Thirty Days Has September

September 30, 2024

Banksia BIT Blitzer 124E Dial-up Modem - Dial Testing

August 07, 2024

Fujitsu Hard Drive MPB3021AT - Attempted Data Recovery

August 21, 2023

Cisco SPA8000-G4 VoIP Fan Quietener Mod

August 18, 2023

NetComm Mega-i-Modem V.90 - Model CD2004

August 16, 2023

NetComm Roadster V.92 - Model AM5698

August 12, 2023

NetComm Roadster II 56 Ultra SVD - Model AM5690

August 06, 2023

Avtek Mega Data/Fax Modem - Model CD900

July 28, 2023

Avtek Flash Modem 288 V.34 - Model CD1500M

July 24, 2023

Avtek Mega Modem 1234 - Model AM1234

July 21, 2023

Banksia BIT Blitzer 124E Dial-up Modem - Model BBM124E-B2CL

June 30, 2023

Miss Melody ES688 - ESS AudioDrive 688 Capacitor Replacement

April 02, 2023

Capacitors Manufacturer Tier List Ranking

April 01, 2023

Cisco SPA8000-G4 8-Port IP Telephony Gateway - Recap Overview

January 15, 2023

General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio – Part 5: Photo Slideshow

November 04, 2022

General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio – Part 4: AM/FM Switch

October 29, 2022

General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio – Part 3: Transmitter

October 22, 2022

General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio - Part 2: Tuning

October 16, 2022

General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio - Part 1: Overview

October 07, 2022

NetComm AutoModem 2400 - CONNECT 2400

June 20, 2022

Macintosh Classic, RaSCSI and The Internet

April 26, 2022

Retrobright vs. Banksia Modem

December 21, 2021

Multimeter, MiSTer and GeoCities

November 27, 2021

Multimeter Mayhem

November 05, 2021

Cisco SPA112 V05 Capacitor Replacement List

August 10, 2021

NetComm IG6000 Industrial Dial-up Modem

August 02, 2021

NetComm Mega-i-Modem CD2004 Capacitor List

June 11, 2021

Holden VY Commodore Car Repair: Chapter 5 - Cabin Temperature Sensor Replacement

March 04, 2021

Holden VY Commodore Car Repair: Chapter 4 - Key Programming with the KF200

February 13, 2021

Holden VY Commodore Car Repair: Chapter 3 - Locating the Cabin Temperature Sensor

February 07, 2021

Holden VY Commodore Car Repair: Chapter 2 - Vacuum Actuator

January 30, 2021

Holden VY Commodore Car Repair: Chapter 1 - The Handbrake

January 23, 2021

Super Nintendo SuperCIC and Recapacitorization

December 12, 2020

Super Nintendo 1CHIP with No Sound - Part 3 Bypassing S-MIX Chip

November 25, 2020

Super Nintendo 1CHIP with No Sound - Part 2 Final Capacitors

October 25, 2020

Super Nintendo 1CHIP with No Sound - Part 1 Capacitor Replacement

October 04, 2020

Microsoft Xbox OG Kasumi Blue TSOP Preparation

September 05, 2020

HEX1GON's Xbox OG

February 22, 2020

Nintendo 64 Loose Controller Socket

February 08, 2020

Super Nintendo (SNES) Electrolytic SMD Capacitor Replacement

January 25, 2020

Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013) Repair

January 02, 2020

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

December 24, 2019

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

December 24, 2019

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

December 23, 2019

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

December 22, 2019

Victor V-Saturn Mod Removal Factory Reset

December 21, 2019

Recapping the Sega TeraDrive Model 3 Floppy Drive

December 16, 2019

Super Nintendo DC-in Port Replacement

December 01, 2019

Apple //c Monochrome Monitor

November 30, 2019

Denon DCD-F101 Eject Mechanism Repair

February 08, 2019

The Jewel of the Xbox

February 07, 2019

Sega Dreamcast Dev Kit Software Overview

January 19, 2019

Nintendo Game Boy Vertical Line Repair

October 19, 2018

Sony PVM-9044QM Overview and Minor Repair (Part 3)

March 03, 2018

Sony PVM-9044QM Overview and Minor Repair (Part 2)

