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Hello fellow friends of Console Repair!...

I can’t press any of the buttons and get a response from it

I have a “Professional control pad PRO-2” (this one segaretro.org/Konix_Power_Pad), but unfortunately it does not work....

As mentioned, fuse was blown on battery board. There was also battery corrosion. Reflowed solder on corroded solder joints, used fiberglass scratch pen to expose traces next to the absent fuse solder pads, and used a wire fragment/solder blob to bridge the gap for testing. It worked. Now need fuses. Overscratch area was covered...

Do you wonder “what is the appropriate goop to use in this repair?” Let’s talk about it. First things first:...

Just wanted to say I feel very much accomplished and like a techie now.

. I’ve been looking for a couple house and just can’t find them all. Do any of you have some decent resources for this?

One of my favorite mods to do is restoring RGB and S-Video capabilities to the NTSC SNES Jr. (which is a cost-reduced version of the “one-chip” SNES) using voultar’s mod....

I recently picked up a syringe of Chipquik SMD291 tack flux to play around with, I’m just getting into doing smd stuff… and I find myself using it for just about everything because it’s so easy to use, works a treat, and is fairly easy to clean up. What flux do you like to use? Do you have different ones for different...

I love how Adrian Black shows what the scope should look like for the C64 on power on, etc. but I have never seen anyone do the same for an NES. It would be a fascinating video. Anyone seen anything like this?