Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 (Part 4: Troubleshooting Success)
Nix McRetro
What’s that? A transistor stopped my 8V electricity flow?
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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 two Aiwas apart and attempted to work out what needed to be done. Thankfully I keep notes or I’d have no idea what I’d previously done! :)
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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.
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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 Aiwa Mega-CD boom box. Not the Sega Mega Drive part, just the Aiwa boom box part in this three part series of videos. We pull out the mighty Hakko...
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Hakko 808 Desoldering Tool Demo
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 through-hole work.
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