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Sega TeraDrive Model 3 – Faulty Power Supply (Part 6)

Nix McRetro // 24th December 2019 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

It’s important to know your limits and when to walk away. With that, I think we’re about done with the Sega TeraDrive as far as repair are concerned. It has been given away to another collector who has a great deal more knowledge about how these electrical devices device. May... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 – Faulty Power Supply (Part 5)

Nix McRetro // 24th December 2019 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

We’re well into summer time here in Sydney, Australia. Time to throw another shrimp on the barbie as they say. Not much relevance to this video, especially seeing as it was recorded three years ago like most of my recent videos that I’ve finally got around to bombarding YouTube with... Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 – Faulty Power Supply (Part 4)

Nix McRetro // 23rd December 2019 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

In this instalment of “Faulty Power Supply” we desolder some capacitors, apparently at random! We find a little bit of trouble but are glad to find there were some leaked capacitors which might just be the cause of all our troubles. Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 - Faulty Power Supply (Part 3)

Nix McRetro // 22nd December 2019 // IBM PC, Repairs, Sega

We delve into the power supply grabbing any capacitor values we can see. This is a continuation of parts one and two from way back in March 2016. You can see Part 1 and Part 2 by clicking the links. It’s time to finish the story of the Sega TeraDrive... Continue reading

Victor V-Saturn Mod Removal Factory Reset

Nix McRetro // 21st December 2019 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Here we remove the locally added region mod to bring the V-Saturn back to factory settings. It’s a weird thing to do, but sometimes it just has to be done! Continue reading