February 25, 2018

Sony PVM-9044QM Overview and Minor Repair (Part 1)

February 22, 2018

Nintendo 64 Cartridge Slot Cleaning

February 18, 2018

Super Nintendo / Super Famicom Modes of Failure

February 10, 2018

Sony PlayStation 1 PSU Cracked Solder Joint Repair

February 10, 2018

GameCube Laser Power Calibration - Xeno GC Install

February 06, 2018

Sony Trinitron PVM 1442QM Troubles

February 03, 2018

Sega TeraDrive 240V PSU Upgrade

January 27, 2018

S-MIX on the SNES SNSP-CPU-1CHIP-01 / SNSP-CPU-1CHIP-02

September 07, 2016

Super Nintendo - Replacing C59 on the SNSP-CPU-01

August 29, 2016

Super Famicom and the Green Line of Doom

August 27, 2016

Sega Saturn Power Supply Swapping

August 25, 2016

Sega Saturns tend to have one of three power supplies. The very long (above), aka “Type B”…

Sega Saturn Victor RG-JX2(Y) VA9 Region Issues

August 20, 2016

PICO Fuses by Littelfuse

August 15, 2016

Capacitor Order Day

August 14, 2016

Sega TeraDrive Power Supply Problems

August 08, 2016

Fuse Replacement on the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom

July 31, 2016

eMachines E732 Laptop Disassembly

April 23, 2016

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 – Faulty Power Supply (Part 2)

March 27, 2016

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 - Faulty Power Supply (Part 1)

March 18, 2016

Rubbish Collection! - March 2016

March 08, 2016

Drag Soldering a 29F032 TSOP Chip

March 05, 2016

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 Power Supply Failure

March 02, 2016

Sega Genesis Activator Disassembly

January 29, 2015

Pioneer LaserActive Sega PAC-S1 Subboard Capacitor Removal

January 22, 2015

Pioneer LaserActive Sega PAC-S1 Mainboard Capacitor Removal

January 19, 2015

Pioneer LaserActive Sega PAC-S1 Pull Apart Disassembly

January 17, 2015

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Capacitor Values

August 10, 2014

Sega Saturn Sophia Dev Kit - Another No Video Repair

June 28, 2014

Sega Saturn Sophia Dev Kit - No Video Repair

June 24, 2014

NES Mainboard Capacitor Replacement - Mattel Version

June 21, 2014

NES Cartridge Slot Cleaning - Mattel Version

June 20, 2014

NES Disassembly - Mattel Version

June 19, 2014

Sega Master System Converter II Pull Apart

May 11, 2014

Water Damaged Sony PSone Repair Attempt

December 01, 2013

Sony PlayStation Junk CD Decks - Partial Solution

December 01, 2013

Sony PSone Laser Replacement with Extra Issues

December 01, 2013

Sony PlayStation Junk CD Decks - The Discovery

December 01, 2013

Cleaning the Sony PSone Eject Mechanism Button

November 30, 2013

Faulty Sega Saturn Sophia Initial Assessment

November 24, 2013

Super NES Spray Painting Completed

November 24, 2013

SNES Cartridge Backup Battery Holders

November 24, 2013

Sega TeraDrive Sped-up Reassembly

November 23, 2013

SNES Controller Pad Inspection and Cleaning

November 19, 2013

Sega Master System Reassembly in High Speed

November 17, 2013

Upcoming Microsoft Xbox Softmod / TSOP Mod

November 17, 2013

Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Laser Assembly Swap

November 16, 2013

Sony PlayStation 2 Laser Replacement Failure (Short)

November 16, 2013

Sony PlayStation 2 Laser Replacement Failure (Long)

November 16, 2013

Sega Master System II in 8-bit Mayhem

November 14, 2013

Cleaning Controllers: Sega Master System / Sega Genesis

November 13, 2013

Sony PlayStation 1 (PSone) Motor Spindle Issues

November 09, 2013

Sony PlayStation 1 Eject Button Maintenance

October 31, 2013

Replacing the Video Encoder Chip and AV Socket on a Mega Drive 2

September 28, 2013

Replacing VRAM on a Sega Mega Drive 2

September 28, 2013

Voltage Drop on a Sega Mega Drive 2

September 27, 2013

Sega Mega Drive 2 Video Distortion (Serial 440005313)

