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Here's a battery clip I added to my Dreamcast
>>12099680What's the path to take for fixing a 1.6 Xbox that has both a broken hard drive and disc drive? A mod chip? Any in particular that are good and can skip the DVD drive check?Thing is, it currently boots up to the broken hard drive error code. But I swear to god, when I got this thing a few years ago, it was booting up to Error code 10/11, which has to do with a busted DVD drive.
>>12099704put a DVD drive in it. pretty self explanatory.
>>12099704Mod chip with a replacement dvd drive. Or mod chip with a hdd drive set up with another Xbox.
My original SNES from '91 has a fucky power port. I guess I need one of picrel?I've only soldered household and automotive stuff, never desoldered or done circuit boards.Is this something I can learn to do easily? My SNES is one of the most sentimental things I own and I don't want to fuck it up.
Bought a completely fucked gbc and fixed it up. Someone had tried to clean the power switch too aggressively and it was missing a piece of metal on the inside, so I had to put a new switch in it. Also the screen was burnt so I put in an OLED. I got a shell I really liked and trimmed the absolute shit out of it to accommodate the screen and to allow the OEM plastic power switch part to fit nicely. I also cut up the battery compartment and the door to fit a USB c battery pack. I put in a new amp so I can play with more volume and replaced one of the caps with a higher value one to reduce audio noise. Part of me wants to repair the original screen and experiment with a combination of front and backlighting it
>>12100893You'll almost certainly fuck up and rip the trace like I did if you dive in. You'd be best off getting a local place with good reviews to do it
>>12100903I am a [mechanical] engineer, I can learn things. I doubt there are any reputable such places in my neck of rural Alabama. Is it that bad?I can just keep on emulating but I've got this thing sitting here next to a huge pile of games.
>>12100925You'd basically point a heat gun at it and just lift it off with tweezers. It's really easy and quick work, but the skill is mostly knowing to cover everything else in the area with kapton tape to prevent melting shit. You want things like plastic parts and electrolytic caps totally heat proof, so I like to wad some kapton up on top of it before putting the normal layer of kapton tape over it. Basically makes it completely heat proof in my experience. Anyways, you could probably figure it out. Just be sure to get a heat gun with adjustable temperature and you'll have the proper tool.
>>12100902sounds like a proper workhorse, good job anon
I'm trying to troubleshoot a SGB2 that isn't reading GB cartridges, whether it's inserted or not it shows the scrambled Nintendo logo, I tried cleaning the contacts but no change. Could it be due to the traces in pic related? There's continuity between the leg and the pin but I couldn't get them clean.
>>12102332>There's continuity between the leg and the pin but I couldn't get them clean.Then the traces are fine, no matter how they look.
>>12102334Thanks! Gonna look for something else then.
I have one of those Crash Bandicoot LCD games but recently it has stopped working. Thing is I can't remember what kind of battery it is supposed to use (for the ones with a removeable battery) and the contact seems corroded. Is it fixable?
Can anyone help me with a botched SuperCIC mod on my PAL SNES? I remember it didn't work correctly, the LED would start cycling colors while not changing frequency. After removing the mod the console simply refuses to read carts, and when it does it ends up shutting down to a blank screen after a while.I even ordered another mod from a different seller, tried to install it on another SNES and same shit happened.
I once tried to region mod my european NES by cutting the lockout chip, using pliers like a retard.It did read foreign carts, but the image was all messed up after cutting the leg.What the fuck did I do wrong?
>>12102591Maybe something to do with the reset input? Post photos of if you still have either SNES.
>>12100893getting that thing out is tricky.you'll have to slowly and carefully break it down around the power connector with cutting pliers (or whatever they call them where you live).not that recently i replaced my snes power port with a figure 8 port and installed an internal 5v 1a power supply.it is a 1chip, so there was plenty of space inside, dunno how feasible it would be on other models.
>>12103308here's a pic that shows where i installed the psu.
>>12100893When you say fuckery do you need to wiggle your power connection in the socket to find the sweet spot? If so you might be able to get away with reflowing the solder where the power socket connects to the board. I may be wrong though it's been nearly 15 years since I had to open up my snes so can't quite remember what it looks like around the power socket.
I bought my n64 stuff completely destroyed and have restored it all. I wanted to do one of the controllers with metal stick parts so I'd always have a mint controller to play with. To this end, I got a steel bowl, steel stick, and a custom housing to put the bowl in. I put it all together and got a great benchmark, as well as a very playable result, but it didn't feel quite normal. A year later, I gamed it on it again and wasn't enjoying the "mexican home depot" stick feeling. The honeymoon phase was over. To mend the situation, I got a different custom housing for the bowl, which helped because the bowl was slipping around JUST enough that you could feel it while gaming. Okay, problem solved: no more weird fucking feeling. I was satisfied with this. Now in the present day, I pulled it out again to enjoy some games. This time, I noticed the stick is loose like sleeve of wizard. Still, it has the great benchmark and is perfectly functional, but the stick doesn't feel "tight" as any normal analog stick would. So now I've got a cheap set of "10 pairs of oem gears" from ebay on the way. I'm hoping to get one pair of "good" ones out of this set, and that they will help me to achieve normal "tightness." All I really want is a sort of "normal" quality from the stick that doesn't feel like it was put together by my gardener. This has been quite the adventure and easily one of the most autistic projects I've ever done.
>>12103341>When you say fuckery do you need to wiggle your power connection in the socket to find the sweet spot?Yes. It works if no one touches the cable and it's on the sweet spot. But I worry about shorting something else if since it's so finicky so I just don't use it anymore. I'll shine a light in there later and see what it looks like.
>>12102540could be LR44/AG13yes, just get a can of contact cleaner, it's better than plain isopropyl alcohol for this.if it's too much, you could replace the contacts.
>>12100893It's a very easy fix. That being said, I have no idea how retarded you are. I mean you're asking here so... But if you learned to solder other stuff you should be able to handle that.>>12102540>Is it fixable?No. It's a garbage LCD game and nothing can fix that. But you can simply wipe off the battery contact and put in a new battery to restore it to its original garbage as new state
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>>12100903That's a quitter attitude
How do I train myself to learn soldering? What videos should I watch, what practice kits should I do?I'm mainly going to be doing Wonderswan battery changes, but they are some very expensive titles and I don't want to fuck up.
>>12104643watch exactly that (videos of people changing cart batteries).all you need for that is little practice, a regular soldering iron (literally any) and solder (60/40 is the most common and easy to use). most people will tell you to also use flux, but for a job so easy you don't really need it.
>>12104643You'll learn quickly with a scrap board simply removing/installing components. Liquid flux makes it straight forward. Here is my hobbyist equipment:Iron: Quicko T12-959 with extra tipsHot air rework: Quick 957DW+Solder and flux: MG Chemicals brandOther: big silicone mat, helping hands, brass wool for cleaning the tip
Anyone with a guide on cleaning retro games and pin connectors? Surely this exists for those wanting to restore their old game consoles without spending big money on expensive cleaning tools on amazon. I'd rather not spend $70+ on cleaning supplies so my NES and SNES can read games better.Youtube's full of people using sandpaper on their pin connectors...
>>12106126I believe it's just the usual isopropyl alcohol or contact cleaner, with odd suggestions such as pencil rubber and metal polish.
