You can never have enough demos of this tool. It is by far my most valued for desolder work. Desolder braid doesn’t come close for … Continue reading
Blog
Basic Testing of a 7806 Voltage Regulator
Here’s just a quick test on some 7806 voltage regulators. The 78XX series is used on both Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive … Continue reading
Aiwa Mega-CD Game Unit BIOS Chip Socket Install & Trace Repair
Here we are with the Aiwa Game Unit again and we are onto attempting the repair. It actually … Continue reading
Aiwa Mega-CD Game Unit BIOS Chip Socket
Well, the me of the past didn’t do such a good job of removing that BIOS chip… but the good news is, we … Continue reading
Broken / Damaged Sony PlayStations First Look
Picked up so many of the things, now I just need to give them a good cleanout and make sure as many … Continue reading
x0xb0x 1.0 (Adafruit Edition) – Quick Peek
A quick look at a x0xb0x that is being made by a work colleague (SuperNick). Since this video was made he has successfully tested … Continue reading
Sega TeraDrive WDL-330P Hard Drive Capacitor Replacement
One day I’ll use surface mounted electrolytic capacitors… one day, just not today! Close call on the most faulty (bad blocks!) of all … Continue reading
Sega TeraDrive WDL-330P Hard Drive Overview
Just some poking around at how these hard drives were put together, nothing terribly exciting but figured the internet should have more on these … Continue reading
Damaged S-MIX on a SNES SNSP-CPU-02 Mainboard
As you can see there is a hole blown through the S-MIX chip at U10. The following repair attempt will proceed in the next few weeks.
+---+--+---+
1OUT |1 +--+ 14| 4OUT
-1In |2 13| -4In
+1In |3 12| +4In
… Continue reading Super Nintendo Serial UP15971140 PPU1 Trace Repair
Here we go repairing the traces that were corroded away by an unknown liquid – probably many eons ago. Step by step I … Continue reading
since sometime in the mid-1990s. We are powered by a 