September 27, 2013

SNES Spray Painting - When Retrobright isn't an Option (Part 1)

September 24, 2013

Aiwa CSD-EX80 vs Aiwa Mega-CD Cosmetic Overview

September 23, 2013

Super Nintendo (Serial: UP12144537) Capacitor Replacement

September 23, 2013

Removing a SNES Cartridge Battery and TSOP40 to DIP36 Adapter

September 23, 2013

Removing a Super Nintendo / Super NES / SNES Cartridge Battery

September 22, 2013

Blown Capacitors in a NetComm NP285 Turbo HomePlug

September 12, 2013

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Tape Deck Test

September 04, 2013

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Volume Board Repair Attempt

September 04, 2013

Catastrophic Multimeter Failure with Aiwa Sega Mega-CD Updates

September 02, 2013

Cleaning Game Cartridge Slots with Isopropyl Alcohol and a Card

September 01, 2013

Cleaning Game Cartridges with a Pencil Eraser / Rubber

August 31, 2013

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-02 Volume Board Diagnosis

August 07, 2013

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-02 Mic Amp Board Repairs

August 06, 2013

Preparing and Burning an EPROM for the Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Game Unit

August 06, 2013

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Game Unit in Standalone Mode

August 06, 2013

Super Nintendo / SNES Cartridge Battery Holder Installation

August 06, 2013

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-02 Mainboard Test - Includes Both Game Units

August 06, 2013

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 02-01 Rev 2 Mainboard Recap

August 06, 2013

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-01 Mainboard - More Caps

August 06, 2013

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 (Part 4: Troubleshooting Success)

July 23, 2013

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 (Part 3: Reviewing the Situation)

July 23, 2013

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 (Part 2: Volume Check)

July 23, 2013

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 01-01 Mainboard (Part 1: Capacitor Replacement)

July 23, 2013

Hakko 808 Desoldering Tool Demo

July 22, 2013

Aiwa Mega-CD Game Unit BIOS Chip Socket Install & Trace Repair

July 18, 2013

Aiwa Mega-CD Game Unit BIOS Chip Socket

July 18, 2013

Broken / Damaged Sony PlayStations First Look

July 18, 2013

Sega TeraDrive WDL-330P Hard Drive Capacitor Replacement

July 18, 2013

Damaged S-MIX on a SNES SNSP-CPU-02 Mainboard

July 13, 2013

Super Nintendo Serial UP15971140 PPU1 Trace Repair

July 11, 2013

Super Nintendo Serial UP17548016 Capacitor Replacement

July 11, 2013

Tips on Removing SMD Electrolytic Capacitors

July 11, 2013

Super Nintendo Serial UP17388130 - No Sound Update

July 11, 2013

Microsoft Xbox DVD-ROM Repair Serial 206315452705

July 11, 2013

Super Nintendo Dual Capacitor Replacment High-Speed

July 11, 2013

Microsoft Xbox DVD-ROM Fix for Toshiba / Samsung Model SDG-605

July 11, 2013

Sony PlayStation 3 YLOD Repair Attempt

July 11, 2013

Xbox 360 RROD Repair Attempt Serial 072261382807

July 09, 2013

Sega Sophia Target Box - Factory Settings for PAL

July 02, 2013

Super Nintendo Serial UP17548016 - Repaired

June 30, 2013

Sony PlayStation 3 - Initial Assessment YLOD

June 30, 2013

Microsoft Xbox 360 - Initial Assessment RROD

June 30, 2013

Super Nintendo Serial UP17548016 - No Video, No Sound

June 30, 2013

Super Nintendo Serial UP15971140 - Video Distortion

June 30, 2013

Super Nintendo Serial UP17388130 - No Sound

June 30, 2013

Faulty / Damaged Super Nintendo Consoles Overview

June 29, 2013

Apple MacBook Pro Heat Gun Repair (Mid 2007 / Early 2008)

