You don’t need no stinkin’ boombox to play Mega Drive games, just a hacked up 5V 1A+ power supply. In fact, you … Continue reading
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Super Nintendo / SNES Cartridge Battery Holder Installation
Zip, zap and away! Just solder in a holder and… well mine didn’t have enough clearance, but maybe yours does! Good to … Continue reading
Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-02 Mainboard Test – Includes Both Game Units
Since the rev 2 mainboard (02-01 board) is the only mainboard that has flow on power to the Game Unit … Continue reading
Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 02-01 Rev 2 Mainboard Recap
Came across a few problems on this one, never fear there are always more parts on order. One day these units will … Continue reading
Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-01 Mainboard – More Caps
Discovered I was shipped a wrong value capacitor by Element 14. Same physical size, but not same electrical properties! Lucky I decided to … Continue reading
x0xb0x 1.0 Adafruit Edition – Progress Report
Some more testing, please note this is just a bunch of offcuts from the previous video, with some BONUS film at … Continue reading
Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 (Part 4: Troubleshooting Success)
What’s that? A transistor stopped my 8V electricity flow?… Continue reading
Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 (Part 3: Reviewing the Situation)
Anyone get that Oliver! reference in the title of this video? We check over the original findings when I first took the … Continue reading
Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 (Part 2: Volume Check)
Here’s the test of whether the caps fixed the first of two problems – very low volume.… Continue reading
Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 01-01 Mainboard (Part 1: Capacitor Replacement)
Electrolytic capacitors are notorious for wearing out and breaking down after 15-20 years. Here we have a great example, recapping an … Continue reading
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