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Sega Saturn Sophia Dev Kit - Internal View

Nix McRetro // 1st August 2012 // Devkit, Repairs, Sega

She’s a bit dirty, I’ll give her the best clean ever and make her shine like new! Sadly non-functional due to a complete lack of any CPUs. If anyone has any socketed SH-2 chips I’d be more than happy to take them off your hands to see if she fires... Continue reading

Amstrad Sega Mega PC 486 CPU Upgrade Failure

Nix McRetro // 26th July 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

First up we have some test desoldering of a RAM chip off a RAM chip board to see if this would even work using a heat gun. Next we have part one desoldering the quad flat package (QFP) 386SX on the Amstrad Mega PC. And lastly part two where everything... Continue reading

Amstrad Sega Mega PC 386SX CPU Replacement

Nix McRetro // 20th July 2012 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

Amstrad Sega Mega PC 386SX CPU Replacement

The time has come. We wish you a safe journey AMD 386SX CPU. You have served us well. Armed with a heat gun and flux, work begins to create a 50MHz Amstrad Mega PC motherboard. EDIT: Everything is on fire! What have I done! Flames everywhere! Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive 2 DC-In Power Socket Repair

Nix McRetro // 18th July 2012 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Got a bad feeling about your DC-in power socket on your Mega Drive 2? Why not crack it open and have a look at where the DC-in socket connects to the mainboard. It might have a bad joint, easily fixed though. You can see the repaired unit in the photo... Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive 32X Photos

Nix McRetro // 17th July 2012 // Sega

The Mega Drive 32X. One small step for man. 50,000 polygons for mankind. Nice rear. AV in, AV out - what a meddlesome middleman! Good old Sega Ozisoft, weren’t they a bunch of jolly jokers! My 32X thankfully came with the box and is in very good shape. A fine... Continue reading