June 06, 2013

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 - Status Update June 2013

June 06, 2013

Sega Saturn Sophia SIMM CART DIP Switch

June 01, 2013

Sega Saturn Sophia Final Touches

May 27, 2013

XBOX (Original) PSU Solder Cracking Reflow Repair

May 27, 2013

XBOX (Original) TSOP Flash Overview

May 26, 2013

Bosch PHG 630 DCE Heat Gun Demo on XBOX CPU

May 23, 2013

Microsoft XBOX (Original) Capacitor Repair

May 09, 2013

XBOX (Original) - Assessing the Damage

May 07, 2013

Sega Saturn Model 2 Modchip Installation (Deck 0014)

May 05, 2013

Sophia Systems Sega Saturn Programming Box: Final Repairs

May 05, 2013

Nixie Clock 3.6V NiCad Battery Replacement NiMH Upgrade

April 23, 2013

Sega Saturn Sophia Programming Box Mainboard Repairs

April 06, 2013

Sega Saturn Sophia - A-Bus Capacitor Replacement

April 05, 2013

Good Cap, Bad Cap: Comparision of Failed Capacitors

April 05, 2013

Desoldering with the Hakko 808: Removing a Bad Capacitor

April 05, 2013

ASUS EeeBox B202: Disassembly & Reassembly

April 02, 2013

Sega Saturn Sophia SH-2 CPU Cards 171-6692B

March 30, 2013

Pulled from the Trash: Core 2 Quad

March 28, 2013

Disk on Modules and the XTIDE BIOS on the Sega TeraDrive

February 17, 2013

Sophia Systems Sega Saturn Programming Box

February 08, 2013

Sega Mega-CD Development Unit / Cross Products SNASM Mega CD

January 22, 2013

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Game Unit BIOS Extraction

January 21, 2013

Sega Mega Drive 32X with Jittery Distorted Video

January 20, 2013

Sega Mega Drive II 50Hz / 60Hz Mod Mark II

January 20, 2013

VL400C-I 486 Motherboard Failure

January 18, 2013

3.6V Lithium Battery Corrosion Damage

January 14, 2013

Retro Repair - Wyse 286 Final Overview

January 12, 2013

Sega Saturn Sophia / Sega Saturn VA0 Parts Swapping

January 09, 2013

Scanliner Demo on Sega TeraDrive with 15KHz Converter

January 09, 2013

Apple Macintosh LC 475 Tantalum Capacitor Replacement

January 04, 2013

Apple Macintosh LC 475 Removing the Socketed CPU

December 31, 2012

Sega Mega Drive II Repair to DC-in Power Socket

December 29, 2012

The Amstrad PPC640 Portable 8086 Overview

November 27, 2012

The Wyse 2112-40 286 Revival Project

November 21, 2012

Sega TeraDrive Model 2 with XTIDE Card Demo

November 18, 2012

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 with XTIDE Installed

November 18, 2012

XTIDE Settings for the Sega TeraDrive

November 18, 2012

IBM PS/2 Model 30 8086 with ISA XTIDE Card

November 17, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC AdLib Sound Issues Repaired

November 15, 2012

Apple Macintosh LC 475 VRAM Mismatch

November 12, 2012

Sega Mega Drive 32X / Mega-CD Distorted Video (Part 2)

November 08, 2012

Apple Macintosh LC 475 - Derating Tantalum Capacitors

November 07, 2012

PicoPSU 80W on PIII 800MHz Overview

November 05, 2012

Decoding the Japanese Aiwa Sega Mega-CD Startup Screen

November 05, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC Boot Failure (DOM HD Issues)

November 03, 2012

Leaking NiCad Batteries and Motherboards

October 28, 2012

Osborne 486 MBR Virus Infection

October 23, 2012

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Laser Replacement

October 22, 2012

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Repairs (Part 2)

