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Stop Replacing NES 72-Pin Connectors - Refurbish & Revive Your Original!
A NES that blinks or will not load games gets its original 72-pin connector cleaned and refurbished rather than swapped for a replacement.
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Retro Console Repairs & Mods
7 chosen videos. Channel on YouTube
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Dreamcast Not Dead! Just Dirty | Local Score Repair
A Dreamcast sold as non-working turns out to run, just loud and filthy, so the maker deep cleans it, lubricates it and restores it.
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Preventative Maintenance: Recapping My Sega 32X + video noise fix
Sega 32X capacitors are replaced as preventative maintenance and to deal with video noise, with a Console5 capacitor set, solder braid and heat-resistant tape.
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I Tried to Repair this GameCube… Here's What Happened...
GameCube disc read failure leads to a capacitor swap and long troubleshooting on the drive, ending with an optical drive emulator fitted after the repair stalls.
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PS2 Disk Drive Repair & Tuning with PMAP – Doing It Right!
Calibrating a PlayStation 2 laser with PMAP over a USB to TTL cable is the centrepiece here, after the maker diagnoses a drive that no longer reads discs and cleans parts.
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Fixing 3 PS2 Power Supplies + Bonus Repair from the Shelf!
Three PlayStation 2 power supplies are repaired, plus one more unit revisited from an earlier job, using a multimeter, desoldering tools and a capacitor discharging tool.
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Super Nintendo/Famicom faulty CPU or PPU repair
Black screens, corrupt graphics and games that refuse to load on a Super Nintendo can point to a faulty CPU or PPU, and the maker sets out tips for diagnosing it.
