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I’m glad to see this community starting to grow. As a mod, I haven’t had a single report or anything to do since I started this community. But I’d like to have another mod, since I don’t want this community to die if I fall off the face of the planet. Plus I’m not doing anything to “help” it grow lately. Anyone...
This gameboy was gifted to me from a Family member who found it one day in their Attic. I’ve tried fixing it a year ago, but since some parts never got delivered, it kinda slipped out of my mind until now....
This unit was just sold as a parts board. I bought it to use as a donor board but figured I could get it working first (this screen was from a different unit). Turns out someone had opened the power switch to clean it, but somehow a solder blob made it into the switch. That was jamming the power switch. Still a donor board...
My hand slipped while disassembling the system (original goal was to replace shoulder buttons and plastic housing). I had to scrape away points on the board and use some 32 awg enameled wire to recreate the connections. Good news is every fits and is back in working order.
Still not the best at desoldering but these definitely needed to be replaced.
This was a challenging one, but in the end I got a work disc version PS5 for $250. The PS5 board soaks up a lot of heat, so getting the old one off was a challenge. Luckily on this one, the port itself was damaged and the pads were all good. I did it a snag by not heating the ground pins enough, which gave it just enough wiggle...
Sorry about the stock photo. Anyone ever have luck rehabbing one of these boards? Recently got my hands on a DSi XL missing the battery and battery cover. Yellow flashing light of death even with replacement battery. On disassembly, there was battery corrosion. The fuse on the battery board was not only blown, it was totally...
This is where I do all my repairs. Finally got it straightened out, which should last a whole 10 minutes.
Used a combination of jb plastic weld and wood filler to fix the cracks and gashes in the shell. Gave the two halves a new coat of paint and ordered metallic stickers off Etsy.
My test game finally came in and I was finally able to test the system. After first it still gave me the blinking light, but a quick easer, ipa, then dexoit treatment to the game fixed it right up....
Still waiting on my test game but the system powers on.
Followup to the rusty NES board, giving the shell a good clean. My process is to soak the shell in hot, soapy water for a while, then clean it using different brushes and cloths. This one has enough damage and stains in the plastic that I’ll probably need to paint it to make it respectable again....
Was able to pickup this fairly cheap (blinking light). While I’m waiting for the test game to come in, figured I’d get started cleaning up the board
I have an NES front-loader where I fried something in the “silver box” that handles power and A/V (this NES part has no consistent name in the repair/modding community, that I can tell, so I’m calling it the front loader’s “silver box”)....
Absolute nightmare. Not just leaking batteries but several components had to be replaced on the front. Ridiculous amounts of contact cleaner in the card slot. Copper plate ground so corroded I could peel it off like wet toilet paper. Removed it and soldered all the contacts together. Bought for 5 bucks, only took about an hour...