October 20, 2012

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Repairs Intermission

October 14, 2012

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Repairs Part 1

October 14, 2012

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Initial Damage Report

October 13, 2012

Creative Labs CD-200 2x CD-ROM Success

October 12, 2012

Creative Labs CD-200 2x CD-ROM

October 08, 2012

IBM PS/2 Model 30 8086 720K Floppy Drive Failure

October 08, 2012

Sharp PC-4500 / PC-4521 Internal View

October 08, 2012

Amstrad PPC640 Internal View - Relative of the PPC512

October 08, 2012

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 and Mega Drive 32X Issues

October 06, 2012

Apple Macintosh LC 475 Demo

October 05, 2012

Repaired Sega Mega-CD Playing Sol-Feace

September 29, 2012

IBM PS/2 Model 30 8086 Disassembly / Take Apart

September 24, 2012

The Apple Macintosh LC 475

September 23, 2012

Sega Mega Drive Model 1 Repair Yellow / Green Flickering

September 13, 2012

Sega Mega Drive 32X Repair - No Display, No Sound

September 13, 2012

Sega Mega Drive 32X Bad Video

September 12, 2012

Sega Saturn Rolling Horizontal Lines - Discovery

August 26, 2012

Acquisitions Inbound

August 19, 2012

Picked up a Sega Mega-CD video tape advertisement. Brand new and sealed. Look forward to opening it up, smelling that 90s air and uploading the video to YouTube. Stay tuned for that. I’ll need to upload the Saturn demo VHS tape I have as well.

Hibernation Mode - Activated

August 12, 2012

Sony CXA1145P DIP-24 RGB Encoder

August 04, 2012

Sega Saturn Sophia Dev Kit - Internal View

August 01, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC 486 CPU Upgrade Failure

July 26, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC 386SX CPU Replacement

July 20, 2012

Sega Mega Drive 2 DC-In Power Socket Repair

July 18, 2012

Arcade Power Sticks for the Sega Mega Drive

July 16, 2012

Learning to Desolder Microchips

July 14, 2012

Faulty Sega Saturn from Japan (CD Deck Issues)

July 14, 2012

Sega Mega Drive Frenzy

July 03, 2012

Sega TeraDrive Hard Drive Interface IDE / ESDI / XTA

June 24, 2012

286, 386, 486 - Overclocking and Upgrades

June 17, 2012

Sega TeraDrive Puzzle Construction

June 11, 2012

Sega TeraDrive Model 2 and Model 3

June 11, 2012

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 Hard Drive Replacement

June 09, 2012

Long Weekends and Nintendo Famicoms

June 03, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC with PicoPSU on a Dual Screen Setup

May 27, 2012

The Sega TeraDrive Model 3

May 24, 2012

Faulty Sega Saturn 110V Japanese Model

May 20, 2012

Sega TeraDrive Model 2 with Windows 3.11 in RAMdisk

May 20, 2012

Sega Genesis Nomad DC-in Power Jack / Socket Repair

May 20, 2012

Sega Mega-CD Karaoke Microphone Repaired

May 15, 2012

Junk Sega Saturn NTSC-J and Sega Dreamcast NTSC-J VA0

May 14, 2012

Sega Mega-CD Karaoke Microphone - Faulty

May 13, 2012

Sega TeraDrive, Nomad and Mega Drive 2

May 09, 2012

Sega Mega-CD Karaoke Accessory and Yukawa Dreamcast

May 07, 2012

Game Gear Capacitor, Backlight Repair and LED Mod

May 05, 2012

Sega Saturn External PSU DC-DC Converter Test

April 23, 2012

Amstrad (Sega) Mega PC, Athlon 500MHz Rebuild and PicoPSU

April 21, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC Running Windows 95 OSR 2.5

April 20, 2012

Sega Game Gear LED Backlight Mod

April 17, 2012

New Purchases - 9th April 2012

April 09, 2012

Sega Saturn External PSU - Proof of Concept

April 07, 2012

Sega Game Gear Before Repair - No Video, Quiet Audio

March 30, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega Plus PC 486SLC

March 29, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega Plus PC Upgrade

March 25, 2012

Sega Saturn Model 1 Power Supply Issues

March 24, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC Disassembled

March 22, 2012

Co-Processors and You

March 22, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC Upgrades

March 21, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC Repair

March 18, 2012

Amstrad Sega Mega PC 386SX Arrival

March 16, 2012

Fuse Replacement on the Sega Mega-CD 1

March 02, 2012

Sega Saturn Laser Tune-up Success

February 26, 2012