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How To Service A CRT Monitor
Noel's Retro Lab fixes a monochrome Amstrad CRT monitor and sets out working practices for a kind of set the maker describes as dangerous.
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Noel's Retro Lab
8 chosen videos. Channel on YouTube
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Oric Repair: The "Impossible" RAM Failure
Why would an Oric Atmos show an "impossible" RAM failure? Noel's Retro Lab expects a fairly routine repair and ends up hunting for where the fault really lies.
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Black Screen VIC-20 Repair (And Start Sequence Exploration)
A VIC-20 with a black screen is the starting point, and Noel's Retro Lab works through wrong assumptions before rechecking them and exploring the machine's start sequence.
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Can the Sun Help This Amiga 500?
Can sunlight or liquid hydrogen peroxide bring back a yellowed Amiga 500 case? The video tries both, then swaps the internal floppy drive for a Gotek with an external OLED screen.
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Garbled Screen! Amstrad CPC 464 Video Failure
Why does an Amstrad CPC 464 show a garbled screen? Noel's first suspect, the CRT controller, turns out to be wrong, and the hunt moves through power, the gate array, ROM, Z80 and RAM.
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Disgusting Commodore 64 Restoration. Will It Work? (Part 1)
Will a badly weathered Commodore 64 work again? Part 1 opens it up, inspects and washes it, then moves on to the keyboard, retrobright treatment, springs and chip testing.
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Overvoltage Repair and Prevention on an Amstrad CPC 6128
Noel diagnoses an Amstrad CPC 6128 that had 12V fed into its 5V connector, finds mostly RAM chips failed, then fits a P6KE 6.8A diode to guard against a repeat.
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Amiga 500 Restoration and Retrobrighting
Noel restores a Commodore Amiga 500, cleaning the case and keys, retrobrighting with hydrogen peroxide, and removing rust from the RF shields before painting them with zinc spray.
