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Super Nintendo Serial UP17388130 - No Sound Update

Nix McRetro // 11th July 2013 // Categories: Nintendo, Repairs, YouTube

Here’s another look at the Super Nintendo with no sound, serial UP17388130. We’ve already replaced the capacitors, hoping that might get things working again, but unfortunately it hasn’t solved the problem. Time to have another look and see what I’ve missed! I was going through some photographs when I spotted... Continue reading

Original Xbox Hitachi-LG GDR-8050L DVD Tray Repair

Nix McRetro // 11th July 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Microsoft, Repairs

Here we have another original Xbox with a misbehaving DVD drive. This particular console is serial 206315452705, a revision 1.6B machine, and the disc tray doesn’t want to eject properly. Give the console a bump and sometimes it’ll open, but that’s hardly the most reliable method of getting a disc... Continue reading

Super Nintendo Dual Capacitor Replacement High-Speed

Nix McRetro // 11th July 2013 // Categories: Nintendo, Repairs, YouTube

Decided to swap some caps over on all three of the SNES units. Here’s two of them being done at the same time, with the 1CHIP board on the right. We’re going at 20 times the normal speed in the video, which is probably just as well considering how much... Continue reading

Original Xbox Samsung SDG-605 DVD Tray Eject Fix

Nix McRetro // 11th July 2013 // Categories: Microsoft, Repairs, YouTube

I’ve got a collection of faulty original Xbox consoles here, most of them version 1.6 machines, and I’ve been having a go at getting a few of them working again. One even arrived with its casing smashed in the post. The joys of buying broken hardware! Two of the machines... Continue reading

Sony PlayStation 3 YLOD Repair Attempt

Nix McRetro // 11th July 2013 // Categories: Repairs, Sony, YouTube

Sadly, this repair did not have any success. The serial number of this unit was 02-27430367-2452398-CECHG02. However, stay tuned… we have some mighty successes coming up! I’d been working on an Xbox 360 with the dreaded red ring of death around the same time, so I thought I’d have a... Continue reading