Some footage of me playing around with a Sega Mega Drive 2 a while back. Some interesting results. I suspect that the … Continue reading
Category: Repairs
SNES Spray Painting – When Retrobright isn’t an Option (Part 1)
Well, the case was as brittle as could be, even when cleaning this one with soap and water I had … Continue reading
Aiwa CSD-EX80 vs Aiwa Mega-CD Cosmetic Overview
They look like me like they were separated at birth! An initial look at the internals is promising too. Looks like we’ve found … Continue reading
Super Nintendo (Serial: UP12144537) Capacitor Replacement
Replacing capacitors like-for-like with their canned brethren. No long legs here, that should make some of the purists happy! Overall it looks pretty good … Continue reading
Removing a SNES Cartridge Battery and TSOP40 to DIP36 Adapter
Wow, two videos where I fail to solder a battery holder on a SNES cartridge. The next one will be … Continue reading
Removing a Super Nintendo / Super NES / SNES Cartridge Battery
Very quick and easy… normally. Nothing went right in this video and I got burnt a few times… It just goes to show not … Continue reading
Blown Capacitors in a NetComm NP285 Turbo HomePlug
Where there are low-quality capacitors (or poor circuit design), there’s always trouble. Don’t recognise the brand? Avoid them! 🙂… Continue reading
Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Tape Deck Test
Here we check the tape decks on unit 01 and unit 02. Sadly unit 02 is pretty bent upon a closer inspection and the … Continue reading
Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Volume Board Repair Attempt
This one didn’t have much luck, good thing I have since found another way to fix this board because honestly, volume control is … Continue reading
Catastrophic Multimeter Failure with Aiwa Sega Mega-CD Updates
Is there anything I won’t put on video? Probably a few things, this is not one of them though. A minor discussion about … Continue reading
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