clinic kit.
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Atari Lynx No Power Repair - Power Components & Capacitor Replacement Guide
Atari Lynx Model 2 consoles often fail to turn on, and here the power stage is rebuilt with a Digital Delights kit, replacing a MOSFET, diode, two transistors and a resistor.
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Repairing a Commodore Amiga A501 Memory Expansion battery leak. Removal, clean up and games testing!
Mark Fixes Stuff takes the leaking battery out of an A501 memory expansion for the Amiga 500, treats the alkaline leakage with vinegar, cleans the board, then checks SysInfo and tries cover disc demos.
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Can we fix Sinclair Spectrum +3 design flaws? Drive fix plus Better Sound & Video!
Three faults on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3 get attention, namely a dead disk drive, a poor RGB SCART picture and clipped audio, with resistors R42 and R43 swapped for the sound.
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Tearing Down & Cleaning a PC Engine Controller - PI-PD6 Core Grafx Gamepad
A grubby NEC CoreGrafx PI-PD6 gamepad loses its five cross-head screws, then the buttons, rubbers and carbon pads are washed in soapy water, without alcohol, before contact cleaner goes on.
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Game Cart Won't Save? Replace Sega Megadrive Genesis cartridge battery easy 2020
Shining Force on a Mega Drive cartridge no longer keeps saves, so the maker opens it, desolders the dead battery, fits a new one and checks the joints with a multimeter.
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Sega Dreamcast Reboots / Cuts Out / Resets Problem - Quick & Easy Fix
Resets in the middle of a game on a Sega Dreamcast are traced to the power supply socket, whose pins are cleaned after the supply is lifted out of the console.
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Sinclair ZX 48k 128k Spectrum Repair: How to fix a 48k/128k Spectrum Keyboard Membrane Replacement
A Spectrum Plus with dead keys gets a new keyboard membrane. The video opens the case, lifts out the metal shield and the old three-layer membrane, and finds a damaged ribbon cable.
